A group of scientists is urging the Biden administration to return gray wolves to the federal endangered species list
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scientists-urge-restoration-of-federal-gray-wolf-protections-scientists-joe-biden-pacific-northwest-great-lakes-idaho-b1847342.html

Federal officials say two airplanes collided in midair near Denver on Wednesday and there were no injuries
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/two-planes-collide-midair-above-denver-no-one-injured-national-transportation-safety-board-denver-colorado-b1846688.html

Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year as the COVID-19 pandemic again forces mosque closings and family sep..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/virus-stifles-muslims-eid-alfitr-celebrations-for-2nd-year-joko-widodo-jakarta-muslims-indonesia-covid-b1846690.html

A once-ambitious Facebook-backed digital currency project — formerly known as Libra, now called Diem — is shifting operations from Switzerla..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/facebookbacked-digital-currency-project-diem-shifts-to-us-facebook-switzerland-b1846685.html

A top U.N. envoy is urging Iraqis to uphold the integrity of “all-important national elections” in October
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/un-envoy-iraqis-must-ensure-integrity-of-october-elections-iraq-linda-thomasgreenfield-security-council-karbala-cabinet-b1845978.html

Authorities say a man shot two West Texas sheriff’s deputies dead and critically wounded a city employee while answering a dog complaint
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/2-texas-deputies-killed-city-worker-wounded-in-attack-eden-greg-abbott-san-angelo-dallas-b1845982.html

The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/number-of-children-traveling-alone-at-border-eases-in-april-border-patrol-mexico-san-diego-families-mexican-b1845981.html

Officers chased down and arrested suspect after incident in suburb of Los Angeles
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/la-police-station-firebomb-attack-b1845211.html

A Texas man who had been free on bond from a murder charge has been arrested after neighbors found a pet tiger wandering around a Houston ne..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/man-arrested-after-tiger-shown-in-a-yard-of-his-houston-home-houston-police-people-twitter-b1845272.html

China’s population growth is falling closer to zero, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce as fewer couples have ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/14b-but-no-more-chinas-population-growth-closer-to-zero-china-chinese-thailand-japan-beijing-b1845274.html

Party leader struggles to complete shake-up of his top team
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-jeremy-corbyn-starmer-elections-b1844582.html

A man has been shot to death at the Vancouver International Airport in what authorities say appears to a gang-related incident
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/man-shot-to-death-at-vancouvers-airport-in-gang-incident-vancouver-richmond-british-columbia-royal-canadian-mounted-police-police-b1844683.html

For the growing ranks of Starmer’s internal critics – who extend beyond the left – his response since ‘Super Thursday’ is just as worrying a..
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-keir-starmer-angela-rayner-reshuffle-b1844654.html

California’s energy policy and planning agency wants to transition new homes away from gas-powered appliances
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/california-proposes-to-steer-new-homes-from-gas-appliances-california-san-francisco-san-francisco-chronicle-b1844373.html

‘It does not appear any crime was committed by Ms Carter in this case,’ says memo from state attorney
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-principal-punish-child-spanking-b1844328.html

NHS England boss says there is an ‘urgent necessity to expand services’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/mental-health-support-students-coronavirus-b1844240.html

‘Labour voters have come home after Brexit election of 2019’, Welsh Tory leader claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-election-results-wales-b1844073.html

After over a month with no local infections, Vietnam has recorded 176 confirmed coronavirus cases from several outbreaks that have spread to..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/after-lull-cases-spread-in-vietnams-cities-provinces-vietnam-hanoi-covid-astrazeneca-ho-chi-minh-city-b1844112.html

The drama of the blockade on St Helier harbour may have subsided, but the issues that triggered it remain raw for residents of the Channel I..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jersey-blockade-fishing-france-brexit-b1844020.html

Police said the gang also robbed trucks of cargo and held up commuter trains to steal from passengers
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/rio-de-janeiro-police-shootout-b1843325.html

The Maldives president says an explosion that wounded former leader Mohamed Nasheed was an attack on the country’s democracy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/maldives-leader-blast-that-hurt-nasheed-attacked-democracy-mohamed-nasheed-maldives-australian-ibrahim-mohamed-solih-indian-ocean-b1843537.html

Jadya Fransen accuses first minister of promoting ‘mass immigration’ and ‘Marxism’ in clip shared online
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nicola-sturgeon-jayda-fransen-glasgow-b1843502.html

The military and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital amid concerns of a growing coronaviru..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/asia-today-fiji-sequesters-hospital-staff-after-covid-death-fiji-rodrigo-duterte-wellington-new-zealand-china-b1842867.html

Ms Jenner is running to replace California’s Democratic governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/caitlyn-jenner-sean-hannity-interview-b1842860.html

