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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference in Beijing on April 14, 2026

Bolsters image as left-wing hero

Trump turmoil sees Spain's Sanchez emerge as progressive star

Khushwant Singh, author of Maharaja in Denims and co-founder of AI-driven production house Intelliflicks Studios

Set for cinematic release this summer

India's 'Maharaja in Denims' stakes claim in AI film race

A supporter of Daniel Duggan, a former US Marines pilot accused of illegally training China's military, holds a placard outside the Federal Court of Australia in Canberra on April 16, 2026

US ex-Marine loses extradition appeal in China pilots case

LIV Golf signage prior to LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec

Amid reports about possibility of collapse

LIV Golf reassures players over Saudi withdrawal rumors

New research has cast doubt on Alzheimer's drugs once hailed as a gamechanger

Some experts criticise the research

Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds

President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to potentially expand the controversial practice of fracking in Mexico

To reduce dependence on US fossil fuels

Mexican farmers raise alarm over Sheinbaum's fracking proposal

This handout image taken on July 23, 2024 and released by the Australian Defence Force shows a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft (top R) in formation flight with an RAAF EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft (bottom R), RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet (top C), a Spanish Navy AV-8B Harrier II (bottom C), an F-35 Lightning II (top L), a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi F-2 (bottom 2nd L), and a Philippine Air Force FA-50 Golden Eagle (bottom L) over northern Australia during Exercise Pitch Black 2024. Australia will deploy a long-range military reconnaissance plane to the Gulf to protect civilians, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on March 10, 2026

To 3.0% of GDP by 2033

Australia to boost defence spending citing growing threats

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shows off an artist's rendering of President Donald Trump's planned Triumphal Arch

'United States Triumphal Arch'

Trump's triumphal arch gets official name

Arsenal reached the Champions League semi-finals after a tense draw with Sporting Lisbon

Riding their luck

Arsenal survive tense Sporting stalemate to reach Champions League semis

Cartoonish pro-Iran video memes are emerging as an effective tool in an intensifying information war

Sparking online criticism

YouTube suspends pro-Iran channel posting Lego-style clips mocking Trump

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez rose to second place in the Peru presidential election's ongoing vote count

'We don't know if the results are true'

Left-winger Sanchez climbs to second place in Peru vote count

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced fresh sanctions against Iran

'Economic Fury'

US announces new sanctions against Iran oil sector

Live Nation has reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department in the antitrust case brought against the US entertainment giant

Potentially profound repercussions

Jury finds Ticketmaster owner ran illegal monopoly

SantaCon is a charity bar crawl that draws around 25,000 participants every December in New York

Faces up to 20 years in prison

Bad Santa: SantaCon bar crawl organizer charged in $1 mn fraud

Creator Lee Sung Jin says 'Beef' season 2 explores intergenerational conflict and the gap between those who have wealth and those who never will

Premieres on Netflix Thursday

'Beef' tackles generational conflicts in season 2: creator

Luis Diaz after scoring in Bayern Munich's win over Real Madrid, which booked them a semi-final spot in the Champions League

Dramatic 4–3 win

Bayern sink Real Madrid late to reach Champions League semis

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said 'We must brace for tough times ahead' if the conflict in the Middle East persists speaks on during a press briefing during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2026.

IMF chief warns of 'tough times' if oil prices stay high

Major US indices finished at fresh records as markets bet on a resolution to the Middle East war

Continued pressure

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records as markets bet on US-Iran accord

The funds are the third tranche of a $20 billion program for Argentina announced in April 2025

Part of a 20-billion-dollar programme

IMF and Argentina agree deal unlocking $1 bn in assistance

The economic ramifications of the war in the Middle East have dominated discussions at the 2026 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington

Economic fallout reverberates around world

World Bank chief economist warns of hunger risk from war in Iran

US President Donald Trump seeks to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if the central banker does not leave his position 'on time'

Trump says will fire Fed chair if he stays beyond mandate

Pope Leo XIV's speech, in earshot of Cameroon's President Paul Biya (R), was unusually direct

'Blessed are the peacemakers'

Pope urges Cameroon's leaders to examine 'conscience'

Despite decimated infrastructure, those coming back to Khartoum were overwhelmed by the thought of seeing their city for the first time in years

Terminal refurbished

'Fantastic feeling': Sudan capital returnees relieved after three years of war

Virat Kohli was only fit enough to bat but made an important 49

Impact sub Kohli shines as Bengaluru move top of IPL

Police found the nine-year-old lying in the fetal position inside a van in the eastern village of Hagenbach

France father who kept son in van faces 30 years in jail, says prosecutor

Pope Leo XIV (C) called for Cameroon authorities to examine their 'conscience' on the first day of his visit

Pope urges Cameroon authorities to examine 'conscience'

The forth season of 'The White Lotus' will be set on the Cote d'Azur, with the Cannes Film Festival as its backdrop

Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Coogan

Bonjour! 'The White Lotus' starts filming season 4 in France: HBO

Men walk past street vendors' stands set up beneath a damaged building in the capital Khartoum on the third anniversary of the start of the war

'The nightmare must end'

Donors pledge 1.5 bn euros as Sudan marks three years of war

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