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When was the last time Dubai was cooler than North America and Canada? A heat dome triggered by man-made causes has made that possible.

Guatemalan Health Minister Amelia Flores said on Tuesday that the government had asked Russia to return money already paid for doses of the Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine because of nondelivery.

Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a muchanticipated judicial reform, a move long sought by the West.

The three-day snap lockdown for Brisbane, starting on Tuesday evening, comes on top of similar orders imposed in Sydney, Perth and Darwin residents in recent days.

Experts who have reviewed video footage of the collapse are now looking at the idea of "progressive collapse" -- when an initial failure, perhaps in the parking garage or even below, would have snowballed into tragedy.

The Supreme Court on Monday revived claims of excessive force against St. Louis police officers in a case in which a homeless man died after being restrained in handcuffs and leg shackles.

Croatia punched above their weight to finish as the 2018 World Cup runnersup but a round of 16 exit at Euro 2020 after a 53 defeat by Spain in an absorbing clash suggests they must rebuild after patchy performances throughout the tournament.

Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment stemming from a longrunning investigation into the former presidents company.

The U.S. military conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were facilities used by Iranbacked militia groups near the border between Iraq and Syria.

Shipments of Qatarifunded fuel into the Gaza Strip will resume for the first time since last month's 11day war between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, the U.N. envoy to the Mideast said Sunday.

A group of fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) weeks after the former group's leader died, according to a video seen by Reuters. 

The French far right again failed to win a single region in elections on Sunday, exit polls showed, depriving its leader Marine Le Pen of a chance to show her party is fit for power ahead of next year's presidential election.

Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country's worst coronavirus outbreak.

The U.S. Senate has approved a measure intended to encourage greater use of farming and forestry practices that prevent greenhouse gas emissions and remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Judge Peter Cahill told George Floyd's family members that I acknowledge and hear the pain that youre feeling, before sentencing a former Minneapolis police officer to 22.5 years in prison for murder.