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Andy Corriher examines his crops during spring planting season

'We got hit at the worst possible time'

'Blindsided': US farmers strained as fertilizer costs surge on war

Chinese authorities are anxious to tackle rising obesity rates, which are fast becoming a pressing public health issue

Alternative weight loss

Chinese slimmers trade lost fat for beef

Some 800 ships remain stuck in Gulf waters

Two passing through

Ships exit Gulf from Iran despite US blockade: tracker

Ademola Lookman (R) struck for Atletico to pull back Barcelona's lead and it proved vital as his team reached the Champions League semi-finals

Atletico resist Barca comeback to reach Champions League semis

Arne Slot's future as Liverpool manager is in doubt

Mohamed Salah exit ends in disappointment

Slot in the firing line as Liverpool blown away by PSG

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos met with representatives of the US cinema-owners trade group on the sidelines of their annual gathering

Netflix boss Sarandos has 'constructive' talks with cinema owners

JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, shown here at January's World Economic Forum, said he does not view private credit deterioration as a systemic risk to the economy

US bank profits jump as execs see consumers surviving oil spike, for now

Pope Leo prays during a visit to the archaeological site of Hippo in Annaba

First papal visit

Pope walks in Augustine's footsteps as Algeria trip draws to an end

Donald Trump has picked Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell when his term at the helm ends in May, but his confirmation in the Senate faces challenges

Trump's Fed chair nominee to face Senate confirmation hearing next week

In this photo taken on June 29, 1986 Argentina's football star team captain Diego Maradona kisses the World Soccer Cup won by his team after a 3-2 victory over West Germany on at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will be buried on November 26, 2020 on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a spokesman said. Maradona, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at the age of 60, will be laid to rest in the Jardin de Paz cemetery, where his parents were also buried, Sebastian Sanchi told AFP.

10 months after annulment

'Bunch of amateurs': Maradona's medical team back on trial in Argentina

The ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon to the United States joined historic talks at the State Department in Washington

Dialogue underway

Israeli envoy says 'on the same side' with Lebanon after talks in US

An attack on the central Dnipropetrovsk region claimed the lives of five and wounded 27

'More than 30 times'

Ukraine says Russian attacks kill seven, including child

The centuries-old carving of a Zimbabwean bird that was returned had been looted nearly 140 years previously

Robbed over 100 years ago

S.Africa returns stolen human remains, sacred carving to Zimbabwe

It is the third time works by Picasso have been raffled to raise money for Alzheimer's research

For a good cause

Paris engineer wins Picasso painting at charity auction

Harvey Weinstein appeared gaunt as he was wheeled into a New York court for his retrial on a rape charge

Already serving 16-year prison term

Harvey Weinstein rape retrial begins in New York

Watches displayed at the stand of Swiss manufacturer H. Moser & Cie at the Watches and Wonders salon in Geneva

Watches and Wonders

Geneva watch fair set to show war's effect on luxury sector

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had tried to position herself as one of Trump's top allies in Europe

Change in foreign relations

Italy shifts away from Israel, US over Mideast war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expresses confidence that Kevin Warsh will be the next Federal Reserve chairman

Trump admin wants new Fed chair in place 'as soon as possible'

Errol Musk, father of tech billionaire Elon Musk, regularly visits Russia

'Puzzling' project

Musk's father seeking Russian refuge for S.African farmers

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticised efforts he said were aimed at 'containing' Russia and China during a meeting with counterpart Wang Yi in the Chinese capital

Russian Foreign Minister

Lavrov blasts efforts to 'contain' Russia, China on Beijing visit

US President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun as he speaks in the White House about the war against Iran

Enriched uranium stockpile

Iran nuclear programme 'set back' but not wiped out

Thousands of Czechs rallied against the media financing switch in March

Media independence at risk?

Czech govt draws ire with public media financing plan

IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said the global economy is more resilient today than during the oil shocks of the 1970s

IMF cuts 2026 global growth forecast on Mideast war

The helmet was returned in near pristine condition

2,500-year-old artefacts

Dutch prosecutors urge long jail terms for Romanian helmet theft

In its first update to forecasts since the Mideast war erupted, the IMF said eurozone exporters are also exposed to the euro's strength against the dollar and other currencies, which makes their products more expensive on global markets

IMF cuts eurozone growth forecast to 1.1%, warns of strong euro

Moldovan man detained in Trier after illegal entry from Luxembourg

US rapper and producer Kanye West is due to perform in Marseille on June 11

Exploring 'all possibilities'

French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille

Pope Leo XIV is visiting Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea

Police yet to confirm

Twin suicide attacks rocked Algeria Monday during Pope's visit

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