15 Aug 2022
BBC: Hervé Trentin, a 34-year veteran of the Gironde fire department, stood on the edge of a charred section of forest wiping tears from his cheeks. It was the second time he had cried that morning. Details
15 Aug 2022
BBC: World leaders will meet at the UN in New York later for more talks to save the world's oceans from overexploitation. Details
15 Aug 2022
BBC: A US congressional delegation has arrived for an unannounced visit to Taiwan, 12 days after a tour of the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Details
15 Aug 2022
BBC: Covid-19 infection numbers have surged in the Marshall Islands, just days after the Pacific nation recorded its first local spread of the virus. Details
15 Aug 2022
BBC: Cat owners in one German town will be allowed to let their pets out for the first time in three months when the authorities lift a special lockdown. Details
15 Aug 2022
BBC: Author Salman Rushdie is still in a critical condition but "his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact", his son says. Details
15 Aug 2022
NDTV: Videos posted on social media showed police detaining a man inside the airport as travelers look on. Details
15 Aug 2022
NDTV: Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts." Details
15 Aug 2022
AP: Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army, a move that could extend the military’s control over policing in a country with high levels of violence. Details
15 Aug 2022
AP: A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain destined for Ethiopia set sail Sunday from a Black Sea port, the first shipment of its kind in a program to assist countries facing famine. Details