China sent three astronauts to its space station on Sunday, one of whom will stay for a ​year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon ‌landing by 2030.

Forensic experts on Sunday sifted through the ruins of a dormitory largely destroyed in what Russian authorities ​say was a Ukrainian drone attack in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, seized and placed ‌under Russian control in the four-year-old war.

Oil ‌prices hit two-week lows on Monday on optimism that the U.S. and Iran were moving closer towards a peace deal even though they remained ​at odds over key issues, including blockades on the ​Strait of Hormuz that continued to restrict oil supply ⁠from the Middle East.

New Zealand will tighten English language rules for mid-skilled work visa applicants while expanding ​philanthropy options for investor migrants, Immigration Minister ‌Erica Stanford said on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal ​with Iran, as his administration played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised a day earlier.

Ireland’s governing centre-right Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, one of the country’s smaller centre-left parties, won two by-elections on Sunday, while the ​reputed head of a well-known crime family missed out on election again.

China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday for a year, a record length for the country, ​enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon landing by 2030.

At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this ​year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent ‌with the disease, health officials said on Saturday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks in decades.

Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in central Belgrade on Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered to demand early elections ​and an end to the more than decade-long rule of Serbia’s populist President ‌Aleksandar Vucic.

Indian state-owned fuel retailers raised petrol and diesel prices for the third time this month, dealers said ​on Saturday, as the companies look to recoup losses caused ‌by elevated crude oil prices amid the Iran war.

At least 90 ​people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal ‌mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country’s deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will ​have to do so from outside the country via ‌the State Department, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups.