Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday, part of a series of artillery and missile barrages across the country in the past day that left at least 10 dead and dozens wounded in eastern and southern regions.
Thousands of firefighters are on duty in Portugal as a major heatwave continues.
A judge has rejected a motion from actor Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million US judgment awarded against her in favour of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, or to have a mistrial declared after her lawyers said one of the jurors in the high-profile civil trial served improperly.
U.S. President Joe Biden opened his first visit to the Mideast as president on Wednesday by declaring a "bone deep" bond between the United States and Israel and pledging to strengthen economic connections between the two countries going forward.
The U.S. inflation rate defied expectations and rose to a new multi-decade high of 9.1 per cent in the year up to June.
The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to step down under pressure from protesters angry over economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School while a gunman carried out a massacre inside a fourth-grade classroom where 19 children and two teachers were killed.
The island nation has essentially run out of money, specifically the foreign currency reserves it needs to make its debt payments — which it has already defaulted on this year — and to import basic resources for its people.
