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Afghanistan were rusty and need to play more Test matches to improve, their coach said after their heavy defaeat by India in a one-off cricket Test in New Chandigarh

'Rusty' Afghanistan need more Tests, says coach Pybus

This photograph taken on January 8, 2026 shows an Afghan burqa-clad woman walking with her child

Criticism from United Nations

Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown

India's Manav Suthar (R) celebrates with Yashasvi Jaiswal

Suthar stars on debut as India crush Afghanistan in biggest Test victory

Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz (R) and Australia captain Josh Inglis (L), ahead of the first of three ODIs

Bangladesh seek ODI upset against depleted Australia

American singer Pink hosts the 79th Tony Awards ceremony in New York

Highest honors in American theatre

'Liberation' and 'Schmigadoon!' top Tony Awards

In Bonn beginnen an diesem Montag zweiwöchige Verhandlungen auf Fachebene über die Senkung der Treibhausgasemissionen und die internationale Klimafinanzierung. Die Gespräche dienen der Vorbereitung der UN-Klimakonferenz im November in Antalya.

Bonn negotiations to set direction for UN climate summit in Antalya

Swiss healtcare facilities rely on foreign caregivers

Front and centre in the debate

Swiss healthcare united against immigration cap plan

Rocket trails are seen above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, as air raid sirens sounded in the country to warn of incoming Iranian missiles for the first time since an April 2026 ceasefire took hold in the Middle East war

No end in sight

Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump's call for restraint

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean -- and too close for comfort, critics say

Questions about its sustainability

Nigerian mega-highway faces down rising seas, protected forests

Malaria cases in Mpumalanga jumped fourfold in January compared with a year earlier

Forcing a rethink of malaria planning

As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said "we simply cannot afford to become like North Korea"

Press conference marks first year in office

South Korea should not give up on North's denuclearisation: president

Denmark's and Ukraine's players huddle around Christian Eriksen

Five years after cardiac arrest

Denmark's Eriksen 'doing well' after collapsing during friendly

EVs are making inroads even in Nigeria where the power grid is unreliable and a third of the country doesn't have access to electricity at all

Infrastructure needed

'There's no E': Blackout-plagued Nigeria pursues EVs

The European Central Bank is trying to navigate the fallout from the Middle East war

First time in two and a half years

ECB to hike rates as Mideast war pushes up inflation

NYPD police officers are seen outside Penn Station in New York on June 7, 2026, after a stabbing attack inside the transit center

'Alleged perpetrator is in custody'

Stabbing wounds six at New York's Penn Station

Analysts have described the Knicks as a unifying force for New York

Hosts NBA Finals games three and four

Sky-high ticket costs can't cool the cauldron of Madison Square Garden

Chinese President Xi Jinping last met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in September 2025

'Invincible friendship'

China's Xi to visit North Korea after meetings with Trump, Putin

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) is welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street ahead of a meeting that includes the leaders of France and Germany

For defence talks

UK, France, Germany back Zelensky's call for Putin meeting

The fires that swept through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 were among the most devastating disasters in California's history

Proceedings to begin Monday

Jury selection begins in trial of LA fire suspect

Deploying AI in political messaging could appeal to younger US voters

Relentless stream

'Strategic distraction?' Trump ramps up AI memes ahead of midterms

More than 400 people dressed as 'The Tramp' gathered in Switzerland to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Charlie Chaplin museum

Donning black bowler hats

Hundreds of Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gather in Switzerland

A Waymo self-driving taxi on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles

The future is now

Europe opening up to self-driving taxis

US President Donald Trump was interviewed by NBC during a visit to Wisconsin where he was attending a roundtable on the rural economy on June 5, 2026

Agrees to another interview

Trump storms out of tense, rain-plagued NBC interview

The plane that carried the Iran team to Mexico avoided US airspace, tracking sites showed

Sport and politics

Iran fans dismayed by team's World Cup visa quarrel

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan casts his ballot in Yerevan

Following years of upheaval

Armenia PM heads for win to cement Westward shift

Norway captain Martin Odegaard takes the applause after his equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Morocco

World Cup warm-up match

Odegaard on target as Norway draw with Morocco

Smoke rises from an Israeli bombardment near the village of Kfar Tibnit in southern Lebanon

Hitting two apartments

Israel strikes south Beirut after intercepting Hezbollah launches

Members of a Congolese Red Cross team carry the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola in the eastern city of Bunia

EU flown in 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid

DR Congo ceasefire a 'health emergency' given Ebola outbreak: EU

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