Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest storms to come off the Indian Ocean in years, slammed into India on Friday, sending coconut trees flying, blowing away food stands and cutting off power and water, Agence France-Presse reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella on Thursday kicked off commemorations to mark 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died in the French town of Amboise, paying their respects to the Renaissance genius, Agence France-Presse reported.
Gavin Williamson has been fired from his position as British defense secretary following an investigation into a security meeting from which classified discussions about Chinese telecommunications company Huawei were leaked to the media.
Song Dynasty (960-1279) ceramics, Buddhist sculptures, and Chinese export porcelain are among the highlights of the upcoming Asian art auctions in London.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale of a "heat-not-burn" tobacco device, but warned it had not declared it safe to use.
Nearly 800,000 people in eastern India have been evacuated from the expected path of a major cyclone packing winds up to 200 km/h and torrential rains, officials said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reported.
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Japan's new Emperor Naruhito on his succession to the throne.
Maine has become the latest state in the United States to replace Columbus Day with "Indigenous Peoples' Day" to honor the country's original inhabitants - Native Americans - and not the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus who has been given credit for discovering America in 1492.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for "maximum restraint" in Venezuela to avoid violence and to restore calm.
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