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Exploding fire extinguisher kills student and injures 5 during Bangkok high school fire drill

A rescuer says a fire extinguisher exploded during a high school’s annual fire drill in Bangkok, killing one student and injuring five others.

Exploding fire extinguisher kills student and injures 5 during Bangkok high school fire drill

A rescuer says a fire extinguisher exploded during a high school’s annual fire drill in Bangkok, killing one student and injuring five others.

Flooding displaces tens of thousands and kills 1 as heavy monsoon rains batter Indian villages

Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast.

Moscow court rules US journalist Evan Gershkovich must stay in detention until late August

A Moscow court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerhskovich and upheld an earlier ruling that he should remain in jail on espionage charges until late August.

Belarus is fast becoming a ‘vassal state’ of Russia
The most recent manifestation of Belarus’s fealty to Moscow is its professed decision to allow Moscow to position tactical nuclear weapons on its soil, as well as outfitting its bombers with nuclear weapons.

Bridge to Russian-occupied Crimea is damaged
The Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, is important to Moscow’s control over occupied territories in southern and eastern Ukraine.

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Countries on front lines of climate change seek new lifeline in Paris

Many believe a new international monetary system, one that offers developing countries facing climate crises financial support, might be in the making.

Pope short of breath, says he’s still feeling effects of anesthesia two weeks after surgery

Francis made the comments to explain why he chose not to deliver a prepared speech to visiting charity workers for Eastern rite churches.

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China

Cooking gas caused a massive explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China, killing 31 people and injuring seven others during national celebrations on the eve of a long holiday weekend, authorities said Thursday.

Leaders and activists are in Paris to seek a financial response to the climate emergency and poverty

Developing nations point to an outdated system where the United States, Europe, China and other big economies that have caused most climate damage are leaving the poorest countries to deal with the consequences.

‘Like doomsday’: How hope of a better life ended on a boat in the Mediterranean

Two young cousins from For decades, as India and Pakistan fought over the contested area of Kashmir, the town faced frequent cross-border shelling, destroying homes and taking lives. Leaving was a way for young men to escape that violence and support their families.There was no changing their minds.

Allies pledge billions for Ukraine’s recovery as Zelensky stresses urgency

The prospect of using confiscated Russian assets to pay for part of the reconstruction emerged as a potent, if problematic, theme at the gathering.

War in Ukraine is worsening effects of climate change, Kerry says

Like climate change, the war is having a significant effect on strategic, health, and food security, as well as on global energy, he said.

Attack by Palestinian gunmen ignites settlers’ vigilante violence

The Israeli military later conducted a rare drone strike in the northern West Bank on a car that it said was carrying a group of militants.