Tens of thousands of children in New Zealand have again taken to the streets to make sure their cries for climate change action are heard.
Students were seen carrying signs including "We're skipping our lessons, so we can teach you one" and "You can't comb over climate change".
"My education doesn't matter if I have no future or if I have no land," a young protestor in Auckland told Radio New Zealand.
Organiser School Strike for Climate NZ tweeted it had received reports that 170,000 people were striking nationwide.
Greta Thunberg, who is credited with inspiring the school strikes, will conclude the latest round of protests at a rally in Montreal.
Meanwhile, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is in New York for the UN climate summit, announced she has found backing from four countries for a proposed new trade agreement that'll combat climate change.
A grand jury has charged 18 people with allegedly participating in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-US President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday.
India is inspecting facilities of spice makers MDH and Everest for compliance with quality standards after sales of some of their products were halted in Hong Kong and Singapore for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide.
Israel is poised to send troops into Rafah, the Gazan city it sees as the last bastion of Hamas, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, saying preparations were under way to evacuate war-displaced Palestinian civilians who have been sheltering there.
A Russian court on Wednesday ordered one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies be kept in custody on suspicion of taking bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, met with Donald Trump on Tuesday, becoming the latest US ally seeking to establish ties with the Republican presidential candidate.
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