Kyrylo Tymoshenko: Top Zelensky aide announces resignation

Kyrylo Tymoshenko resigns as the Ukrainian president announces a crackdown on corruption.
North Korea issues ‘extreme cold’ weather alert

Temperatures are expected to dip below -30C in the northern regions, some of the country’s poorest areas.
Brazil airlifts starving Yanomami tribal people from jungle

The government declares a medical emergency and ex-president Bolsonaro is accused of “genocide”.
US embassy moves to cut visa wait time for Indians

Many Indian visa applicants faced a nearly three-year long wait in 2022.
Climate change: Bill Gates backs Australian start-up targeting cow burps

Livestock – such as cows – produce methane when their stomachs are digesting hard fibres.
Seven dead in second California shooting in three days

The attack at Half Moon Bay comes only two days after a mass shooting in Monterey Park.
Joshimath: What’s the future of India’s sinking Himalayan town?

Experts say it will be hard to save parts of the town that are already sinking.
Why an eight-year-old Indian diamond heiress became a nun

Activists say Devanshi’s vows of renunciation that make her a Jain nun are a violation of her rights.