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A 5.2 earthquake rattled San Diego, California, and the surrounding area on Monday afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at 10:08 local time (18:00 GMT) with an epicentre in Julian, California. The resort town is located in the Cuyamaca Mountains about an hour north-east of San…

Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science reporter Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: Blue Origin launches an all-female crew into space Pop star Katy Perry and five other women safely returned to Earth after reaching space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket. The singer was joined by Bezos’s fiancée…

Hungary’s parliament has backed a range of constitutional amendments which will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and dual nationals. The amendments, which the government says are aimed at protecting children’s physical and moral development, will enable it to ban public LGBTQ+ gatherings. Hundreds gathered outside parliament to protest against…

Four men have pleaded guilty in Kenya to trying to smuggle hundreds of highly sought-after ants out of the country. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), which is more used to protecting larger creatures, such as lions and elephants, has described this as a “landmark case”. The contraband included giant African…

EPA The Israeli strike on al-Ahli hospital destroyed its laboratory and damaged its emergency room, according to Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem The World Health Organization has said conditions at hospitals in Gaza are “beyond description”, after a major facility was put out of service by an Israeli air strike. Spokeswoman…

Indonesians are flocking to theaters to shiver in front of local horror films, the popularity of which has exploded in recent years. The genre dominates Indonesian screens with a majority of productions and box office successes inspired by ghost and monster stories from Southeast Asia. Two years ago, Indonesia even…

The crew included Katy Perry, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sanchez. The flight lasted around 11 minutes and crossed the internationally recognised boundary of space. The last all female crew was a Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova’s. She completed a solo spaceflight in 1963. Check out…

South Africa has appointed a special envoy to the US in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries, which have worsened since Donald Trump’s return as president. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Mcebisi Jonas’s selection, adding that he would be “entrusted with [advancing] South Africa’s diplomatic, trade and bilateral…

Singer Katy Perry kissed the ground after her Blue Origin space flight returned to land on Monday. Blue Origin’s founder, Jeff Bezos, opened the capsule door to welcome the all-female crew back to Earth. The first to leave the capsule was his fiancé Lauren Sánchez, who was also on board….

A private plane carrying six people crashed in an open field in upstate New York on Saturday, killing all on board, authorities say. Among those on board were celebrated former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) football player Karenna Groff, her parents and her brother, according to a family statement. The…