King Charles’ first state visit to France as British monarch, postponed on Friday because of widespread social unrest, was supposed to be an occasion celebrating a new chapter of harmony in relations between London and Paris.

Spain’s first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said.

India’s current account deficit is likely to have improved in the final quarter of 2022 from a nine-year high in July-September as the goods trade gap moderated and net services exports rose, a Reuters poll found.

The Italian coast guard has rescued around 750 migrants in two separate operations off the country’s southern coastline, hours after at least five people died and 33 were missing in an attempted sea crossing from Tunisia.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two laws intended to restrict social media use by minors, becoming the first U.S. state to require parental permission for anyone under 18 to use such platforms as Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

The Canadian and U.S. governments have agreed to update an asylum seekers pact that would allow for the closure of an unofficial U.S.-Canada border crossing at Roxham Road, between New York state and the province of Quebec, according to media reports.

Jailed Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu’s family lost a legal challenge against the British government in a London court on Thursday over his continuing detention in Nigeria.

After Iran, Saudi Arabia to re-establish ties with Syria, sources say

Police fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in Paris on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of mainly peaceful protesters marched across France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age.

Ukraine’s top military brass on Thursday withdrew a report that wrongly said Russian troops had left the town of Nova Kahkovka in southern Kherson region, and blamed an error for the mistake.

TikTok creators and three U.S. Democratic Party lawmakers said they opposed any potential ban on the Chinese-owned short video-sharing app that is used by more than 150 million Americans.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law targeting the trans community, prohibiting transgender people from using the restroom that matches their gender identity at public schools.