The Nashville Zoo is mourning the loss of the matriarch of its giraffe herd. Nasha, an 11-year-old Masai giraffe, died in mid-August from intestinal complications, the Zoo posted on Facebook Aug. 25. ...

Maria Zaitseva, a Belarusian woman who was seriously injured during anti-government protests in Minsk in 2020 and who later volunteered to fight in the war in Ukraine, has been killed in action.