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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
An 18-year-old has been charged with murder and assault after a shooting at a Lexington, Kentucky, community celebration killed a 16-year-old and wounded four others, including two children.
Government data show the Democratic Republic of Congo’s current Ebola outbreak has killed at least 2,325 people, surpassing the country’s 2018–2020 outbreak.
Crews and soldiers reported signs of progress on August 16 against a peat fire near Blaenavon that has burned more than 4,000 hectares over three weeks.
At least six people died after storms beginning August 11 brought record river levels, evacuations and widespread power outages across Indiana.
Lala weakened from a hurricane on August 16 after skirting Hawaii’s Big Island, but flooding risks, damaging winds and major power outages persisted.
Two people were found dead after fires on Greece’s Salamis island while Belgium deployed international air support against its largest modern wildfire.
Conservation groups in Florida have recorded new highs for loggerhead sea turtle nests at Juno Beach and Sanibel Island, while researchers caution that long-term recovery depends on continued habitat protections.
Russian officials said a major Ukrainian drone assault killed at least six people and ignited a warehouse near Moscow, while Russian attacks killed people across Ukraine and a NATO jet intercepted a suspected Russian drone over Romania.
