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Journalist deaths jump 50%, led by war-torn Ukraine	Gangs rule much of Haiti as it loses its last elected leaders
United Arab Emirates picks oil boss to head climate summit	World War II map starts a treasure hunt in the Netherlands
Sudan’s young archaeologists take charge	Germany arrests 25 in plot to overthrow government
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'

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