U.S. intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, a report declassified on Friday said.
As a long-running standoff between him and the Defence Ministry appeared to come to a head, the ministry issued a statement, saying Yevgeny Prigozhin's accusations were "not true and are an informational provocation."
A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar, the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas.
China's capital issued its highest-level heat alert on Friday as temperatures soared to 40 C. Residents in India's capital were also in the grip of an extreme heat wave.
Titanic director James Cameron says the search operation for a deep-sea tourist sub turned into a "nightmarish charade" that prolonged the agony of the families of the passengers.
