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May 8 (UPI) -- A Chinese carrier rocket's debris could hit Earth's atmosphere as early as Saturday, experts warned.

May 8 (UPI) -- India set a new national record Saturday of more than 4,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, according to the health ministry.

May 7 (UPI) -- Amnesty International issued an apology to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, reversing its previous decision to strip him of his "prisoner of conscience" status.

SEOUL, May 7 (UPI) -- COVID-19 may have had a devastating impact on the global economy, but some South Korean companies racked up outstanding earnings during the first quarter of 2021.

May 7 (UPI) -- A former South Korean prime minister strongly criticized Seoul's North Korea human rights approach after meeting with U.S. rights activist Suzanne Scholte.

May 7 (UPI) -- Vice President Kamala Harris met virtually Friday with Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to discuss ways to address immigration from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

May 7 (UPI) -- South Korea's unification ministry held a virtual ceremony for government-commissioned "reporters," including defectors.

May 7 (UPI) -- The United Nations Human Rights Office called for an investigation Friday into a Brazilian police operation that led to the deaths of at least 25 people, including a police officer.

May 7 (UPI) -- Former Maldives President and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been critically injured by a bomb attack, officials said Friday.

May 7 (UPI) -- North Korea's state media said it is strengthening anti-epidemic measures to prevent the novel coronavirus from entering the country.

May 7 (UPI) -- High-level talks aimed at returning the United States to the Iran nuclear deal resumed on Friday in Vienna with some indications of optimism at the summit.

May 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is seeking to seize about $2.3 million in assets from three entities.

May 7 (UPI) -- India congressional leader Rahul Gandhi told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that the government's lack of a clear COVID-19 mitigation and vaccination strategy "has placed India in a highly dangerous position."

May 7 (UPI) -- European Union leaders and advisers will meet in Portugal Friday for a two-day summit that's also the first in-person meeting this year for the 27-member bloc.

SEOUL, May 7 (UPI) -- ​South Korea plans to invest $32 billion to build the world's largest floating offshore wind farm by 2030 as a cornerstone of the country's efforts to move toward carbon neutrality, President Moon Jae-in said.

ORLANDO, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- Two space companies that are protesting NASA's $2.9 billion lunar contract award to SpaceX allege the deal would make future moon landings more risky, while the claims leave the timetable for a mission uncertain.