Despite fears of a police crackdown, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral in southeast Moscow went on peacefully, two weeks after his mysterious death in an Arctic penal colony.
A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka had no fire exits, the country's prime minister said Friday. Rescuers are continuing their search for more victims.
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who forged close ties with two Republican U.S. presidents through a free trade agreement that was once vilified but now celebrated has died. He was 84.
Scientists are optimistic that gene-edited animals could provide a new source of organs for transplantation. Pig organs modified to minimize rejection are now being tested in humans.
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued explicit nuclear threats to the West, even as he assured Russians their country could both win the war in Ukraine and thrive economically.