Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has authorised the use of the military to battle the huge blazes sweeping parts of the Amazon while thousands took to the streets to protest his environmental policies.
This weekend's G7 summit will produce no joint communiqué amid deepening divisions between the world's seven richest nations over everything from Brexit to trade, climate change, and how to deal with China, Iran, and Russia.
US President Donald Trump has ordered American companies to exit China after Beijing unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75bn (€67.3bn) in US goods, throwing a new twist into the bitter trade war between the world's two largest economies.
A school in the United States has spent $48m (€43m) redesigning its buildings with curved corridors, hiding places, and cement barriers in a bid to thwart mass shooters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered a like-for-like response to a recent US missile test, which he said showed Washington aimed to deploy previously banned missiles around the world.
Thousands of chanting Hong Kong protesters joined peaceful "Baltic Chain" links of hands yesterday, with almost three months of anti-government demonstrations showing no sign of let-up across the Chinese-ruled territory.
Illinois health officials said yesterday that a patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died, which could make it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking alternative that has become popular with teens and young adults.
