Myanmar junta hangs 4 democracy backers, drawing widespread rebuke
The executions were the nation's first in decades. The regime dismissed the widespread criticism.
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2 Americans killed while fighting Russian forces in Ukraine identified
The two were among four foreigners who died while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the country's disputed Donetsk region, their commander said.
Russia insists strike on Ukrainian port of Odesa hit military targets
Russian officials insisted that the airstrike — less than a day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement on resuming grain shipments from there — hit only military targets.
Pope lands in Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology for school abuse
Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools.
Sri Lanka swears in new president as soldiers crack down on protesters
Hundreds of armed troops raided a protest camp outside the president's office, attacking demonstrators with batons.
Get used to heat waves – scientists say climate change is making them more common
Driven by climate change, heat waves and drought go hand in hand. And in one U.S. city, heat kills as many people as homicide.
2 Americans dead in Ukraine as Russian attacks continue
"We are in touch with the families and providing all possible consular assistance, a State Department spokesperson said.
Flash flood kills at least 21 people in southern Iran
Heavy rains swelled the Roudbal river by the city of Estahban, according to the city's governor Yousef Karegar.
WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.
Chinese court executes man who set his ex-wife on fire
Tang Lu set his ex-wife on fire in September 2020 while she was livestreaming on Douyin, the short video platform.
Beijing court rules against woman who wanted to freeze her eggs
Teresa Xu, who is unmarried, had wanted to preserve her eggs so she could have an option to bear children at a later date.
Russia hits Ukraine's Black Sea port in wake of grain deal
Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles hit the port's infrastructure and Ukrainian air defenses brought down two others, the Ukrainian military's Southern Command said.
3 charged over murders of British journalist and Indigenous expert in Brazil
British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were killed in June in the remote western reaches of Brazil's Amazon rainforest.
Man dies after getting sucked into sinkhole in a swimming pool in Israel
The owners of the villa where the man died have been placed under house arrest.
U.K. movie theaters offer free tickets to redheads amid punishing heat wave
The United Kingdom recorded temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week.
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