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Military support was slow to arrive in the quiet desert city of Ofakim but officers, most of them armed with handguns, fought back.

The crop-devouring pests love arid conditions and the occasional downpour. Global warming is offering more of both.

Trees have been cut to create fire guards in Banff, the country’s most popular national park. After its warmest winter in history, Canada braces for another season of wildfires.

A fire led to a “partial structural collapse” at Car Park 2, the airport operator said on its website. Luton is the fourth-largest airport serving London, operating flights for mostly discount airlines.

A taxidermy gallery known for its bulky centerpiece is closing for a two-year renovation.

Rowers in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race this weekend have been warned of dangerously high levels of E. coli in the River Thames, the latest sign of England’s polluted waterways.

A system used by several major London hospitals was targeted in a ransomware cyberattack, forcing the cancellation of services and the diversion of patients.

The remains of Charles Byrne, a 7-foot-7 man who died in 1783, will no longer be on public view, an effort to address what one official at the Hunterian Museum called a historical wrong.

Prior to the coronation, the police had said that there would be little tolerance for disruptive protests. On the day itself, more than 50 people were arrested, most on offenses that appeared to be connected to protests.

Quakers in Britain said the raid, in which six youth activists unaffiliated with the religious group were arrested, “clearly shows what happens when a society criminalizes protest.”