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Police have said that at least 42 people have died in central Kenya after a dam burst, bringing the death toll in heavy rains and flooding since last month over 140. David Doyle has more.

In a push to incorporate sustainable practices into everyday life, Dubai-based startup BloomSpoon has introduced recyclable cutlery made out of wheat straw that can be planted after use and blossom into herbs or vegetables. Kristy Kilburn reports.

'Three-nil' said Nika Hladka, smiling after her bar in Kharkiv survived a third Russian strike since her country was invaded in February 2022. She told Reuters on Wednesday (April 24) she planned to repair the bar's interior and had no plans to leave Kharkiv despite frequent Russian strikes on the eastern city.

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday (April 23) in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei's painful austerity measures. Ryan Chang has more.

Relatives gathered by a tiny sandy grave in Gaza on Friday (April 26), where they had buried a baby girl, who lived for just a few days after doctors delivered her from the womb of her dying mother following an Israeli airstrike. This report contains graphic images. Lucy Fielder has more.

A bus crash in the Andean mountains of northern Peru killed 25 people and injured 13 more, local authorities said on Monday (April 29).

Eyewitness video from Athens, Greece, showed an orange sky after dust from the Sahara Desert covered the city on Tuesday (April 23).

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday (April 24) that he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings. Olivia Zollino reports.

The European Parliament approved a proposed law on Wednesday (April 24) that would ban certain single-use plastic packaging like mini shampoo bottles in hotels and thin plastic bags for groceries, in an attempt to curb the rising tide of packaging waste. Larissa Copello, a campaigner at non-profit group Zero Waste Europe, said the legislation was a "step forward" but more needs to be done.

The Biden administration is not taking any options off the table to respond to China's excess industrial capacity, which is a top concern for the U.S. and its allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Thursday (April 25).

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday (April 23) approved billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay, with lawmakers lauding the bipartisan effort in passing the four-bills-in-one package that also clears the way for a potential TikTok ban. Diane To reports.

Rescuers in helicopters and on boats raced to evacuate residents trapped in China’s flood-hit Guangdong province on Wednesday (April 24), following record-breaking rains.

President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress. Alex Cohen has more.

A pre-Roman necropolis was discovered in southern Italy during excavations for the construction of a future electricity station.

Olympics' enthusiasts with deep pockets will be offered a variety of services and VIP spaces provided by American company 'On Location,' when the Games kick off this summer.

Hospitals in South Korea's smaller cities are expressing their desperation for more physicians, as a stalemate drags on between policymakers and trainee doctors, who are entering a third month of their protest against plans to tackle the shortage by boosting medical school admissions. Diane To reports.

Pro-Palestinian students have set up tent encampments at more campuses across the U.S. to protest Israel's war in Gaza, after mass arrests at similar demonstrations at a handful of mostly East Coast colleges in recent days. Gabe Singer reports.

Fire broke out at fuel and energy facilities in Russia's Smolensk region as a result of a drone attack launched by Ukraine, said Vasily Anokhin, the governor of the western region.

Police arrested Pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday evening (April 24) as campus demonstrations in support of Gaza continued to spread around the U.S.

Paleontologist Rodrigo Alvarez announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur in Argentina that was a fast runner and lived around 90 million years ago in present-day Patagonia.

The Italian city became the first in the world on Thursday (April 25) to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Alice Rizzo has more.

Four law enforcement officers were killed and another four were shot and wounded in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a suspect was found dead, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department chief Johnny Jennings said on Monday (April 29).

Chornobyl nuclear power plant workers who survived, as well as relatives of those who died, honored fallen workers as Ukraine marked the 38th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Friday (April 26).

A Russian court on Wednesday ordered one of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies be kept in custody on suspicion of taking bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022. Sean Hogan has more.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, visiting Beijing, spoke on Friday (April 26) about China's support for Russia's military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world's biggest economies.