Family and friends of Tyre Nichols gathered in a Memphis church to pay their final respects to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal beating by police last month transformed him into the new face of the U.S. racial justice movement.
The pope urged the Congolese people to grant each other a "great amnesty of the heart" and called on any Christians engaged in battle to lay down their arms. Eastern Congo has been plagued by conflict for decades.
Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands.
Tom Brady, widely considered the greatest player in NFL history, announces his retirement after an age-defying career with seven Super Bowl championships.
Desperation has grown in Haiti amid a political crisis and a spike in violence that most recently has included a wave of killings of policemen, triggering protests by angry officers.