North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Tuesday. The launch was the latest in a series of weapons tests that come as South Korea and the United States conduct their largest joint military drills in years.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most powerful figures in Washington, was released from a hospital and will continue receiving treatment in a rehabilitation facility after he suffered a fall last week, his office said on Monday.
Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionized the event with a radically different jumping technique that was eventually named after him, died on Sunday aged 76, his agent Ray Schulte said on Monday.
Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 60 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday it is approving the major Willow oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, a decision that is drawing condemnation from environmentalists who say it flies in the face of the Democratic president's climate pledges.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, while Moscow and Kyiv both reported intense fighting in the war's bloodiest battle over the eastern city of Bakhmut.
