We think and dream and fuss and project entire worlds into existence. Meanwhile, the earth’s orbit continues and the sun goes on shining.

At the national fire safety facility in Ottawa, scientists and engineers are increasingly focused on the threat from the forest.

Along with historic and diplomatic ties, England’s club soccer teams have loyal fans in Norway. On Saturday, supporters will have to pick a side.

In an ever hotter city, the competition for pools is fierce. Some swimmers are turning to ponds and canals, which come with their own problems.

During the war, Israel attacked Iran’s steel plants, saying they provided forces with revenue and the means to make weapons, but it also hurt the civilian economy.

The police said the 26-year-old was no longer part of the investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe and urged anyone with information about the crime to come forward.

The American works for a humanitarian organization in Congo, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

For out-of-work factory workers in Kunshan, a region made rich by electronics manufacturing, a park is the only place to go.

A deal ended the Trump administration’s blocking of a new bridge that will ease congestion at the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada.

Iranians mourning the country’s supreme leader condemned U.S. strikes that Washington called retaliation for Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. At a tightly controlled state funeral in Mashhad — one of Iran’s most conservative cities, where opponents of the government were unlikely to be found in the crowd — mourners voiced defiance and called for revenge.