India's population will be world's largest by mid-2023, UN says

India will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China's 1.4257 billion by the middle of the year. Combined, both countries make up more than a third of the world’s 8 billion people.

Bear spared from execution despite fatal mauling of Italian woman

A brown bear in Italy that had attacked and killed a woman while she was running in the mountains has been granted a reprieve from being put down.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich held by Russia on spying charges denied release

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time in weeks. He's the first U.S. correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying charges.

Drug-resistant 'superbugs' found in 40% of supermarket meat products, study says

Multidrug-resistant E. coli were found in chicken, turkey, beef, and pork products chosen at random from supermarkets in 2020, according to a Spanish study.

Thousands take part in Holocaust remembrance march at Auschwitz

The yearly remembrance march falls this year on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the start of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.

BTS’ J-Hope becomes 2nd member of K-pop band to join South Korean army

J-Hope entered a South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18-month compulsory military service. Jin, the oldest BTS member at 30, entered the army in December.

More than 100 arrested as animal activists protest Grand National horse race

Several activists climbed the high fences around the racecourse and got onto the track before the race started. Some tried to handcuff themselves to the obstacles.

King Charles’ coronation to include more than 6,000 troops

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said it would be “a spectacular and fitting tribute" to the monarch, who is also commander-in-chief of the U.K. armed forces.

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile for first time

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected a launch of a long-range missile from near Pyongyang.

What we know so far on the leaked Pentagon documents

Among the questions raised by the leak are whether it will erode allies’ trust in sharing information with the U.S. or impact Ukraine’s plans to intensify the fight against Russia this spring.

Ukraine investigating video purported to show soldier's beheading

Ukraine is investigating a gruesome video circulating on social media that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier.

Russia's Shiveluch volcano erupts, spewing dust and ash into the sky

The eruption early Tuesday of Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, spewed clouds of dust 20 kilometers (65,600 feet) into the sky.

Leaked US intel shows Russia's ties to UAE

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the possible release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites.