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Pope Leo's week-long state visit is the first by a pontiff to Spain since 2010

Pope says Church abuse 'still an open wound' as Spain trip begins

India's KL Rahul was 81 not out as India reached 209-2 at tea on the first day of the one-off cricket test Against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh

In hot and humid conditions

Rahul, Sudharsan push India to 209-2 in Afghanistan Test

Bernadette Chirac

Bernadette Chirac, widow of former French president Jacques Chirac, has died

Peru's presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez will face off Keiko Fujimori in Peru's presidential runoff on June 7

'Sufficient grounds'

Peru presidential candidate Sanchez could stand trial over campaign finance allegations

Founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke (C) displays the book 'My Autobiography' by the Indian social reformer Dr. B. R. Ambedkar upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi on June 6, 2026

'By the youth, for the youth'

India tightens security ahead of 'Cockroach Party' protest

Located off the coast of Sicily, Malta has suffered record droughts and is highly vulnerable to desertification, which is aggravated by intensive urbanization

Construction boom

Picturesque Malta set to 'implode' as concrete jungle devours all

Iran's national football team players and members of their delegation leave the US Embassy in Ankara after submitting their visa applications ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, on May 21, 2026

Ongoing flare-ups

US, Iran trade strikes despite visas for World Cup footballers

Ismael Kone had a shot deflected wide as Canada were held to a draw by Ireland

Co-hosts Canada held by Ireland ahead of World Cup

Airlines based in the Middle East have been particularly hard hit by the war

Annual gathering

Airlines gather in Rio to chart course as horizon darkens

Reconstruction provides a glimmer of hope in Derna, where some residents said it helps them cope with the tragedy they lived through

Libya presses on rebuilding flood-ravaged Derna but trauma lingers

Mexico's Guadalajara zoo is using its animal to predict World Cup 2026 results

Elephants, gorillas, pumas

'It's clear who won!': Mexican zoo residents hedge World Cup bets

A freshly installed FIFA World Cup 2026 sign hangs over the entrance at Kansas City Stadium

'Clarification'

FIFA to allow disposable water bottles at World Cup games after outcry

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) personnel prepare for Ebola treatment in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dire projections

US warns Ebola outbreak on scale of largest 'is possible'

Peru's leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez is in a neck-and-neck contest with conservative Keiko Fujimori

Roberto Sanchez

Peru's leftist candidate tells AFP he seeks 'respectful' ties with Trump

The US economy added a forecast-beating 172,000 jobs in May, but markets saw the data as signal the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates

Tech sell-off, rate-hike fears drive Wall Street plunge

SpaceX has a sky-high valuation despite losing billions of dollars a year

$920 million a month

SpaceX signs pre-IPO deal to provide AI computing to Google

An Israeli flag is seen on top of a destroyed building in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kela near the two countries' shared border

Lebanese leaders rebuke Iran as Israel, Hezbollah trade attacks

Jacques and Jessica Moretti own Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland

Bar owner faces new charge over deadly Swiss ski resort fire

The Kremlin's offensive against Ukraine has put Russia's finances under immense strain

'Slow degradation of everything'

Putin rules out meeting Zelensky and vows to pursue war goals

US Vice President JD Vance has been a fierce critic of European migration policies

Prompting sharp rebuke

US VP Vance blames British student's murder on migrant 'invasion'

The 2025 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington by an Afghan immigrant prompted the imposition of restrictions on legal immigration

Deemed unlawful

US judge lifts Trump curbs on legal immigration processing

A child's body was found on Thusday in an abandoned silo

Existing abuse complaints

Macron blasts 'unacceptable' lapses over girl's suspected murder

The leisure and hospitality industry added 70,000 jobs in May, well above its average monthly gain over the last year

Strong US job growth beats expectations in May, firming recent gains

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso actor Anthony Head dies aged 72

Darina Yotova, known as Dara, won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Bangaranga'

35 million less

Eurovision viewing figures drop to 131 million after boycott

This handout photo released by NASA shows the International Space Station as seen from the US space shuttle Endeavour on December 15, 2001

Houston, problem resolved

Leak on space station triggers brief safety alert

Alexander Zverev will hope it is fourth time lucky on Sunday as he aims for a first Grand Slam title

Aiming for Grand Slam title

Zverev to face Cobolli in French Open final after beating Mensik

US Vice President JD Vance has been a fierce critic of European migration policies

'He should still be alive today'

US VP Vance slams UK's 'enraging' handling of student murder

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