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Cuban 10-year-old Juan Jose Guilarte, who was born with a congenital malformation that saw his left leg develop only to the kneecap, dreams of becoming an Olympian

Olympic ambition

Cuban boy's sporting dreams on hold as surgery backlog grows

Bali's local government gave just weeks notice for a prohibition on organic waste dumping at the bulging Suwung landfill in the capital Denpasar

As government bans open tips

Bali drowning in trash after landfill closed

Violinist Linda Lampenius and singer Pete Parkkonen are favourites to win Eurovision for Finland

ESC preparation

Finland's Eurovision favourite brings flames and a frantic violin to Vienna

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is juggling multiple issues ahead of the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, the last major gathering of football's global governing body before the World Cup

FIFA Congress in Vancouver

Iran, World Cup loom over FIFA Congress

Reigning champion Zhao Xintong of China has been knocked out of the World Snooker Championship by Shaun Murphy

13-10 quarter-final defeat

World snooker champion Zhao Xintong succumbs to 'Crucible curse'

D4vd faces murder charges over the death and dismemberment of a young teenager

Celeste Rivas Hernandez

D4vd used Amazon chainsaws to hack up teen's body: prosecutors

Activists have deployed posters to oppose Jeff Bezos's involvement in the Met Gala

Plea for action

Anti-Bezos campaign urges Met Gala boycott in New York

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla placed flowers at the 9/11 memorial in New York

'We stand united'

King Charles touts 'solidarity' with US at 9/11 memorial

Des locaux de Google à Manhattan

Google-parent Alphabet soars as Meta stumbles over AI costs

Outgoing Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed the need for the US central bank to be 'free of political influence'

Ahead of mandate ending

Powell's decision to stay on at Fed ignites new Trump insult

The Central Bank of Brazil said that Wednesday's cut was part of a 'calm and cautious' approach

Economic policy shift

Brazil lowers benchmark rate to 14.5% in second consecutive cut

Paris on December 28, 2016, during a period of increased air pollution

'EU standards were mostly met'

Air quality improving in Europe but more effort needed: report

President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to declare a ceasefire for the duration of Victory Day celebrations

'Very good conversation'

Putin, Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine in phone call: Kremlin

The calls to law enforcement included false claims of homicides, suicides, kidnappings and mass shootings

Justice Department

Romanian behind 'swatting' attacks in US gets four years in prison

Climate activists have called for a rapid exit from oil and gas during the first conference on breaking fossil fuel reliance, in Santa Marta, Colombia

'People are going to lose their job'

African oil producers defend need to drill at fossil fuel exit talks

Like many leaders in Tehran, President of the Iranian Football Federation Mehdi Taj is a former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

IRGC controversy

Iran officials leave Canada before FIFA Congress over airport 'insult': Iranian media

An employee at the Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field in southern Iraq, which has been affected by the Middle East war

Oil spikes while divided Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged

Two Jewish men were stabbed in Wednesday morning's incident in Golders Green

Community response

Shomrim: the Jewish volunteers protecting their community

Fans travelling to Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field will be charged just $2.90 to reach the venue on the subway

'Gritty' Philadelphia pitches itself as low-cost US World Cup choice

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that calling the Iran war a 'quagmire' was 'handing propaganda to our enemies'

Testimony to Congress

Pentagon chief spars with Democratic lawmakers on Iran war

Elon Musk is seen through glass at the Ronald V. Dellums US Courthouse in Oakland, California,

Court battle heats up

'I literally was a fool': Musk grilled in OpenAI trial

Community members mourn for the victims of the mass shooting in the Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge in February 2026

OpenAI facing 'waves' of US lawsuits over Canada mass shooting

US President Donald Trump speaks as he welcomes the Artemis II astronauts, from L to R, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026

Trump says US has 'a shot' at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends

Magyar described his meeting with von der Leyen as 'highly constructive'

'We have no time to waste'

Hungary's Magyar pushes to unblock EU billions in Brussels

Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to murdering his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court on Monday

Hollywood tragedy

Rob Reiner autopsy report not ready, court hears

Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) ride on pickup trucks in Kidal after seizing the city in northern Mali

Following weekend assault

Tuareg rebels vow Mali junta 'will fall', north will be captured

Passenger volumes rose in March despite the Middle East war

Eyes on fuel availability

Ticket price hikes not affecting summer air travel demand: IATA

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses journalists during a press conference in Beijing

To ease supply disruptions

Australia FM says China agrees to collaborate on jet fuel exports

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