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Cuba's power grid failed on August 2, causing another nationwide blackout

Ongoing struggles

Frustration builds as Cuba scrambles to restore power

Keepers fear the lions at a Tokyo zoo cannot cope with the high levels of humidity

Others under treatment

Suspected heatstroke kills three lions at Japan zoo

Members of an honour guard at Japan's Ministry of Defence in Tokyo in June

'Sense of urgency and crisis'

Japan sees 'urgent' need to boost military

A Palestinian child carries a little girl on his back as he walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip

Latest sign of disconnect

Trump board reassures Israel after objections on Gaza pullout

Min Aung Hlaing is expected to visit Thailand in August

Return to diplomatic fold

Myanmar ex-junta chief set for first Thailand visit as civilian leader

The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the world's oil, is a major source of contention between the United States and Iran

At sea for 115 days

Trapped by war, Bangladesh seafarer recounts Gulf ordeal

Princess Isabella of Denmark arrives for her first day at the Guard Hussar Regiment, among the first in Denmark to undertake 11 months of conscription

Including Princess Isabella

Young Danes start extended military service

Betting revenue for this year's World Cup is likely to be over 50 billion dollars, dwarfing the amount bet when Argentina won in 2022

'Is this money clean?'

Infantino, the FIFA president under pressure after scrapped investor plan

Shells from World War II in Le Porge, south-western France

Following forest fire

WWII shells surface in wildfire-ravaged French village

The MAX 7 is Boeing's latest and smallest jet to win certification in the single-aisle MAX family

US regulators grant long-awaited Boeing 737 MAX 7 certificate

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026

Former personal lawyer

Trump attorney general pick looks set to clear US Senate hurdle

Gannets nesting in northern England

Centuries-old tradition

Last Scottish island bird hunt banned after almost 500 years

Rescue teams and volunteers search for bodies amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on August 3, 2026

7.2 and 7.5 magnitude

Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises past 6,000

American Taylor Fritz celebrates his victory over Rafael Jodar in the ATP Washington final

Fritz outguns Jodar to win ATP Washington title

Pakistan batsman Abdullah Shafique (R) celebrates his century late on the second day against the West Indies

Shafique, Babar lead strong Pakistan reply against West Indies

The US states allege that tariff investigations carried out by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer's office were prejudged and pretextual

Democratic-led US states sue in latest challenge to Trump's tariffs

Myanmar's detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the nation's Red Cross representative on Monday, the president's office said, the first publicised meeting between her and a foreign official since she was ousted in a 2021 coup.

First since ousting

Detained Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross delegate in Myanmar

Olga Stefanishyna had held the role of Ukraine's ambassador to the US for a year

Zelensky sacks his ambassador to the US

Marvel franchise

'Spider-Man' breaks record for domestic box office debut

A Boeing 737 MAX 10 fuselage is pictured during the opening ceremony for the aircraft manufacturer's new North Line assembly line at the Boeing Everett Factory in Washington state

New assembly line

Key dates for the Boeing 737 MAX

People walk on a dirt track between dry fields, turned brown from the heat of the sun near Guildford, southwest of London

'Sunniest month ever observed'

England, Wales had driest July on record: Met Office

In Nordrhein-Westfalen hat eine Frau versucht, eine lebende Kornnatter in einem Zugmülleimer zu entsorgen. Die 37-Jährige stopfte die ungiftige Schlange in einen Abfallbehälter bei einer Sitzgruppe in einem Regionalzug, wie die Polizei mitteilte.

North Rhine-Westphalia

Woman caught trying to dump live snake in train bin

Basel, Switzerland's third-biggest city, has been struck by an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease

'Increased incidence'

Legionnaires' outbreak in Switzerland's Basel kills one, 26 ill

Hundreds of firefighters as well as water-bombing aircraft and helicopters are fighting the fires

Multiple blazes

Wildfire flares up again in Greece as water bombers deployed

Sasha Stamenkovic showed fellow doctors how to use the Da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system

The future is now

Training the UK 'surgeons of the future' using robots

Aufgrund der Trockenheit hat das Niedrigwasser am Rhein am Wochenende in Bonn und weiteren Orten neue Tiefststände erreicht. Mit nur noch 21 Zentimeter wurde Sonntagmittag in Düsseldorf der bisherige Rekordwert um vier Zentimenter unterschritten.

Due to climate change

Rhine reaches record lows at several German locations

Greece grapples with a succession of wildfires that have scorched thousands of hectares of forest, scrubland and farmland

Succession of massive wildfires

Greece wildfire expert says season 'one of the worst' in a decade

Pro-Kremlin commentator Xenia Fedorova is the former head of Russian state channel RT in France

'Pro-Kremlin propaganda'

French court rejects pro-Kremlin commentator's deportation appeal

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