• Elaine Lies

The abdication of a Japanese Emperor would be unprecedented in modern times.

• Kenneth Chang

So it did happen. The Juno spacecraft really did reach Jupiter.

A solar-powered plane is close to completing the first fuel-free flight around the globe.

• ANALYSIS
• Paul McGeough

In the wake of mass violence, the US is on edge, fearful and fretful, writes Paul McGeough.

Donald Trump is expected to announce his running mate by Friday. Here are the main contenders.

• Daniel Flitton

For an organisation infamous as all talk and no action, the answer was remarkably brief.

The Philippines claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea are "baseless" and Chinese fishing boats have been harassed and attacked by the Philippines around the Spratly Islands, the Chinese government said in a white paper published on Wednesday.

The night before a US woman fell to her death at the Grand Canyon, she posted on social media an image of herself sitting near the edge of a cliff and looking at the stunning view, which sent a chill through her mother.

President Barack Obama says the shootings of five Dallas police officers would appear to have exposed the "the deepest fault line of our democracy" but that Americans must reject such despair.

• John Leland

It is one of the vexing questions in chess: Why, in a sport where physical differences do not matter, are boys and men so much more prominent than their female counterparts, despite efforts to attract more girls and women?

At least 23 people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided in the middle of an olive grove in the southern heel of Italy, a spokesman for the fire brigade said.

• Daniel Flitton

He's the 84-year-old judge from the far side of the world who just stared down China.

A burglary of firearms from a pawn shop has been linked to a planned attack against police officers in the area of Baton Rouge, police say, just days after a black man's killing by police last week sparked protests.

"I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States," said Mr Sanders on Tuesday.

• Melissa Healy

Along with their fiery tresses being a redhead comes with a powerful propensity to develop melanoma, a particularly deadly form of skin cancer.

• Andrea Peterson

"It's not like we came here to play," said one user, "but gotta catch 'em all."

• Peter Mitchell

A young American living in Australia used the Google Translate service in an attempt to contact Arabic-speaking Islamic State recruiters, according to US prosecutors.

• David Wroe

The Hague tribunal has found China has no "historic title" over waters in the South China Sea.

• Karen Turner

Researchers have been able to sketch out people's thoughts simply by scanning their brains.

• Denis Dumo

UN chief calls for arms embargo and sanctions on leaders as hundreds of South Sudanese and two Chinese peacekeepers are killed.

• Aaron Blake and Robert Barnes

Unlike many of her Supreme Court colleagues, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has never been shy about her views.