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A mass of pilot whales that washed ashore a southern New Zealand beach have died. Many were euthanized.

Around 145 pilot whales were found dead on a remote beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand.

More than half of all female homicide victims worldwidewere killed by a member of their own family last year, according to a United Nations study.

The Ukrainian navy said six of its seamen were wounded when Russian coast guards opened fire on three Ukrainian ships near the Kerch Strait and then seized them late Sunday.

The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, said he altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments, with one pregnancy resulting thus far.

Al Otro Lado, a binational advocacy group that provides legal assistance to migrants seeking asylum, said the migrants were protesting peacefully when CBP fired tear gas.

Russia blamed Ukraine for provoking the incident, which sharply escalated tensions that have been growing between the two countries since Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, and it has worked steadily to bolster its zone of control around the p…

A 24-year-old was arrested after police in Amsterdam found bundles of cash stuffed inside a washing machine.

European Union leaders signed off on Britain’s exit from the continent’s political and economic bloc, sending the agreement to the U.K. Parliament.

“There is no agreement of any sort between the incoming Mexican government and the U.S. government,” Mexico’s incoming interior minister said.