Atmospheric concentrations of all three hit new highs in 2023, locking in future temperature increases for years to come, the World Meteorological Organization reported in October.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, located on the popular tourist island of Flores, spewed ash and lava that peppered the surrounding area with fireballs, forcing authorities to evacuate several villages.

Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign headed into its final hours

At least 31 people were killed during Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip yesterday, Palestinian medics said, with nearly half of the deaths in northern areas where the army has waged a month-long campaign it says aims to prevent Hamas regrouping.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump dueled across the swing states yesterday in the tensest US election of modern times, with the Democrat urging voters to “turn the page” on the Republican’s scorched-earth brand of politics.

Furious locals pelted Spain’s royals and premier yesterday with mud and cries of “murderers!”, forcing officials to cut short their visit to the town worst hit by the floods which have killed more than 200.

Pakistan’s second city of Lahore will close primary schools for a week over record pollution, government authorities said yesterday, to avoid exposing millions of children to smog several times above levels deemed dangerous.

Taiwan said it detected 37 Chinese fighter jets, drones and other aircraft near the self-ruled island yesterday as Beijing carried out “long-distance” training flights.

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Lebanon’s health ministry said three people were killed and nine others wounded in an Israeli strike yesterday on Haret Saida, a densely populated area near the southern city of Sidon.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared on the “Saturday Night Live” TV comedy show on Saturday evening, adding a surprise jolt to the US presidential election just two days before her showdown with Republican Donald Trump.

Moldovans were voting yesterday in a tense presidential election runoff that could decide whether the ex-Soviet country continues on a pro-European path or tilts back toward Russia’s influence.

Iranian demonstrators yesterday gathered outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis that has for decades shaped relations between Washington and Tehran.

Indian-run Jammu and Kashmir’s chief minister yesterday condemned a “deeply disturbing” grenade attack on a busy market in the main city of Srinagar, which police and media reported left several wounded.

At least 14 people, including several children, were killed in a Ugandan refugee camp when lightning hit a makeshift church where they were sheltering, local officials said yesterday.

Russia yesterday claimed to have captured another Ukrainian village, just a dozen kilometres from the key eastern logistics hub Pokrovsk, as its troops advance rapidly.

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Appearing in the long-running series's "cold open" -- the sketch before the opening titles -- Harris appeared as her own reflection in a dressing room mirror, joining in good-natured mockery of her laughter and playing on her own name for laughs.