Disposable vapes will soon be banned in France, prime minister says

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says disposable vapes will soon be banned in the country as part of a national anti-smoking plan.

Former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed dies at 94

Mohamed Al Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died, his family says.

Man goes overboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship as Hurricane Idalia passed through Cuba

A man is missing after going overboard Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas cruise ship Tuesday night as it passed Cuba, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the cruise line.

Saudi man gets death sentence for posts on social media

A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube.

Travel chaos unfolding in Europe as UK air traffic control working to fix 'technical issue'

Reports are emerging Monday of passengers being stuck at airports across Europe as Britain’s National Air Traffic Service (NATS) encountered what it described as a "technical issue." 

NASA's most multinational space crew rockets to the ISS

A NASA astronaut was joined on the predawn liftoff from Kennedy Space Center by fliers from Denmark, Japan and Russia. They clasped one another's gloved hands upon reaching orbit.

India's lunar rover rolls onto the moon, days after spacecraft's historic touchdown

India's lunar rover continued its walk on the moon Friday after the historic touchdown near the moon's south pole earlier this week, possibly helping determine if there is oxygen and hydrogen on the moon.

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was onboard jet that crashed, Russian aviation agency says

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard the plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing everyone on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Prigozhin mounted a short-lived armed mutiny against Russia's military leadership in late June.

India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first near the south pole

India’s successful moon landing comes just days after Russia’s Luna-25, which was aiming for the same lunar region, spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed.

Crews rescue 8 trapped in dangling cable car above canyon in Pakistan

Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift rescued eight people from a broken cable car as it dangled hundreds of meters (feet) above a canyon in Pakistan.