Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year compared to 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF have warned in what is being called a "wake-up call".
Australia's prime minister has become the latest to criticise an American influencer whose video of her grabbing a baby wombat and carrying it away from its distressed mother has sparked outrage.
People living in Naples were shaken awake early on Thursday morning after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Italian city - its strongest in 40 years.
Donald Trump's government is reassessing whether greenhouse gases damage people's health, amid a dizzying blitz of more than 30 environmental protections that limit air and water pollution.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been at the centre of political turmoil since the Trump administration announced it wanted to shut it down.
Oleksiy Kliuiev has had to get used to working under fire. He leads a group of volunteers helping civilians caught in the fighting on Ukraine's frontline.