At least 15 people were killed and 20 injured when a section of a Russian apartment block collapsed.

The season’s first major wildfires have spread to roughly 8,000 hectares across Western Canada as authorities issued an evacuation order for a community in British Columbia and warned of poor air quality across provinces.

The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin America overnight, including a rare appearance in Mexico.

An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the major Canadian oil town, making it among the first actions ahead of the wildfire season.

A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India.

About 50,000 opponents of a “foreign agents” bill marched peacefully in heavy rain through the Georgian capital.

The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban’s interior ministry said, while the World Food Progamme said it was double that.

The Biden administration said Israel’s use of U.S.-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its military operation in Gaza, in its strongest criticism to date of Israel.

Ten cities in Mexico registered record-high temperatures in 10 cities, including the capital, authorities said.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending the U.N. Security Council “reconsider the matter favorably.”

U.S. President Joe Biden joked that he wished former President Donald Trump had injected himself with a little bleach.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the country’s support for a Palestinian bid to become a full United Nations member was part of building momentum to secure peace in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.