New Orleans officials have set off several thundering explosions intended to topple two cranes that had been looming precariously over the ruins of a partially collapsed hotel, but only one crane appeared to make it to the ground.
Protests and violence in Chile have spilled over into a new day even after the president cancelled a subway fare hike that prompted massive and violent demonstrations.
Hundreds of thousands have thronged public squares across Lebanon in the largest protests the country has seen since 2005, unifying an often divided public against leaders who have ruled for three decades and brought the economy to the brink of disaster.
Two 17-year-old boys have died after a stabbing at a house party, police said.
The Guardian's latest piece on modern schoolchildren trying to make sense of 20th-century tech is indicative of the times in more ways than one. None of the kids can use a rotary phone – and none of them are white, either. The Guardian has published a feel-good article describing how modern-day 15-year-olds try to complete...
Hong Kong's streets have descended into chaos again as protesters set up roadblocks and torched businesses on a main tourist street and police responded with tear gas and a water cannon after an unauthorised pro-democracy rally.
More than 150 lorry drivers have staged a protest at the Irish border in a bid to highlight the importance of free-flowing movement.
