At least 15 people died and 18 were injured on Wednesday when Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car, which is popular with tourists and is one of the city’s symbols, derailed and crashed, an emergency medical service spokesperson told reporters.

Singapore police have ordered Meta (META.O), opens new tab to implement anti-scam measures against advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages impersonating key government office holders on its social media network Facebook to combat scams, a government minister said.

The United Nations urged countries on Wednesday to set more ambitious climate plans during this month, seeking to pressure major economies including the EU and China ahead of this year’s U.N. climate summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations “if common sense prevails”, an option he said he preferred, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way.

Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday, likening the requirements to “slavery.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held his country’s largest-ever military parade on Wednesday, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

Pope Leo and Israeli President Isaac Herzog have agreed to meet at the Vatican but there was disagreement over whose idea the meeting was.

The landmark trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro entered its final phase as the Supreme Court began hearing closing arguments.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shook southeastern Afghanistan, sparking fears of further damage and destruction almost two days after a large quake in the same region killed more than 1,400 people and injured thousands more.

Tens of thousands of reservists began to report for duty for a new Israeli offensive to seize Gaza City, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to accelerate despite warnings from senior ranks.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without elaborating that his administration was planning to take some actions to bring down deaths in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

A ruling in the U.S. search antitrust case against Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google on Tuesday is a win for mobile phone manufacturers including Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and Samsung (005930.KS), opens new tab, who a judge said Google can keep paying to be the default search engine on new devices.