Two massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning uncontained on Thursday, but a brief respite from the fierce winds that have fanned the flames for two days allowed crews to slow their explosive spread.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said a meeting was being set up between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Republican offered no timeline for talks between the two leaders.

Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held back by the top two economies, the U.S. and China, according to a United Nations report released.

Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite slim survival odds.

Meta’s decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms “couldn’t be more validating” for its own decision to let users police content themselves, the boss of social network X says.

Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other fires in the area killed at least five people, destroyed hundreds of homes and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit.

Australia’s democracy could be at risk as social media giants turn their backs on independent fact-checking programs, a senior politician warns.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a reporting trip.

Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure.

Canada’s ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Monday he intended to step down.

A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, authorities said, adding that the number of victims could rise further.

More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.