A special Sri Lankan police team has begun investigating a fire on a container ship anchored off its capital that has caused severe marine pollution, officials said Monday. Here's a look at the damage and the cleanup efforts.
The World Health Organization revealed new names on Monday for the COVID-19 variants of concern which goes by multiple, sometimes cumbersome names.
An ongoing NATO exercise is dusting off the alliance's Cold War-era skills and scenarios for rapidly reinforcing Europe in a crisis. An exercise in keeping Atlantic Ocean sea lanes open and getting troops and equipment safely across the sea has been taking place off Portugal over the last two weeks.
Naomi Osaka, who was fined $15,000 US at the French Open for skipping a post-match news conference after her first-round victory, withdrew from the tournament on Monday.
India's Serum Institute will increase production of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by nearly 40 per cent in June, officials said on Monday, in a step toward alleviating a shortage that has worsened the country's battle with the illness.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will impose stricter measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is "surging again" in Africa's worst-affected nation.
China's ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains on the economy and society.
On Sunday, right-wing nationalist party leader Naftali Bennett announced a deal with centrist Yair Lapid to form a new 'unity government' to end the political upheaval in Israel. If successful, it would mark the end of Benjamin Netanyahu's current 12-year run as prime minister.
