PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's former national palace security chief Vladimir Paraison has been named national police chief, replacing Normil Rameau, according to a decree from the country's transitional presidential council read on national TV on Friday. Read full story

GENEVA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that extreme heat is impacting millions of people around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the problem, highlighting the importance of early warning and heat-health action plans. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved to end its contract with unionized employees, according to the union's president, the latest actionin President Donald Trump's push to weaken collective bargaining across the federal government. Read full story

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on August 15 in Alaska. Read full story

ATHENS (Reuters) -At least one person died and homes and farmlands were destroyed as wildfires stoked by gale-force winds broke out across Greece on Friday, from the southern outskirts of the capital Athens to regions near Ancient Olympia. Read full story

(Reuters) -Eddie Jen, a drag queen from San Francisco, wants to show that "America still fights for kindness", while Abby Govindan, a U.S. stand-up comic of Indian heritage, aims to convince audiences Texas is not what they think. Read full story

MESSINA, Italy (Reuters) -Italy's decision to approve the construction between Sicily and the mainland of what would be the world's longest single-span bridge has set the stage for a legal battle that could further delay a project first conceived by the ancient Romans. Read full story

From mouth taping to rope-assisted neck swinging, a viral social media trend is promoting extreme bedtime routines that claim to deliver perfect sleep despite scant medical evidence and potential safety risks. Read full story

BEKASI, Indonesia/KARANGANYAR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Spraypainting brick walls in an empty yard, Indonesian artist Kemas Muhammad Firdaus braved midday heat to paint a skull in a straw hat on a black background, a nod to the Japanese manga series "One Piece" about treasure-hunting pirates. Read full story

SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman who murdered three of her in-laws with a meal of toxic mushrooms also allegedly tried to murder her husband using poisoned pasta, a chicken curry and a sandwich wrap, evidence showed on Friday after a judge allowed its disclosure. Read full story

(Reuters) -The founder of a neo-Nazi group was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for plotting to sabotage Baltimore's power grid, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland said. Read full story

(Reuters) -The U.S. is offering a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday. Read full story

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the upper reaches of the Mississippi River between the U.S. midwestern states of Illinois and Missouri on Thursday. Read full story

LIMA (Reuters) -In a stark discovery on Peru's northern coast, archaeologists have unearthed the 3,000-year-old remains of 14 people believed to be victims of a ritual human sacrifice, offering a glimpse into the country's ancient past. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Friends and family of an Alabama social worker detained by U.S. immigration authorities are pushing for her release days after she was pulled over for an alleged speeding violation, a case that reflects the broad sweep of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Read full story

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration is aiming to construct the largest federal migrant detention facility in the United States on a military base in Texas, the Pentagon said on Thursday, the latest move to use military resources to make good on his immigration agenda. Read full story

BERLIN (Reuters) -German authorities arrested three men in Bavaria in connection with the far-right Reichsbuerger group they suspect of being members of a terrorist organization and planning high treason, Munich prosecutors said on Thursday. Read full story

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Thursday to contain France's biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades, which has burnt over 16,000 hectares, killed one person and destroyed dozens of houses. Read full story

BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a controversial media law that expands government control over independent outlets, despite criticism from journalists and rights groups. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act, which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean investigators requested a warrant on Thursday to arrest former first lady Kim Keon Hee on corruption charges, raising the possibility she could join ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol in detention as an investigationagainst them gathers pace. Read full story

BHATWADI, India (Reuters) -Indian rescuers used helicopters on Thursday to pluck to safety people stranded by flood waters in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, nearly two days after a sudden inundation and landslides killed four, with dozens still missing. Read full story

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) -French firefighters were battling on Wednesday to control the country's biggest wildfire in almost 80 years, with the blaze in the southern Aude region having already swept through an area bigger than Paris. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States will conduct major joint military drills starting on August 18, officials said, although they will delay parts of the annual exercises that have been a source of tension with North Korea to later in the year. Read full story

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Dominican Republic's Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez and top Mexican officials have proposed creating a bilateral roundtable to address the environmental impacts of sargassum seaweed on the countries' Caribbean coastlines, his office said on Wednesday. Read full story

EDINBURGH, Britain, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra kicked off its European tour with its British debut Wednesday night at the Edinburgh International Festival. Read full story

(Reuters) -A U.S. Army soldierwas arrested on Wednesday for allegedly seeking to pass sensitive information about American battle tanks to the Russian government, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week their first meeting since Trump's return to office in January a White House official said on Wednesday. Read full story

HANOI (Reuters) -New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will host Vietnam's top leader To Lam on a visit next week, two people familiar with the plan said, as they aim to boost cooperation on technology at a time of global trade tension that could affect their ties. Read full story

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain has shelved plans to buy F-35 fighter jets, manufactured by U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, El Pais newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified government sources. Read full story

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter will meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, the State Department said, as Switzerland tries to win a reprieve from U.S. tariffs of 39% on Swiss imports. Read full story

(Reuters) -Russian strikes killed two people and wounded 10 others, including four children, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Wednesday. Read full story

RISHIKESH, India (Reuters) -Heavy rain and blocked roads hampered rescue efforts in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, a day after sudden flooding and landslides killed four people and left dozens missing. Read full story

WARSAW (Reuters) -Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and supporter of Donald Trump's MAGA movement, will be sworn in as Poland's president on Wednesday, setting the stage for conflict with the centrist government and potentially cooler relations with Ukraine. Read full story

BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -In January, an old post on Elon Musk's social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of Satara. Written in 2023, the short message from an account with a few hundred followers described a senior ruling-party politician as "useless". Read full story

NEW YORK: Two Chinese nationals were arrested this week on charges that they sent tens of millions of dollars worth of advanced AI chips made by Nvidia Corp to China in violation of US export restrictions, according to authorities. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee apologised on Wednesday as she appeared for questioning by investigators on a string of corruption charges that plagued her husband's term before it ended abruptly, calling herself "a nobody." Read full story

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its corals that was among the worst on record. Read full story

HOUSTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a decrease of 4.2 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for the week ending Aug. 1. Read full story

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Court was caught off-guard by Justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision late on Monday to place former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, two sources at the court told Reuters on Tuesday. Read full story