Air alerts blared across Ukraine and officials urged civilians to take shelter from what they said was the latest in waves of Russian missile strikes since Moscow’s invasion

Following major protests last month, residents of the Chinese capital will no longer need to show negative COVID-19 tests to enter a variety of public spaces, including supermarkets, offices, the subway and the city’s international airport.

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Italy’s population has shrunk by 1.36 million since 2014, and could fall to 47.7 million by 2070.

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As concern over climate change and the need for clean energy sees an increasing number of people switch to electric cars, these vehicles are fast gaining a larger market share. But some experts are asking how green the batteries that run them really are?

The improved weather conditions on Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island erupted.

The US administration and a delegation from the European Commission met near Washington DC on Monday to try to bring the world’s two largest economies closer together on issues of trade and new technologies, but little concrete progress is expected.

A 13-year-old girl was also seriously injured after the incident in Ulm.

It was the Russian president’s first visit to the peninsula since Moscow invaded Ukraine.