A political leader’s fall from grace has been writ large with his conviction for supplying cocaine and an order that he complete community service.

Nestled at the southern edge of China, the island province of Hainan is quietly reinventing itself.

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab by the European Union were a “novel form of economic extortion” that the United States will not tolerate.

More than 150 people were injured when they jumped from buildings in Istanbul on Wednesday as one of the strongest quakes in years hit the city.

Dr. Ali Sherif normally gives about 50 doses of the measles vaccine to children each month at his clinic in Hobbs, New Mexico, near the Texas state line.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took his election campaign to Quebec.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready for talks with Russia “in any format” once a ceasefire is set.

The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes in Gaza for weeks, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total collapse from Israel’s blockade of all supplies.

Twenty-six people were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory.

The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.