Red alerts were also in place in Britain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as the extreme early summer heat forced school closures, travel disruption and alarm about climate change.

Amid a global scale-back on climate action, the U.K. over the past two years was stepping up its ambition. But with Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing his resignation earlier this week, the future of the country’s climate goals could be in question.

C.D. Donahue, the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan, is the latest in a long line of military departures.

Technology stocks mostly rebounded on Wednesday amid choppy trading following a global selloff in the previous session.

Three Democrats who have been outspoken in their criticism of Israel won primaries in New York on Tuesday, signaling their party’s new skepticism of the country and its actions.

North Korea has entered a new era of naval power that will project its nuclear capabilities, Kim Jong Un said Tuesday as he unveiled a 5,000-ton destroyer.

NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.

Russian-installed authorities in Crimea have halted fuel distribution in vacation season as Ukraine isolates the peninsula.