FRANCE - Guadeloupe's Indira Ampiot was crowned Miss France 2023. The 18-year-old beat 29 other contestants representing various French regions.
CHINA - Funeral homes across China's covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, are scrambling to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services.
MALAYSIA - More than a dozen people including children have been killed after a landslide at a holiday campsite in Malaysia's Selangor State.
UNITED KINGDOM - Retired sprinting legend Usain Bolt will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Sports Personality of The year.
BERLIN - Two people were injured and hospitalized after an aquarium at the luxury hotel in Berlin exploded Friday.
UNITED KINGDOM - Four people were critically injured in a crush at a gig at the Brixton O2 Academy. Two more people were treated for minor...
FRANCE - Ten people, including five children, between three and 15, were killed in a fire on Friday that engulfed a residential building near the southeastern...
PERU - Peru is now in a state of emergency, granting police special powers and limiting freedoms.
LONDON - Fossil fuel firms can cross HSBC off their list of lenders for new projects. The banking giant says it will no longer fund new...
KENYA - Kenya's decades-old ban on the cultivation and importation of genetically modified maize is lifted, thanks to the new government of Kenyan President William Ruto.
