ABC News(MIAMI) -- Hurricane Matthew gained strength over the Caribbean Sea on Friday, and with its eye beginning to form became a major category 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 mph. This is the second major hurricane in Atlantic Basin in 2016.The hurricane is on path to travel west-by-southwest through the central Caribbean on […]
VCG/VCG via Getty Images(CHENGDU, China) -- A group of baby pandas made their public debut at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China, on Thursday.The sight was one to behold -- 23 adorable lumps of black-and-white fuzzballs with endearing rounded ears.At first, all was going well. One little panda worked the […]
ABCNews.com(JERUSALEM) -- Who can keep the president of the United States waiting? Only another president, of course.After the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, former President Bill Clinton hitched a ride back from Israel Friday on Air Force One with President Obama.Clinton has a reputation for running a bit late and it seems Obama […]
ABCNews.com(IDLIB, Syria) -- A rescue worker in Syria broke into tears as he rescued a baby from a building destroyed by airstrikes.After an hours-long operation in Idlib in the northwestern part of Syria, members of the Syrian Civil Defense were able to pull out a baby girl and a woman alive from under the rubble […]
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- Airstrikes on east Aleppo have forced most schools to close, but one school in the besieged city is due to open Saturday on the first day of the new school year.“We risk death and attacks and experience many difficulties, but that doesn’t prevent us from doing our job,” Principal Mohamad Faisal told ABC […]
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