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Zelensky says he will meet Trump on Sunday and peace plan is ‘90 per cent ready’ - Ukrainian president will discuss peace ...

Black holes have long captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public. These exotic objects—once thought ...

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack ...

North Korea on Thursday released new images of what it claims is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a massive vessel equal in size to some of the United States Navy’s attack subs.

SAN FRANCISCO — A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six ...

Four federal investigators are flying to the Bay Area to investigate how a gas leak led to a massive explosion, damaging multiple homes in Hayward. The National Transportation Safety Board is ...

A fire and explosion rocked a neighborhood near Hayward on Thursday. Witnesses said it felt like a powerful earthquake. They described debris scattered and windows being blown out. Six people were ...

A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. By Soumya Karlamangla A gas line exploded on Thursday in a Bay Area city, ...

Six people were sent to the hospital Thursday morning after an explosion and fire at a home in the unincorporated Alameda County community of Ashland. The Alameda County Fire Department responded to ...

Oscar-nominated Franco-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb (“Days of Glory”) is preparing his next feature, “Reggane,” a fiction film set against the backdrop of France’s first nuclear tests in the ...