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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

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been the WHO's director-general since 2017

Departing US still owes money, says WHO chief

Uber's new feature allowing users to book a hotel room through its app reflects a shift toward the Chinese model of all-in-one apps

Uber adds hotel booking in push to become 'everything app'

The British parliament has launched an inquiry into the student loan system amid growing anger at the increasing debt young people are being saddled with

Progressive move

End of an era: last hereditary peers exit UK parliament

Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem

As energy prices soar

Canada holds key rate steady, says will act if war inflation persists

TotalEnergies reported a Q1 profit surge of more than 50%

TotalEnergies first-quarter profits surge amid Middle East war

The blast left buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway in the restive southwestern Cauca Department of Colombia

FARC rebel army

Guerrillas claim deadly Colombia attack, say it was an 'error'

One person arrested

Two north London Jewish men stabbed in hate attack

Saudi Arabia was awarded the right to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup

Abuse and exploitation concerns

UN experts urge Saudi labour practices switch before World Cup

Fuel costs have surged in Germany since the start of the Mideast war

Highest in two years

German inflation jumps in April as energy costs surge

A child receives a dose of measles-rubella vaccine in Dhaka on April 12

Worst in decades

Bangladesh measles outbreak kills over 220 children since March

Commuters make their way past a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and a sculpture of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran

As tensions remain

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Archeologists use a remote-controlled robot with pincers and cameras to plunge to more than 2,000 metres deep

'You have to be extremely precise'

Diving robot explores mystery of France's deepest shipwreck

Thailand's jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be released early from prison next month, the corrections department said

Early release confirmed

Thai ex-PM Thaksin to be released from prison next month

De Michael Adams op der Pressekonferenz vu CARE Lëtzebuerg

400,000 children displaced

Aid group CARE warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Lebanon

Meta was this year found in breach of EU competition rules

Digital Services Act

EU finds Meta failing to keep under-13s off Facebook, Instagram

A French teen will be allowed to temporarily leave Singapore as he faces charges over a straw licking stunt

French teen in straw licking case allowed to leave Singapore

Supporters of South Korea's impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol gather in front of the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on February 19, 2026

South Korean court hikes ex-president's sentence for obstructing justice

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Russia was imposing a 'digital Iron Curtain' on its people

Kremlin internet restrictions

EU chief says Kremlin imposing 'digital Iron Curtain' on Russians

Shammi Silva (L) at a press conference in 2023

Government intervention

Sri Lanka government 'temporarily' takes over cricket board

Family members of opiod overdose victims protest outside the US District Court for the District of New Jersey

Due to role in opioid crisis

US judge orders Purdue Pharma to pay billions ahead of bankruptcy

Sam Neill won international fame after starring as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster 'Jurassic Park' and has more recently appeared in 'Peaky Blinders'

'Jurassic Park' star Sam Neill says cancer-free after gene therapy

Some 40 victims of the US opioid crisis and their families attended the hearing on OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma

'I hope you feel guilty'

US opioid crisis victims testify at emotional Purdue Pharma hearing

Australian Oliver Foran is seeking to break the record for a "sea to summit" ascent of Mount Everest

'I wanted to do it in a special way'

Australian climber on record sea-to-summit Everest bid

Indian opposition leader slammed a proposed $9 billion Nicobar megaport plan as 'destruction'

Indian opposition slams Nicobar megaport plan as 'destruction'

A woman walks past a giant billboard in Tehran that reads 'the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.'

Pentagon chief to testify on Iran war, peace efforts stall

Inflatable punching bags with pictures of Elon Musk and Sam Altman are seen outside the courthouse

Anxiety, resentment around AI spur violence against tech's figureheads

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