A man was killed by a rooster with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police said.

The bullying allegations were reported four days before the scheduled broadcast of an Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle, which is anticipated to draw a huge audience.

She had protested the military's decision last year to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery. South Korea prohibits transgender people from joining the military.

Horse racing’s image received another blow when an Irish jockey apologized after a widely circulated video emerged of him straddling a horse's corpse.

Prince Philip has been transferred to another London hospital to continue treatment for an infection, Buckingham Palace said Monday.

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night.

Countries where more than half the population is overweight, such as the US and the UK, have recorded much higher death rates from Covid-19, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Obesity Forum.

MOSCOW (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, many months after it was first approved for use in Russia and after dozens of countries around the world have authorized it.

New Zealand's emergency agency has told residents in some areas to head for higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region early Friday, sparking fears of a tsunami.