The United States and South Korea have kicked off joint military drills with scenarios assuming an emergency on the Korean Peninsula. The drills are scheduled from Monday through September 1.

Thai opposition parties are ratcheting up the pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in a bid to unseat him.

Lawyers in England and Wales involved in criminal trials have voted to begin striking indefinitely next month in a dispute over government funding, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said on Monday, threatening widespread disruption to court cases.

Forecasters have warned the sweltering conditions could last well into September amid fears of a "grave situation" in the Sichuan province over the loss of water to the hydropower system.

Shanghai will switch off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront for two days from Monday, city authorities said, in response to a nationwide heatwave that has sent power demands soaring.

The Cambridges are said to want as normal an upbringing as possible for their children.

The heart of Pedro I, Brazil's first emperor, will be exhibited to mark 200 years of independence.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is giving free COVID-19 tests to animals that are thought to have the virus even though there have been no COVID positives among tested animals. Los Angeles health officials announced the program on Saturday…

COVID emergency protocols in the United States, instituted by the National Institute of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the Biden regime, have taken the lives of millions.