UNITED KINGDOM - Survivors and affected families of UK's infected blood scandal are seeking clarity on the payment date promised by British Prime Minister Ishi Sunak.
UNITED KINGDOM - Irish singer and activist Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of 56.
SINT MAARTEN - Sint Maarten's Court of Guardianship is set to implement a child safety code.
USA - An air force intelligence officer said the U.S. is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects.
USA - The U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions.
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS - The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force reporting its marine unit intercepted a group of 204 illegal migrants.
ATLANTIC OCEAN - Scientists say a vital system of ocean currents could collapse within a few decades if the world continues to pump out planet-heating pollution.
EUROPE - Serbian police say they have arrested two people suspected of helping smuggle Cubans toward Spain as part of an international crime group.
USA - A heatwave is expected to expand from the southwest of the United States into central and eastern regions.
USA - Twitter has changed its brand and logo from its famous blue bird to an x.