Katarina Holtzapple

Smoke from bushfires across the western US led to hazy skies across the north-east. The National Weather Service issued air quality alerts for the New York City area.

For the third time, an Australian city will host the Olympics.

France's TousAntiCovid app is now a necessity for those who want to visit cultural and leisure venues.

At a Senate hearing, the US government's top infectious disease doctor, Anthony Fauci, and Kentucky senator Rand Paul engaged in a heated exchange over whether the National Institutes of Health funded controversial 'gain of function' research in Wuhan, which the senator claims led to the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the sun sets on Mina, The National takes a look at the Eid celebrations in the pilgrim camps.

Jeff Bezos blasted into space aboard a Blue Origin rocket on Tuesday, in an important flight for the space tourism industry he helped to create.

Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories are “inconsistent with our values".

Land artist Dario Gambarin ploughed a traditional Japanese gate adorned by the five Olympic rings in a field in Italy before the Tokyo Olympics begin on July 23.

A New York police officer saved the life of a man who was stabbed by using a crisps bag and some tape to stop the bleeding until an ambulance could arrive. The New York Police Department stated that the attending physician at Harlem Hospital said the victim would have died if not for Officer Ronald Kennedy's quick thinking.

Unusually heavy rains cause floods in Western Europe. In Germany and Belgium, rescuers are searching for missing people and the death toll is expected to increase.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel met US President Joe Biden at the White House in her final visit to the US before she steps down in September, having chosen to not run for another term.

As those involved in Britney Spears's conservatorship gather for a hearing, her supporters rallied outside the Los Angeles courthouse and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

Demonstrators took to the streets of Paris to protest against the proposed Covid health pass that would require proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test to enter most businesses. Police fired teargas at the protesters as some overturned rubbish bins and set a mechanical digger on fire.

A French cadet proposed to his partner on the Champs Elysees in Paris just before the start of the city's Bastille Day parade.

Concerns are growing over food and fuel supply in parts of country as days of unrest and looting have destroyed retail centres and forced food shops to shut down.