US death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt last week, her lawyers say.

The United States has discussed starting reciprocal visits to nuclear sites with China, and plans to continue pushing in meetings in the coming months, CNN reported on Tuesday (Oct 6), citing sources familiar with the matter.

Police have clashed with protesters in cities across France as students, teachers and parents took part in the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.

A vet who gave up her life in the UK to care for injured street animals in Sri Lanka is to run the 385-mile (620km) length of the country to raise money for a £1.6m new hospital.

The Pentagon has announced it will execute a former US Army major by firing squad, the first such military execution in more than 60 years.

The Grandpass Police have launched a special programme to help more than 30 children who had been absent from school for extended periods without valid reasons return to education.

A landslide has occurred on the railway track in the Agunawela area between Peradeniya and Gelioya railway stations at around 6.20 p.m. today.

The co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flydubai plane planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport or a tower block in the Israeli city, US and Israeli reports suggest.

Up to 500 schools across France will be partially or totally closed on Monday after clashes between riot police and student protesters in recent days, the French education minister said on Sunday.

An 18-year-old male of Sri Lankan origin, the driver of the car that allegedly ploughed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters has been charged.

Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio ‌Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month, after he exceeded expectations in Sunday's first-round vote with a slight lead over the incumbent.

The United States aircraft carrier George H W Bush arrived in Thailand's resort island of Phuket on Sunday (Oct 4) with about 4,800 personnel aboard for a rest-and-recreation break after six months supporting US operations in the Middle East.

The head of Tennessee’s prison system is stepping down after the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike, the governor announced on Saturday, as authorities investigate what went wrong.

Imagine a farmer in Madhya Pradesh in India watching the sky in June. The southwest monsoon, the seasonal rain that fills her wells, greens her fields and feeds her family has arrived late.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after her heart was still beating following two lethal injections during her execution, her lawyer says.

Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during a record-breaking European heatwave.

Singapore has rolled out a matchmaking service for its government workers, an initiative that comes as the country wrestles with a record-low fertility rate.

Andy Burnham has suggested rejoining the EU is among options the government could examine to reshape the UK's long-term relationship with Europe.