The United States "strongly" urged China to show restraint after it launched military drills around Taiwan following the inauguration of a new president, describing China's actions as "reckless".
The US had "noted with concern" and was "closely monito
Heavy rains caused flooding in parts of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands overnight into this morning, swamping streets and buildings and sparking evacuations.
The Vatican has sharpened its rules for investigating supernatural events such as visions of Christ or the Virgin Mary, acknowledging that overactive imaginations and outright "lying" risked harming the faithful.
Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara desert covered Athens and other Greek cities, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials have said.
Extreme heat across south and southeast Asia has resulted in a warning being issued in Thailand, school closures in the Philippines and people in Bangladesh praying for rain.
The high temperatures were recorded just a day after the United Nations said
Indonesian rescuers are racing to evacuate thousands of people after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami.