Scattered across millions of square kilometers of ocean, the Pacific islands are home to an estimated 2.3 million people. They speak a myriad of languages, have their own cultures and traditions but, despite their differences, they all face the same uncertain future due to climate change - something they have absolutely no control over.
Tension in the Persian Gulf escalated again on Sunday as US President Donald Trump made a fresh threat against Iran in a tweet, shortly after a rocket landed near the US embassy in Baghdad overnight.
Ukrainian actor-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelensky took office on Monday as the sixth president of the country.
It was an election the Australian Labor Party was expected to win either with a massive landslide or a scrape across the finish line with just enough seats to govern in a majority.
Indians voted in the seventh and final phase of national elections on Sunday, wrapping up a six-week-long grueling campaign as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeks another five-year term, The Associated Press reported.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she was preparing to make a "bold offer" to MPs in one final attempt to get them to back her Brexit deal, Agence France-Presse reported.
NEW YORK - Boeing acknowledged on Saturday it had corrected flaws in its 737 Max flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people.
Elections in Europe later this month to select lawmakers to represent the European Union's 28 member nations are likely to be dominated by controversial issues, including rising populism, difficult relations with the United States, and rampant migration.
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday slammed mounting US sanctions imposed on Teheran as "unacceptable", even as he insisted that his country is committed to an international nuclear deal that has steadily unraveled amid rising tensions in the Middle East, The Associated Press reported.
Vancouver is hoping Chinese tourists will look past the ongoing bickering between Canada and China and focus instead on what British Columbia Province has to offer.
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