Image copyright Reuters Wearing a face mask will be compulsory in busy parts of Paris from Monday amid a rise in coronavirus infections in and around the French capital.
Police said the order would apply to people aged 11 and over in "certain very crowded zones".
The virus had been circulating more widely in the region since mid-July, they said. Face masks are already compulsory in enclosed public spaces.
Experts have warned that
Image copyright EPA Investigators have found the so-called "black boxes" of a plane that crashed in the southern India state of Kerala, killing at least 18 people.
The Air India Express plane, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway during bad weather before breaking in two while landing at Kozhikode airport.
There were 190 people on board the flight and one official said it was a "miracle" the toll was not
Image copyright Reuters A Canadian brewery has apologised for unwittingly naming one of its beers after a Maori word that is commonly used to mean pubic hair.
Hell's Basement Brewery in Alberta said it released its Huruhuru pale ale two years ago, thinking it meant "feather".
But Maori TV personality Te Hamua Nikora pointed out the common interpretation of the word in a Facebook video.
The brewery's founder
Image copyright Reuters An attack on a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has killed at least eight people and injured 14 others, officials say.
A suicide bomber driving a car targeted the gates of the base near Mogadishu Stadium, military officials said.
The extremely loud explosion was heard across the city.
Islamist militant group Al-Shabab said it was behind the attack. It often carries out bombings targeting security forces and officials.
A student, a professor and a film director react to Beyoncé's visual album, Black Is King.
Image copyright Getty Images Last-ditch negotiations at the US Congress to forge another stimulus package for the coronavirus-ravaged economy have collapsed in stalemate.
Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over everything from unemployment benefits to financial aid for schools to cash injections for states' coffers.
The US unemployment rate stands at 10.2%, higher than any level during the 2008 financial crisis.
Jobless benefits have expired, as
Image copyright Getty Images China, Russia and Iran are among countries seeking to influence the US presidential election this year, a top US intelligence chief has warned.
A statement issued by the director of US counterintelligence said foreign states were using "covert and overt influence measures" to sway the vote.
It said China did not want President Donald Trump's re-election while Russia wanted to hurt Democrat Joe Biden
An Air India Express plane with 190 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 17 people, officials say.
The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in rain and broke in two after landing at Calicut airport, aviation officials said.
The flight was repatriating Indians stranded by the coronavirus crisis.
Prime Minister Narendra
Image copyright SPL A woman has been injured by a humpback whale in Western Australia in the second such incident in less than a week.
The woman was on a snorkelling tour at the popular Ningaloo Reef when she was struck on Thursday.
It came just days after another Australian woman suffered fractured ribs and internal bleeding after being struck by a whale at the same reef.
Officials said they were investigating the incidents.
Unconfirmed reports said the 29-year-
Image copyright Getty Images Canada has announced a C$3.6bn ($2.7bn, £2.1bn) tariff on US aluminium products a day after US President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on some Canadian aluminium products.
Canada and the US reached a deal last year to lift tariffs on steel and aluminium imports that had been imposed on grounds of "national security".
Mr Trump reintroduced them on Thursday to protect the US