China evacuates over 1 million as Typhoon Bavi brushes past Taiwan, pummels southern Japan

A person dressed in all black walks through a rainstorm while struggling to keep umbrella unfurled.
People are waiting for Typhoon Bavi to make landfall in China, with more than a million people evacuating.

2 people dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and drones

A cityscape with high rise apartment is seen with smoke billowing across the sky
Fighting continues in Russia's war against Ukraine, which is running low on munitions that would help it shoot down and intercept Russian strikes.

Runner gored in the face at Spain's San Fermin bull run festival

People running from bulls
The huge animals knocked bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pileups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring where bullfighters will kill the bulls later in the day.

'Conservation success story': Endangered whooping crane makes rare appearance in central Alberta

A tall, slim white bird stands in grass.
A whooping crane's appearance northeast of Calgary is being celebrated by local birdwatchers, with the rare sighting of North America's tallest bird being hailed as a chapter in the iconic animal's "conservation success story."

WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 watches Wings beat Tempo in Montreal

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Paige Bueckers scored 34 points and the Dallas Wings beat the expansion Toronto Tempo 108-95 on Friday night in front of a WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 at Bell Centre in Montreal.

A ship exploded in Lake Huron 143 years ago. Now, a team is trying to find its wreckage

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A group of marine archaeologists and volunteers will take to Boiler Beach near Kincardine, Ont., this summer to learn more about the SS Erie Belle steamboat explosion from 1883.