Moon much older than previously thought

The United Nations is appealing for emergency funds for an operation to prevent an oil spilling in the Red Sea from a tanker moored off Yemen.

The European Space Agency's move marks the latest in the deterioration of space-based relations with Russia.

The musical "The Lion King" reaches 5 million spectators in Madrid, and to celebrate the company has moved this Tuesday to the Atocha station, where it has received with musical numbers of the show to Manuel Vizcaíno Gutiérrez, who from Malaga and surprisingly has become the 5 millionth spectator of the successful musical.

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The four astronauts from American startup Axiom Space Inc. are expected to touch down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. They are the first all-private crew to have stayed on the International Space Station.

The World Health Organization said more than twice as many people died as a result of the COVID pandemic than official data shows, if including deaths of other causes that might not have occurred in more typical times.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, on trial for corruption, says the pontiff gave his blessing for payment to a UK security firm to facilitate the release of a Colombian nun being held by an al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali.

Nearly 5 million jobs lost since start of invasion, labour markets disrupted in neighbouring countries. An estimated 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to a report from the International Labour Organisation.

Christie's Auction house will auction off five sneakers and a card from the career of basketball legend Michael Jordan, it showed Reuters in an exclusive at its Manhattan location Monday (May 16). The auction house is expecting the items to garner a total of $4 million during the two-week auction that will run from June 1st to June 14th.

The latest figures put pollution on par with smoking in terms of global deaths. In comparison, COVID-19 killed about 6.7 million people globally since the pandemic began.

North Korea reported more than 200,000 new illnesses on Thursday, bringing the total number of suspected cases to 1.98 million. Pyongyang has also not responded to offers of help from the WHO and other countries.