Russian separatist proxies have claimed control of the key town, Lyman, in eastern Ukraine.
Texas police are coming under scrutiny over their response to the recent elementary school shooting.
Sand and dust storms have swept through the middle east this week.
In Brazil, a black man was allegedly gassed to death in a police car.
North Korea, months before reporting its first covid-19 case, stockpiled Chinese masks and vaccines.
The former director of the Louvre is charged with antique trafficking.