A group of Saudi dissidents exiled in Britain, the US and elsewhere announced the launch of an opposition party on Wednesday, the first organised political resistance under King Salman’s rule.

All passenger vehicles sold in California will be zero-emission by 2035 under a new rule aimed at fighting climate change and smog-fouled air.

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested yesterday for taking part in a protest at the height of the city’s pro-democracy unrest last year, but he vowed to continue resisting China’s crackdown on dissent.

Outrage and heartbreak boiled over into protests in cities across the US on Wednesday after news broke that none of the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death were charged with her killing.

A group of eastern European countries yesterday rejected the EU’s new plan for handling migrants because it was not tough enough, dealing a blow to efforts to solve one of Europe’s thorniest problems.

The young violinist holding a sign reading “Strike for Climate” on a Moscow square didn’t have long to wait for the police to arrive. His one-man protest lasted just 30 minutes before he was detained this summer for the second Friday in a row.

Brazil, Germany, India and Japan have renewed their bid for permanent seats in an expanded UN Security Council, a long-sought goal without clear prospects.

Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan, a businessman who spun his wealth from bottled water and vaccines, has usurped tech tycoon Jack Ma as China’s richest man, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows.

After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change, US leadership has been formally challenged by China announcing bold new climate pledges.

A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his nutrients out of whack and caused the 54-year-old man’s heart to stop, doctors have reported.

Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a sixth term yesterday after an election that the opposition and several foreign governments say was rigged.

China and India have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to avoid any actions that might complicate the tense situation there, the two countries said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz yesterday called for a comprehensive solution on Iran and disarming its affiliate Hezbollah in Lebanon, and expressed support for US efforts to start talks between Israel and the Palestinians during his first address to the United Nations General Assembly.

Beijing yesterday hit back at a US move to ban imports from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region over claims of forced labour, bemoaning a “fabricated lie” it says is intended to hurt Chinese business.

At least 380 whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia, officials said yesterday, with rescuers managing to free just a few dozen survivors.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made his first public appearance yesterday after being discharged from a Berlin hospital where Germany said he was being treated for poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent.

Malaysian opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said he had “formidable” support from MPs to form a new government, but the prime minister insisted he remained the country’s legitimate leader.

Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has roiled the US presidential race, with the battle over her replacement looming large in swing states likely to determine the course of an election just six weeks from Tuesday.

The world is becoming less tolerant of migrants, according to a poll released yesterday as Europe prepared to unveil a new asylum plan in the wake of a blaze at an overcrowded camp in Greece that left thousands without shelter.

World leaders must not let themselves be dominated by a power struggle between the US and China, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the UN, calling for a “modern new consensus” on tackling global challenges.