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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts for first time in 38 years

 Qatar hosts the World Cup and controversy
Missile blast in Poland was accident, NATO says

 Chile’s first lady aims to eliminate her job
Truce signed after 2 years of civil war in Ethiopia

 Bird flies 8,435 miles non-stop from Alaska to Australia
Inflation triggers strikes across France

 Cough syrup tied to scores of child deaths in Gambia
1.8-million-year-old human tooth found in Georgia

 Dozens dead in Florida from Hurricane Ian
Iran protests spread after young woman’s death

 Cheetahs return to India after 70 years
5 dead after New Zealand boat flips in possible whale strike

 Political refugees strain Costa Rica
Pakistan flooding kills more than 1,000

 Tanzania is bringing the internet to Mount Kilimanjaro
Bartering increases in Argentina as inflation soars

 Nicaragua police investigate bishop critical of government
Hungary’s leader sparks outrage over ‘mixed race’ speech

 States face tough choices as Colorado River reservoirs run low
Wildfires spread as extreme heat grips Mediterranean

 Britain’s leader quits amid scandal and party revolt
Russia threatens Lithuania over blocking trains

 Deal ends ‘whiskey war’ over a tiny island near Greenland
Colombia’s frustrated voters to choose between ‘outsiders’

 Japan records big population decline as births fall
19 children and 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school

 North Korea faces a coronavirus crisis
Migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico

 Spain spy chief admits hacking politicians’ phones
Finland and Sweden consider NATO membership

 Honduras ex-president faces drug charges in U.S.
UK to give some migrants a one-way ticket to Rwanda

 Peru official blasted after citing Hitler as a model
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis brings mass protests and resignations

 Prince William tells Jamaica of “profound sorrow” for slavery
Saharan dust turns skies orange over Europe

 Lost ship of Antarctic explorer found after 106 years
Taiwan’s residents worry they may be next after Ukraine

 What is the role of NATO?
Luxury cars go up in smoke near Portugal islands

 Ontario clears protesting truckers away from bridge
California team ‘visits’ its own stadium for Superbowl LVI

 California team ‘visits’ its own stadium for Super Bowl LVI
Thanks for aid but lower the war talk, Ukraine president asks

 China’s “zero-Covid” strategy targets hamsters
Australia deports unvaccinated tennis champ

 Russia leads troops into strife-torn Kazakhstan
Webb telescope heads for a special spot a million miles from Earth

 Kentucky hardest hit as tornadoes leave dozens dead
Suspect’s parents also charged in Michigan school shooting

 World scrambles to cope with coronavirus variant first seen in Botswana
Flooding strands thousands in British Columbia

 Austria orders lockdown for the unvaccinated
Tanker explosion kills scores in Sierra Leone

 Climate crisis brings world leaders to Scotland
Poaching tied to tuskless elephants in Mozambique

 5 killed by bow-and-arrow attack in Norway
Lebanon slips into darkness as electricity grid shuts down

 ‘Squid Game’ sparks talk about inequality in South Korea
Volcanic eruption rocks Canary Islands

 Faeroe Islands dolphin slaughter sparks debate over tradition
Pope Francis visiting impoverished Roma quarter in Slovakia

 Hungry monkeys raid homes on Bali in Indonesia
Persian Gulf first stop for many Afghan evacuees

 2 Pakistani children killed by bomb aimed at Chinese workers
Sicily reports highest temperature ever recorded in Europe

 Thousands flee wildfires in Greece and Turkey
First group of interpreters fleeing Afghanistan arrive in U.S.

 Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads
Hunger and despair fuel rare protests in Cuba

 Gunmen kill the president of Haiti in his bedroom
Collapse of condominium tower stuns Florida

 Chocolate makers protected from lawsuit over child slavery in Ivory Coast
Nicaragua arrests opponents to president

 Did a ‘killer robot’ attack soldiers in Libya?
China tests emotion-detection software on Uyghurs

 Uruguay shows how to teach online in pandemic
Scores killed in Gaza as Israeli-Palestinian violence explodes

 Dozens killed and hurt when rail bridge collapses in Mexico
Bulgaria probes for Russian link to explosions

 India COVID-19 patients suffocate amid oxygen shortage
Russia masses troops and tanks on its border with Ukraine

 Jordan’s king signals end to royal family feud
Ontario imposes third COVID-19 lockdown as cases surge

 Many in Italy stay afloat by faking it on Amazon
Vietnam gets permission to sell edible insects to Europe

 Brazil hospitals pushed to limit as COVID-19 death toll soars
Iceland shaken by a ‘swarm’ of earthquakes

 Saudi Arabia’s crown prince tied to killing journalist
Bosnian villagers cheer as NASA lands rover on Mars

 France sees baby bust after COVID-19 lockdown
Myanmar falls to a military coup d’etat

 Taiwan warned that independence 'means war'
Sri Lanka official who promoted 'Covid syrup' tests positive

 Joe the pigeon is spared the death sentence in Australia
Billions in ‘Brexit compensation’ demanded for Scotland

 Volcano alerts issued on 2 islands in the Lesser Antilles
Mount Everest is 3 feet taller, says Nepal

 Honduras president seeks storm aid and warns of migration surge
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