Several human rights organizations on Tuesday expressed their opposition to capital punishment in Thailand, after the authorities carried out the first execution of a prisoner since 2009.

Environmental activists from Greenpeace on Tuesday installed a large replica of the World Cup trophy on a central square in Berlin to urge the government to do more to tackle climate change, an epa-efe photojournalist reported.

Faced with two bowls of food representing rival teams, a fortune-telling feline predicted that Russia would win its second World Cup clash against Egypt later Tuesday.

The People's Bank of China on Tuesday injected 200 billion yuan ($31 billion) into the country's financial system through medium-term loans amid escalation in trade tensions between China and the United States.

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday made a debut as sports commentator for a television program from his prison cell and said the national team should not belittle the Costa Rican squad in the next game.

Scott Kelly, the NASA astronaut who has spent the most time in space on a single mission, on Monday congratulated former Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque for his appointment as Madrid's science minister, wishing him luck in the post.