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Officials on Hainan Island, China’s only tropical beach destination, halted public transportation. Businesses were closed in Sanya, a popular resort city on the island.

The Ukrainian leader held talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and was set to meet with President Trump’s envoy, Keith Kellogg, amid continuing diplomatic efforts to end the war.

The contested region is where Russia’s war in Ukraine began a decade ago. Scores of Ukrainian soldiers have died defending it. Would Ukraine give it up now?

In Pakistan, hundreds are in jail on charges of blaspheming Islam. Rights groups say some of these cases are due to bad actors’ entrapping victims online.

Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.

Talks of a cease-fire in Ukraine have centered on the Donbas, a valued region for both sides and where most of the fighting is taking place. Michael Schwirtz, a global intelligence correspondent, and Anatoly Kurmanaev, a foreign correspondent covering Russia, break down who the Donbas is important to and why.

A panel of food security experts said the famine could spread to more of the enclave within weeks.

For Americans, the price of eggs became a rallying cry for consumers beaten down by high prices. For Italians, it’s the cost of beach umbrellas.

Siquijor, in the Philippines, is trying to capitalize on a centuries-old association with the occult.

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs threaten to hit many of the most common and well-known drugs that Americans take.

Companies, fearing penalties that could put them out of business, race to make sure their drivers have enough English to communicate with U.S. officials.

The White House has not commented on a report finding famine in Gaza. Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course.

A section of the railway bridge, under construction in the country’s northwest, plunged into the Yellow River early on Friday.

Whether you swim furiously or float motionless, being in the water is a magical feeling.

Once rare, wildfire smoke is becoming more prevalent in Arctic communities as Canada faces harsh wildfire seasons.

A generation of Ukrainian men has been shaped by the bloodiest war in Europe since World War II. Serhiy Hrebinyk, 25 years old and just released from a Russian prison, is one of them.

Israel largely destroyed Evin prison, one of Iran’s most infamous symbols of oppression, in June. Less than two months later, Iran began returning male prisoners.

President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela would not back down while facing a U.S. naval buildup. But many in the country doubt a confrontation will come at all.