Local residents and tourists treat themselves to a boat trip and enjoy the sun in the park of the Palace of Versailles, while France is experiencing an episode of summer heat.
As of Thursday, 3.3 million people had had ’fever’, while only 69 died, Pyongyang claims
China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang.
Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer said on Thursday, the latest incident of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation.
Russian forces are closing in on several urban centres in east Ukraine, including the strategically located Severodonetsk and Lysychansk
Enea Bastianini will hope to crown the return of spectators to his home Italian MotoGP on Sunday with victory and potentially go past defending champion and series leader Fabio Quartararo in the standings.
Japan announced Thursday it will reopen to tourists from 98 countries and regions starting June 10, ending a two-year pandemic closure, but travellers will only be allowed in with tour groups.
Back in Colombia, Luis Diaz's family are dreaming of Champions League glory. His club, Liverpool, face Real Madrid in the final on Saturday May 28. As the country's first indigenous football star, his rise to the top is an inspiration to those following in his barefoot footsteps on the dirt pitches of Barrancas.
The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions over North Korea's missile launches, including on two Russian banks, after Russia and China blocked action by the UN Security Council.
Court directs government to ensure sex worker who is victim of sexual assault gets all facilities available to other survivors
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is convinced that Russia "will not win" its war in Ukraine, nor will President Vladimir Putin be allowed to impose a "dictated peace" on its pro-Western neighbour.
An independent inquiry into an alleged toxic culture within Australian football has referred three separate complaints to police, with two further claims being probed in house.
Her novel Tomb of Sand follows the story of an 80-year-old woman after the death of her husband.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his delegation leave their hotel in the Solomon Islands ahead of meetings with the Honiara government. It comes as China puts forward a wide-ranging draft agreement and a five-year plan to ten nations in the Pacific, as part of Wang's tour of Pacific nations, which began Thursday. The South Pacific is increasingly a theatre for competition between China and the United States -- which has been the primary power in the region for the last century. IMAGES
With military troops once again patrolling their ancestral lands, members of the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile's south are angry.
Gun control activists and lawmakers rally outside the US Capitol to call for action after a mass shooting left 19 schoolchildren and two teachers dead in Texas. "I'm here because I'm scared it's going to be me next," says a high school student who missed classes to attend the protest.
As the world faces a growing food crisis provoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many have looked to South America's "breadbasket" -- major wheat producers Brazil and Argentina, along with Uruguay and Paraguay -- as a possible solution.
A local NGO is training women to dry and sell fruits and vegetables
India's banks need to monitor the credit behaviour of restructured loans and the possibility of increased repayment slippages from sectors more exposed to the pandemic, the central bank said in a report on Friday. With the unwinding of support measures, some restructured accounts might face solvency concerns, with the impact on banks' balance sheets becoming clearer in the upcoming quarters, the Reserve Bank of India said in its annual report. "As the economy recovers and credit demand rises, banks will need to focus on supporting credit growth while being vigilant of the evolving risks," it said.
The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the European Union's disease agency.
Three months ago, Mykyta never would have thought he'd be hoping to study for an engineering degree at a Belgian university.
