In Beijing’s western suburbs, cars were swept away as relentless rain since the weekend transformed roads into rivers.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured nearly 15 square km (5.8 square miles) of land from Russian troops in the east and south over the past week during their counteroffensive.

A Cook Islands film-maker made a documentary on Rarotonga’s mountains after watching the Kānaka Maoli protest the construction of the $US1.4 billion telescope on top of a Hawaiian mountain three years ago.

Around the world 26 July is commemorated as the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem.

The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained senior politicians.

At least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, have been killed by a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.

Ukraine and Croatia have agreed on the possibility of using Croatian ports on the Danube and the Adriatic Sea for the export of Ukrainian grain.

When an 11th hour appeal for more nuclear test compensation by Marshall Islands leaders fell flat in the United States Congress in mid-July.

More Koran burnings took place in Sweden and Denmark.

A major newspaper in Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from the Chinese government.

At least six people have been killed during clashes at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon over the weekend.

Ms Dorsainvil is understood to be the wife of El Roi Haiti’s director and founder, Sandro Dorsainvil.