Modern cellphone cameras make it easy to capture the famously fickle Aurora Borealis.
Author: Ali Watkins
Irish Police Got a Call About a Lion. It Was Actually a Dog Named Mouse.
A truck driver’s grainy video spurred bewilderment and speculation about a lion roaming in Ireland. Turns out it was a dog with an aggressive haircut.
Medieval Tower in Rome Partially Collapses, Trapping Worker Who Died After Rescue Efforts
Rescuers at the tower near the Colosseum worked for 11 hours before removing the man who had been pinned under rubble and debris. He later died in the hospital.
5 German Climbers Are Killed by Avalanche in Italian Alps
The climbers were in two groups in northern Italy on Saturday night when an avalanche struck. Two people survived.
Iranian Diplomats Are Barred From Shopping at Costco While Visiting U.S.
As the U.N. General Assembly met in New York, the Trump administration forbade the Iranian delegation from shopping at discount wholesalers, an apparent bid to inflame Iranian public opinion.
Man Who Lit Cigarette From Eternal Flame in Paris Is Arrested
A video showing the man casually walking across the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe set off outrage in France.
Rescuers Seek American Hiker Missing for Days in the Pyrenees
Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.
Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.
Diogo Jota, Liverpool Soccer Star, Dies in Car Crash at 28
Mr. Jota and his brother André Silva died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player’s wedding.
Housekeeper Arrested Over Wildfire That Scorched Greek Island
“She’d been smoking,” a Greek official said of a Georgian woman who was arrested after a blaze tore through 11,000 acres of Chios this week.