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Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court on Thursday (April 25), reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable. #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke spoke to Reuters.

On an April morning at a popular beach in Japan’s Yokohama, volunteers pluck a strand of eelgrass from a tray. Around 100 volunteers gathered to plant seedlings, contributing to Japan's broader environmental goals such as achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, which includes eelgrass restoration efforts. Syakir Jasnee reports.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted reality-television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian at the White House on Thursday (April 25) to discuss criminal justice reform, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to more people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.

Paleontologist Rodrigo Alvarez announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur in Argentina that was a fast runner and lived around 90 million years ago in present-day Patagonia.

The Biden administration is not taking any options off the table to respond to China's excess industrial capacity, which is a top concern for the U.S. and its allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Thursday (April 25).

Student protests in the U.S. over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a number of encampments now in place at colleges including Columbia, Yale, and New York University. Lucy Ha explains why.

Olympics' enthusiasts with deep pockets will be offered a variety of services and VIP spaces provided by American company 'On Location,' when the Games kick off this summer.

Australian wildlife experts were taking measurements and samples from whales that had beached on the shores of Western Australia on Thursday (April 25), looking to determine the cause of the mass stranding event.

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday (April 25) for stronger, more integrated European defenses as he outlined his vision for a more assertive European Union on the global stage. Olivia Chan reports.

Political analyst Miguel Murado explained on Thursday (April 25) that the decision of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to suspend his public duties was ‘unprecedented’ in the country. Sanchez said on Wednesday (April 24) he would step back "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg flew aboard a German Air Force Eurofighter on Thursday (April 25) as part of his visit to the Rostock-Laage air base, home to the Luftwaffe’s “Air Squadron 73 S” near the Baltic Sea coast.

Venice residents on Thursday (April 25) staged a protest against the introduction of a payment system for tourists, aimed to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Giovanni Andrea Martini, a member of an opposition group in the Town Hall, said the new ticketed system "regulates nothing" and that the city will still suffer from over-tourism.

The Italian city became the first in the world on Thursday (April 25) to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Alice Rizzo has more.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Shanghai on Thursday (April 25), where he met with business leaders and students and reaffirmed the United States' commitment to a stable relationship with China.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday (April 25) he met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt in Kyiv and called for sanctions against Russia to be tightened to stop Moscow bypassing them.

Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, is among 18 people charged in Arizona with illegally seeking to claim the state's 2020 electoral votes for the then-U.S. president, in an indictment unsealed on Wednesday (April 25) that names Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator. Diane To reports.

Portugal marked the half century milestone on Thursday (April 25) with a military ceremony in capital Lisbon and street parties expected later on in the day. The country's "Carnation Revolution" saw the toppling of the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe.

Last summer Senegalese fisherman Birane Mbaye and his friend Omar Seck left Senegal aboard a crowded wooden fishing boat, seeking a better future in the Canary Islands. But the voyage was hit by disaster, and Mbaye returned alone. David Doyle has more.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill late on Tuesday (April 23) that gives Chinese tech firm ByteDance up to a year to divest TikTok, or the app will be banned altogether. Reuters spoke to JP Morray, the CEO of music management company Interlude Studios, about the effects of the ban on the music industry. Ryan Chang reports.

Police arrested Pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday evening (April 24) as campus demonstrations in support of Gaza continued to spread around the U.S.

Four pods of pilot whales were stranded at Toby Inlet, about 236 km (146 miles) south of state capital Perth, the Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions said.

Protesters and police clashed on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Wednesday (April 24).

Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a young Israeli-American man who has been held captive in Gaza since Hamas' October 7 attack, made a plea to negotiating parties. Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin told their son to "stay strong" after seeing him in a Hamas-released video on Wednesday (April 24).

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday (April 24) that he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings. Olivia Zollino reports.

Eyewitness video from Athens, Greece, showed an orange sky after dust from the Sahara Desert covered the city on Tuesday (April 23).