Aid agencies have warned that the evacuation order will lead to an even worse humanitarian disaster in the crowded coastal enclave of 2.3 million people reeling from seven months of war.
The judge in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump said he will consider jail time for the former president for additional violations of the gag order.
Russia says the drills are in response to ‘provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials’.
A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year concluded city authorities were aware of serious safety issues four years before the blaze.
Jose Raul Mulino ran as the substitute for fugitive former leader Ricardo Martinelli, who was banned from participating and sought asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy after a court upheld a conviction for money laundering.
From top to bottom, rescuers scoured buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in flats or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding submerged neighbourhoods.
The twister formed during a series of deadly storms in late April 2024.
Grisly discovery appeared to confirm worst fears of the families of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
Rishi Sunak is facing calls to consider policies including an immigration cap and a withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights, even though the prime minister has urged the party to ‘stick to the plan’ ahead of a general election expected in the second half of the year.
Announcement comes amid fragile Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Former US president Donald Trump has sharpened his allegation that his Democratic successor has weaponised the US justice system against him, comparing Joe Biden’s tactics to those of Hitler’s secret police.
Student protesters at USC abandoned their camp after police surrounded them and threatened activists with arrest. In Boston, Northeastern University’s commencement began peacefully.
French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres, reclaiming a record for one of the nation’s best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.
Israel’s prime minister denounced a ‘volcano of antisemitism’ and international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.
The funding boost, announced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as concerns rise over threats against Jewish and Muslim communities, fuelled in part by the Israel-Gaza war.
A visual guide to modern trench warfare, long-range weapons and the bloody stalemate between Ukraine and Russia.
A visual guide to how the South China Morning Post’s small graphics team creates world-class infographics that get noticed.
The Earth risks ‘dangerous and cascading effects’ of human-generated climate change if we fail to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Here’s what could happen if temperatures rise beyond that.
A visual guide to the Palestinian territory of Gaza and the war between Israel and Hamas, following the deadly October 7 attack.