International

An ex-tropical cyclone and a cold front combined to create a “once-in-a-decade” event, officials say.

Saad al-Jabri fled to Canada but officials are going after his children back home, the BBC is told.

President Sebastián Piñera warns of the strain on hospitals as the number of cases approaches 70,000.

Cyril Ramaphosa said the worst is still ahead while announcing an ease in lockdown measures.

Brazil has recently become a new coronavirus hotspot with more than 300,000 known cases.

In Brazil’s largest and most badly infected city, coronavirus has yet to peak, yet already the healthcare system is crumbling visibly around us. As doctors struggle valiantly to save lives, the country’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, seems more focused on another sick patient: his country’s economy.

Brazil’s Supreme Court released a video of President Jair Bolsonaro meeting with members of his cabinet last month. Bolsonaro can be heard swearing several times on the nearly 2-hour long video, which is part of an inquiry into allegations he sought to interfere with federal police investigations. CNN’s Nick Paton …

The country is gripped by the spectacle of a serving leader being tried for the first time.

In the fall of 1988, a 13-year-old was raped and murdered in her bed.

It is the first pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong since China announced plans for a new security law.