The cicada plague in the United States is finally winding down. The red-eyed flying insects, which come out by the billions, if not trillions, in 15 states in the East and Midwest, were a cause of worry for weeks.

Why is America's cicada plague finally winding down?

After getting approval from the US aviation safety regulator on Friday, billionaire Richard Branson's spaceship company Virgin Galactic can now fly people to space.

Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic gets approval to fly people to space

Belarus's opposition-in-exile said Friday that dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was dramatically detained after his plane was forced to land in Minsk, has been moved to house arrest.

Belarus moves jailed opposition blogger Protasevich to house arrest

Days after China's crack-down at Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily's office, the newspaper has shut down. Declaring itself a "victim of tyranny" in a defiant final edition, the publication ended it's 26-year run of criticising China's authoritarian government.

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Copenhagen has topped media outlet Monocle's list of the world's best cities for quality of life, the fourth time Denmark's capital has won the honour since the survey began in 2007.

Copenhagen tops list of best cities for quality of life

In a global economy defined by extreme forms of inequality, the pandemic has widened the divide. Now, fears that the world may emerge from the pandemic more unequal than ever have prompted a substantial effort to close the gap: Under a proposal nearing completion, the International Monetary Fund would issue $650 billion worth of reserve funds, essentially creating money that troubled countries could use to purchase vaccines, finance health care and pay down debt.

This is the plan to rescue poor countries from the pandemic

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canada needed to acknowledge its history of racism against indigenous peoples in order to "build a better future" after a new discovery of unmarked graves at a former boarding school for indigenous youth.

Trudeau says Canada must 'learn from our past' after school graves found

China is all set to operationalise the first electric train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi - a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.

China to operationalise first electric train in Tibet near Arunachal border

The Pacific island of Nauru is negotiating for the construction of an undersea communications cable that would connect to an Australian network, two sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters, after the earlier rejection of a Chinese proposal.

Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China

Communities in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation, with women and children walking for hours to reach food after the worst drought in four decades devastated the south of the island, the World Food Programme said.

Madagascar communities on verge of starvation after drought: World Food Programme

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday mocked the economic sanctions slapped on it by the European Union, calling it 'their powerlessness'. The European Union had imposed wide-ranging economic sanctions on Belarus for the first time in response to what the bloc called the ''escalation of serious human rights violations'', including the detention of journalist Roman Protasevich.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko mocks EU, calls sanctions 'powerlessness'

The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows.

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

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