In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 1.6 million hectares (four million acres) in a fire season that is far from over.
Seven bodies were found in a region straddling the French-Italian border near Nice on Sunday after torrential rains swept houses and roads away, officials in both countries said.
More than 100,000 people marched in the Belarus capital on Sunday, the ninth straight week protests have taken place against the country's authoritarian leader, who won his sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged.
Kenzo Takada, the iconic Franco-Japanese fashion designer famed for his jungle-infused designs and free-spirited esthetic that channelled global travel, has died. He was 81.
Two months after Canada lost the election to the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Bob Rae was there anyway, speaking frankly about the Syrian civil war. He wasn't making many new friends.
U.S. President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, the doctors leading his treatment said on Sunday.
A racing wheelchair Brent Lakatos of Montreal designed earlier this year paid instant dividends Sunday as he won the men's event at the London Marathon in one hour, 46 minutes and four seconds.
Azerbaijan said on Sunday that Armenian forces had fired rockets at its second city of Ganja, killing one civilian and wounding four, and it threatened to retaliate by destroying military targets inside Armenia, which denies it launched the attack.
Tristan Woodfine of Cobden, Ont., met the Tokyo Olympic qualifying standard on Sunday, finishing the London Marathon in a personal-best 2:10:51. Canadian record-holder Cam Levins dropped out late while Montreal's Brent Lakatos captured the men's wheelchair race.
Pope Francis travelled to the birthplace of his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, to sign his latest papal letter, which addresses issues urgent to the Roman Catholic Church and the world as it reels from COVID-19. But the title, which in English is "Brothers All," has raised eyebrows for its lack of gender inclusivity.
Since the revelation of the president and his wife's diagnosis for COVID-19, multiple cases have already been confirmed among those who have had close contact with Trump and his close adviser, Hope Hicks.
The country's chief public health officer says Canada is running out of time to prevent a major resurgence of COVID-19, with the Ontario and Quebec continuing to report some of their highest daily case counts in months.
Cineworld, the world's second-biggest cinema operator, will close all its screens in the United States, Britain and Ireland this week after studios pulled major releases such as the latest James Bond film.
