TOKYO - Japan logged its highest ever temperature on Monday, as a heat wave continued to scorch wide swathes of the country, killing dozens in what the weather agency classified as a "natural disaster".
HAWAII - The eruption of the Kilauea volcano could last for months or years and threaten new communities on Hawaii's Big Island, according to a report by US government geologists.
PARIS - A woman who survived Ebola four years ago may have infected her husband and two sons more than a year later, said a study on Tuesday, highlighting the need for "continued surveillance".
NEWPORT BEACH, California - Victims of a mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival have said they were outraged when they learned they were being sued by the company that owns the hotel where the gunman opened fire.
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, known as Defra, has said it is committed to overhauling the country's waste recycling system after a public spending watchdog said the government has not done enough to respond to China's waste import ban.
JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Standing in a field of roses in eastern Afghanistan, former poppy grower Mohammad Din Sapai quickly but carefully plucks the delicate petals that will be turned into rose water and oils for sale around the world.
ATHENS - As Greece was in the grip of the first heat wave of the summer on Sunday, with the temperature rising to 40 C in many parts of the mainland, including the capital Athens, a smartphone app was unveiled with the aim of reducing heat risks.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico - Self-driving cars and drone aircraft are impacting business in the energy and transportation sectors, according to a technology innovation initiative proposed by Brian Sandoval, the chairman of 2017-18 National Governors Association Summer Meeting.
PHUKET, Thailand - The authorities are in hot pursuit of a cagey crocodile that has made unwelcome appearances off the beaches of resort island Phuket only to slip through the clutches of local authorities.
BRANSON, Missouri - The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people, was set to be raised on Monday and taken to a secure facility as part of a federal investigation into one of deadliest US tourist accidents for years.
TOKYO - Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster after years of reconstruction efforts, officials said on Monday.
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