Israel strikes southern Lebanon but partial truce with Hezbollah appears to hold

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In Baek Nyeonseol’s 1940 classic The Sorrow of a Traveler, for example, the lyrics translate to: “It has been half a lifetime, over 10 years, walking barefoot in a foreign land; sorrow settles deep in this man’s heart; when twilight falls, I miss my hometown; calling for dreams with tears, I look for it.”

A diplomatic row has erupted between South Africa and Ghana, over claims that a Ghanaian man was killed during anti-migrant protests, which South African officials deny. Ghana’s Foreign Affairs ministry said it had received with “profound shock” reports that Bashiru Isak, 40, had been shot dead on Tuesday in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha’s township. It said…

As of 05:00 local time, La Rochelle in the southwest had already recorded a temperature of 29C, the forecaster said, with a high of 43C possible later in the day in the region. Highs of 39 to 40C are forecast across much of the country’s west, from Paris to Brittany, and are expected to remain…