International

• Video appears to show paper-burning at Chinese consulate after US orders it to close • US defense chief pushes allies to challenge ‘bullying’ China

The dead just kept coming in 2017.

Police dogs in Chile are being trained to sniff out Covid-19 in humans, with hopes that they will facilitate the reopening of busy public spaces including malls, sports centers, bus terminals and airports this fall.

On Netflix’s “Indian Matchmaking,” marriage consultant Sima Taparia travels the world to meet with hopeful clients and help them find the perfect match for an arranged marriage.

More than a hundred astrophysicists have created the world’s largest three-dimensional map of the universe. Researchers say the model helps better explain the history of the cosmos.

An hours-long hostage siege ended in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk on Tuesday night after President Volodymyr Zelensky met one of the alleged gunman’s unusual demands — to endorse a 2005 documentary about humanity’s abuse of animals.

Officers will be sent to cities including Chicago, Albuquerque and Kansas City to fight crime.

Brussels began the week in celebratory mood, as member states of the European Union finally agreed how they would distribute around $2 trillion of funds across the bloc over the next seven years.

Unidentified people were filmed burning paper in the consulate’s courtyard after the order was made.

The president also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying they show “patriotism”.