The U.S. Department of Justice says it is concerned about ballot security and voter intimidation arising from the Republican-controlled Ariz..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-justice-department-worried-about-arizona-senate-recount-donald-trump-maricopa-county-us-justice-department-phoenix-republican-b1842861.html

Ex-president posted 1,443 problematic posts in one year with no real punishment from social media giant
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-facebook-ban-back-b1842197.html

Federal prosecutors have asked a federal judge to appoint a “special master” to oversee the review of materials seized from Rudy Giuliani du..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/prosecutors-seeks-special-master-to-review-giuliani-items-michael-cohen-manhattan-donald-trump-new-york-fbi-b1842204.html

A Navy sailor says he never thought twice about diving into treacherous waters off the San Diego coast after a boat overloaded with migrants..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/i-have-to-help-says-sailor-who-rescued-migrants-at-sea-san-diego-cpr-mexican-navy-navy-seal-b1842207.html

FBI agents gunned down man outside compound after he got out of car brandishing weapon
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cia-headquarters-armed-man-shot-b1841598.html

1998 Good Friday Agreement ‘a historic achievement that we should protect’, says Blinken
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blinken-biden-good-friday-agreement-uk-b1841445.html

China’s U.N. ambassador is urging stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/chinas-un-envoy-myanmar-violence-could-lead-to-civil-war-myanmar-china-aung-san-suu-kyi-yangon-association-of-southeast-asian-nations-b1841601.html

Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tokyo-games-need-500-nurses-nurses-say-needs-are-elsewhere-japan-tokyo-nursing-osaka-nurses-b1841120.html

Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo has turned himself in to federal agents just hours after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/puerto-rican-boxer-turns-himself-in-after-lover-found-dead-san-juan-fbi-b1841122.html

Shares are mostly lower in Asia in thin trading, with many markets including those in Tokyo and Shanghai closed for holidays
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/asian-shares-mostly-lower-china-japan-closed-for-holidays-joe-biden-dow-wall-street-shanghai-tokyo-b1841130.html

She won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy ‘Moonstruck’
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/olympia-dukakis-actress-moonstruck-steel-magnolias-b1840796.html

Gilbert, Arizona, police say a man arrested in the death of one police officer and serious injury of another after they were struck by a sto..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-man-to-face-murder-other-charges-in-officers-death-police-gilbert-chandler-b1840839.html

‘I resent being asked to pay to literally wipe the prime minister’s baby’s bottom’ a supporter allegedly responded
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-nanny-flat-loan-b1840805.html

Police say a fire in a hospital in western India has killed at least 15 COVID-19 patients
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hospital-fire-kills-15-covid19-patients-in-western-india-police-india-covid-new-delhi-gujarat-b1840565.html

Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/eli-broad-billionaire-entrepreneur-who-reshaped-la-dies-eric-garcetti-the-new-york-times-new-york-forbes-twitter-b1840568.html

A second man has been ordered held without bond in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl who was sitting in a car with her father outside ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/2nd-man-held-without-bond-in-fatal-shooting-of-chicago-girl-chicago-mcdonalds-audi-cook-county-b1840567.html

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is offering additional assistance to India in battling the coronavirus outbreak ravaging the country
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/chinas-xi-offers-more-help-to-india-in-message-to-modi-xi-jinping-india-china-narendra-modi-ngos-b1840232.html

Small number of deaths recorded among older, frail patients who received first shot are to be expected and show vaccines working as predicte..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/covid-vaccines-uk-latest-sage-b1840220.html

Average cost of home rose 2.1 per cent between March and April after chancellor extended stamp duty holiday
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/uk-house-prices-average-rise-nationwide-b1840144.html

Reporters traveling with first lady Jill Biden got an April Fools' Day surprise on their flight back from California to Washington on Thursd..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jill-biden-treats-reporters-to-april-fools-day-prank-jill-biden-washington-jasmine-california-dove-b1825901.html

Guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control, a de facto border that divides the Himalayan region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pakistan-india-peace-move-silences-deadly-kashmir-frontier-kashmir-pakistan-india-line-of-control-srinagar-b1825898.html

Luka Garza of Iowa is The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the year
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/iowas-luka-garza-named-ap-mens-college-player-of-the-year-iowa-indianapolis-ncaa-illinois-baylor-b1825900.html

Mexico's electoral tribunal has ruled that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador cannot talk about his administration's achievements during ..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mexican-electoral-court-president-cant-praise-achievements-andrs-manuel-lpez-obrador-mexico-city-mexican-yucatn-peninsula-b1825316.html

Turning increasingly desperate, Macron and Merkel have spoken to Putin about jab supply, writes Adam Forrest
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-vaccine-eu-russia-putin-b1824808.html

President says programme will help US compete with China
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-infrastructure-proposal-congress-b1825260.html

Photos show blood on nosecone and panels torn from left engine.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/utah-jazz-plane-emergency-landing-delta-b1824673.html