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Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Royal Australian Air Force Chief Stephen Chappell speak next to a Ghost Bat drone during a visit to the Amberley RAAF Base on March 27, 2026.

Modernising air force

Germany eyes Australian 'Ghost Bat' for drone combat era

Iranian civilians are turning en masse to bitcoin, which can be stored in personal wallets beyond the authorities' reach

'Lifeline' for the population

Cryptocurrencies aiding Iran during war

Myanmar's railway stations are bustling with life as surging fuel prices due to the Mideast war drive commuters to choose trains over costly transport

Train tickets selling out quickly

Myanmar travellers ride the rails as fuel prices rise

Trump, whose daily statements have swung wildly from threatening to conciliatory, said talks to end the war were ongoing with Iran

'We do not intend to negotiate'

Trump moves deadline for striking Iran energy sites

Jamaica forward Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri celebrates his winner in a 1-0 World Cup playoff win over New Caledonia

Opening victories

Bolivia, Jamaica close in on World Cup after playoff wins

Iran and Israel claim fresh attacks as the war nears ots second month

Thursday roundup

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Safety flares burn at Woodside's North West Shelf gas venture in Western Australia, which was impacted by a cyclone on Friday, 27 March.

Further squeezing fuel supplies

Cyclone triggers outages at major Australian LNG plants

Hmong volunteer firefighter Mongkol Yingyotmongkolsaen using a drone to monitor fires in the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park area of Chiang Mai

'If it burns, the city's lungs are destroyed'

Tech-equipped Indigenous firefighters protect Thai forests

The feather-shaped namele leaf is being enlisted to protect some of the country's most important forests

Botanical name Cycas seemannii

Sacred leaf offers hope for Vanuatu's threatened forests

Charities and disability advocates have been warning about a trend for using AI to generate fetishised images of women with disabilities

'Harmful and unacceptable'

AI used to make 'fetishised' images of disabled women

Vaibhav Suryavanshi pictured last year for Rajasthan Royals

'Cricket is Vaibhav's life, dream and faith'

Parents sacrificed all for 15-year-old India prodigy Suryavanshi

Wanting to stay zen... A wooden sculpture in Copenhagen's libertarian Christiania enclave

Copenhagen's libertarian enclave

Newcomers could threaten Christiania's hippie soul, locals fear

Surrounded by wind turbines and studded with solar panels, Feldheim, population 130, boasts its own electricity and heating networks, supplied entirely by cheap local energy

Population of 130

German 'green village' rides out Mideast energy storm

The Pentagon said allowing Anthropic's AI access to sensitive 'warfighting infrastructure' posed an 'unacceptable risk'

Measures likely violated the law

US judge suspends govt sanctions on AI company Anthropic

This year's maximum Arctic sea ice level was reached on March 15 -- a week earlier than last year.

Significant repercussions

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter

Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali scored the opener in Italy's 2-0 win over Northern Ireland

Italy stay in World Cup hunt as Wales, Ireland suffer penalty heartbreak

The director of Musee Conde, Mathieu Deldicque, poses with a hat believed to have belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte

'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display

As part of his bitter battle against his ex-partner over their son, Cedric Prizzon (L) had mounted a campaign against her on social media

Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children

IOC President Kirsty Coventry said the new policy was 'based on science'

Olympic women's sport to be limited to 'biological females'

It was during that G20 in South Africa that French President Emmanuel Macron personally invited President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) to take part in the G7, Pretoria recalled

South Africa disinvited from G7 in France

Members of the Mexican navy carry out cleanup operations in Boca del Rio, near Veracruz, to remove crude residue from the Gulf of Mexico following a spill first reported in early March, 2026

Named environmental disaster by activists

Mexico blames oil slick on illegal dumping

OpenAI had planned to allow erotic content for verified adult users

Societal and reputational risks

OpenAI shelves plans for erotic chatbot

The Oscars will be hosted for a second year running by late-night comedian Conan O'Brien

After celebrating their centenary

Oscars to leave Hollywood in 2029: Academy

Lagos, Nigeria's coastal mega-city, is bound by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and a massive lagoon on the other

$7.5 million policy

Lagos secures flood insurance for 4 million at-risk Nigerians

Peruvian police officers stand guard before the election of a new interim president

Hardline approach

In crime-hit Peru, candidates vie to be 'meanest sheriff'

Several backers and opponents of Nicolas Maduro gathered outside the courthouse in New York

Self-declared 'prisoner of war'

Venezuela's Maduro back in court after stunning US capture

Locations like the Door of No Return at the Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, have become key tourism attractions for people hoping to learn about slavery -- and sometimes, their family heritage

'Gravest crime against humanity'

Joy, scepticism across west Africa after UN vote on slave trade

Ranked among the kings of Italian cheese, with its cows fed on hay and grass, Parmesan is facing slowing sales at home as the country's population declines

Declining population, lower spending

Parmesan exports doing grate... but sales melt in Italy

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