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The strikes, which hit a five-story apartment building, a shopping mall and buildings used by European governments, were the largest on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit.

The blue dragons, which pack a ferocious sting, have led to several beach closures. Experts say it’s a worrying sign of the warming of the Mediterranean.

Also, the secret of “KPop Demon Hunters.”

With many away for long vacations, the capital is transformed into a sleepy, roomy, more friendly place.

A move to force employers to pay into benefits for their employees has left people worrying that small businesses will close and jobs will be lost.

As the outspoken Hong Kong publisher awaits a verdict, his trial has become a test of China’s resolve to crush dissent, and of whether President Trump can free him.

U.S. and European military officials are increasingly concerned about the flights, even as Russian acts of sabotage have declined.

With the decades-old peacekeeping mission set to expire, the U.N. Security Council chose to extend it through 2026, then gradually withdraw the forces the following year.

Britain, France and Germany said the country had violated the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s foreign minister called their action “illegal.”

The strikes near the capital, Damascus, were the latest Israeli military intervention in the country since a new government came to power.

With Israel’s expanded assault looming, Zeitoun already resembles other parts of Gaza that have been largely flattened in the war.

A 17-year-old was stabbed to death as she rode home after a night out. Her killing has shaken a city where cycling safely at any hour is taken for granted.

The assault, which killed at least 18 people, was the largest attack on the Ukrainian capital since President Trump met Vladimir Putin.

Scientists published a study this month on the nurse shark, which was caught and photographed by sport fishermen last year.

The capsule was opened early because of a construction project. It revealed a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television and other ephemera from its time.

The artwork had been missing for 80 years before Dutch journalists spotted it in a real estate listing in Argentina.

A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.

His considerable influence in the French-speaking world was based on an unusual attribute: He had actually been to the revolutions he wrote about.

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought.

They will join China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and about 20 other heads of state, some of whom share a strong distrust of the United States.