Thousands of demonstrators in Belarus gathered Saturday at the spot in the capital where a protester died in run-ins with police, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after 26 years in power.
Wartime allies Britain and Canada both paid tribute Saturday to veterans of the multinational Second World War campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe.
The U.S.-brokered deal between Israel and the U.A.E. to establish diplomatic relations could lead other countries in the region to normalize relations with Israel. But it's unlikely that Saudi Arabia, arguably the most important geo-political Gulf state, will follow suit anytime soon, according to experts who specialize in the region.
India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he launched a national project to roll out health cards for each citizen to store medical records.
California on Friday ordered rolling power outages for the first time since 2011 as a statewide heat wave strained its electrical system.
