World News and Events

Alexandre Dumas is celebrated with a Google Doodle that tells the story of The Count of Monte Cristo – one of his most famous novels

Until recently North Korea officials have denied having any cases of coronavirus but in a u-turn last month, dictator Kim Jong-un admitted it “could have entered” the country after all

Mum Tina Trott says she and her two sons, 13 and 11, were threatened with eviction after their week-long stay in Palermo, Italy, turned sour when sand clogged the hotel’s pipes

The man, who has not been named, had been inside his tent at a campsite in Svalbard and was seriously injured by the animal at around 4am. He later died in hospital

Brits looking to travel abroad this summer face a maze of red tape, as countries are added or removed from the UK quarantine list at short notice, creating further chaos

Students ‘barricaded’ inside classrooms at the Max Taut Schule in Berlin, Germany, were reportedly banned from talking, were crying and afraid after an alarm was triggered

China claims the move was in retaliation for the flying of a US spy plane off its north coast during a live-fire naval drill by the Chinese armed forces

Faizan Ahmad Najar does not let the extra digits hinder his daily activities – in fact, he is proud of them, saying they give him an advantage over his friends in several activities

The Toraja community of Indonesia have engaged in the annual Ma’nene ritual, which sees them spend time with the corpses of dead relatives, who they shower with gifts before placing back in their cleaned tombs

Camila Graciano from Brazil had been careful to stay in during the pandemic because her pregnancy was at risk but someone at the party was asymptomatic with coronavirus