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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.

It was the clearest sign yet that President Trump’s push for an imminent summit was faltering.

But the reprieve for Thaksin Shinawatra, who remains a political force, did not mean that the legal troubles for him and his family were over.

The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly consoled bereaved families, as well as awarding medals to soldiers returning from the force he has sent to aid Russia.

A former foreign minister, he founded an opposition political party and then served in the government as an unflagging negotiator with northern rebels.

Canada’s leader said he would follow the United States in dropping tariffs against American goods covered by the existing free trade agreement.

A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

Amid suffocating temperatures, the Iranian authorities are closing public offices and cutting water and electricity as the country struggles with an energy crisis.

The ex-leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was arrested amid government investigations into widespread bribery and graft.

Israel’s plan to invade Gaza City, the most populous city in the northern Gaza Strip, has forced many families to consider uprooting themselves.

At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, was regularly subjected to humiliation and abuse on Kick, a streaming platform.

The online DeepState map, based on geolocated combat footage and tips from Ukrainian Army sources, draws 900,000 views each day and acts as a counterbalance to the military’s omissions.

With the United States hosting two sets of Olympic Games and the World Cup, lawmakers are pressing for the State Department to step up its sports diplomacy.

With the country facing a “reading crisis,” the Danish government plans to exempt books from a 25 percent value-added tax.