Experts have warned for months that Beijing's "zero-COVID" policy is unsustainable, but Chinese President Xi Jinping cannot fully remove the policy until the population has more vaccinations.
A high-rise apartment building in Xi'an, China was engulfed in flames as residents escaped onto ledges and window sills, footage from Chinese social media shows.
France has launched an effort to collect millions of unregistered weapons. Officials suspect families inherited old firearm as war heirlooms but are keeping it in an irregular manner.
Canadian fashion company La Maison Simons released a promotional video last month titled "All Is Beauty" promoting the 'beauty' of voluntary euthanasia.
A new code that discourages sexist stereotypes in toy ads is underway in Spain. The policy urges toy manufacturers to stop characterizing genders with colors and certain activities.
Two New Zealand parents are fighting to keep the government from seizing guardianship of their 4-month-old son after they demanded unvaccinated blood for his surgery.
The United Nations decided to recognize the baguette as a prized tradition that should be protected. The status came after France warned that traditional bakeries were declining.
A Dutch court has rejected a plan to use paintball guns as an option to scare wolves away from populated areas, arguing that it was unclear whether it was a safe method.
Thousands of Egyptians are calling the British Museum to send back the Rosetta stone to Egypt. British colonists obtained the relic which was originally unearthed in Egypt.
The environment minister of Australia is challenging UNESCO from adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered sites, arguing the reef is no longer at risk.
Jurors in the ongoing murder trial of alleged killer nurse Lucy Letby were shown notes indicating that parents requested their newborn be transferred after his brother died.
Both Iran and Turkey face difficult domestic situations and see the Kurds as useful scapegoats for economic and domestic unrest on the homefront, according to an expert.
A unit of ultra-Orthodox Jewish soldiers has been removed from the occupied West Bank by the Israeli military. The "Netzah Yehuda" Battalion will be moved to the Golan Heights.
The European Union proposed a plan on Wednesday to set up a specialized court to investigate alleged Russian war crimes committed not only in Ukraine, but against it as a "sovereign state