At least 225 residents are rescued from a San Jose neighbourhood inundated by floodwaters, after a series of storms swelled waterways and left about half of California under flood, wind and snow advisories.

US President Donald Trump sparks anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent the deadly Paris attacks in 2015, and linking a wave of London knife crime to a handgun ban.

An Australian nurse accused of running an illegal surrogacy business in Cambodia denies recruiting women or organising exit documents for babies.

A 4.4-meter bronze statue of the philosopher behind Communism, donated by China, is unveiled on the 200th anniversary of his birth in the German town of Trier.

The mining boom on Earth may be over, but in space it could be set to soar, with exploration companies looking to launch expeditions to asteroids in just a few years.