World leaders voiced alarm at resurgent anti-Semitism as they gathered at Israel's national Holocaust Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz.
French designer Jean Paul Gaultier bade farewell to the catwalk with irreverent humor and outlandish creations in his last runway show after 50 years in the business.
While bushfires are common in Australia, authorities say the current scale of destruction is unprecedented, fuelled by a prolonged drought and record high temperatures that have left eastern regions tinder-dry.
President Donald Trump's impeachment trial begins in the Senate, in a rare use of the constitutional mechanism for ousting a president that has further polarized voters ahead of a November election.
Deaths from China's new flu-like virus rose to 17 on Wednesday, with more than 540 cases confirmed, leading the city at the centre of the outbreak to close transportation networks and urge citizens not to leave as fears rose of the contagion spreading.
