MORRO BAY STATE PARK, California: Authorities have announced that a surfer was killed last week by a great white shark off the coast of Morro Bay State Park in central California. The Morro Bay Police Department reported that the incident occurred before 11 a.m., adding that the man was unresponsive after he was pulled from […]

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania:- The First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, with a 220-year history, held its final service on Christmas Eve. The 15,000-square-foot church is scheduled to close on December 31 due to its declining membership. “There’s just such a love among this congregation. We’ve all known each other so long and we know each other’s foibles,” […]

VIENNA, Austria: Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said unvaccinated people in the country could face new lockdown restrictions, as COVID-19 cases continue to increase. He made his statement after meeting with state leaders on Friday to discuss their response to the rise in Covid cases. “The pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror. We are […]

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa: An elephant has trampled a suspected poacher to death in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, said spokesperson Isaac Phaahla. Phaahla told the Agence France-Presse that the poacher’s mangled body was discovered late last week, on Thursday, during an anti-poaching operation, adding that it appeared the other poachers fled before any […]

MOSCOW, Russia: As Russia recorded the highest numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths since the pandemic began in 2020, beginning 28th October Moscow’s restaurants, movie theaters and many retail stores will be closed for 11 days, officials said on Thursday. On October 21, the government coronavirus task force reported 36,339 new infections and 1,036 deaths, […]

Autonomous Ceuta, Spain: A 4,000 pound sunfish was released after being caught in a fishing net off of autonomous Ceuta, Spain. The fish was caught in the nets of a tuna-fishing boat off the coast of Ceuta, which is an autonomous Spanish port city bordering Morocco. Before releasing it, sailors measured the sunfish as 10.5 […]

GRONINGEN, Netherlands: Scientists from the University of Groningen recently used a new dating technique and and referenced a past solar storm to confirm that a Viking settlement existed in L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada in AD1021. It also confirmed that the Vikings reached the New World 471 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic. […]

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: On Wednesday, telecom and construction magnate Carlos Slim, Mexico’s richest person, reached an agreement with the Mexico City government to rebuild an elevated subway line that collapsed in May. His construction subsidiary, Grupo Carso, would pay for the reconstruction and help reinforce other parts of the elevated line to higher standards, as […]

WARSAW, Poland: On Tuesday, the Polish Defense Ministry said it had increased the number of troops on its border with Belarus to almost 6,000 to counter a surge in migration. In a tweet, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said, “Almost 6,000 soldiers from the 16th, 18th and 12th divisions are serving on the Polish-Belarusian border. The […]

TOKYO, Japan: During a televised debate with eight political leaders prior to the national elections on 31st October, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for an increase in Japan’s military spending, in response to what he described as growing threats from China and North Korea. The party leaders also talked about how to ensure the recovery […]