British Airways has been fined $1.1m (£878,000) by the US government over claims it failed to pay refunds for cancelled flights during the pandemic.
The government’s promise to issue new passports in seven days is a welcome relief for those travelling.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other officials during a visit to Beijing. China is Russia's biggest trading partner.
At least 20 people died and several others were injured in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in the central Guyanese mining town of Mahdia, officials say.
US President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy have called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive but no deal has yet been reached.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his conservative party had unleashed a “political earthquake” with a thumping win in Sunday’s election but hinted that he would seek another election in order to secure an absolute majority that would allow the party to govern alone.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Bakhmut is completely destroyed - but has denied that Russia has won the bloody battle for the city.