Museum visitors have been given a first look at some of the 23,000 artworks donated to South Korea from the collection of Samsung's late chairman, Lee Kun-hee.

Brisbane has been officially announced as host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032.

Zhengzhou, a city in central China, has had a record-breaking level of rainfall that has caused major flooding and displaced thousands of people.

Every time I see a call from home, my heart sinks. I always fear that they're ringing to say that my grandmother has died. She has been on a ventilator for four weeks and my anxiety is near breaking point. The dreaded call could come at any time: Covid-19. Again.

Former US President Bill Clinton declined offers of tea with Queen Elizabeth and dinner at the British Prime Minister's official country house because he wanted to "be a tourist," go shopping and eat Indian food during his first official visit to the UK with Tony Blair as leader in 1997, according to formerly classified documents.

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she gave the Biden administration a specific list of targets she would like to see sanctioned as she pushed for the United States and international community to ratchet up pressure on the Lukashenko regime.

Mali's interim President Assimi Goita was targeted in an attempted stabbing on Tuesday, the Mali presidency said in a statement.

Tropical Storm Cempaka strengthened into a typhoon early Tuesday over the South China Sea.