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The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by oil and gas companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits

'Golden Shield'

US Supreme Court hears Cisco bid to halt Falun Gong suit

'If the judges don't stop me, I will run,' says Le Pen

'If the judges don't stop me'

France's Le Pen wants runoff against 'centrist' in presidential race

Copa Airlines is Panama's flagship carrier with flights throughout the Americas

'New era of adaptation'

Panama's Copa Airlines orders 60 more Boeing 737 MAX for $13.5 bn

Rajasthan Royals' Indian cricket player Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Rajasthan's Sooryavanshi hammers 43 as Punjab suffer first loss

Prosecutors accused former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones of converting his fame and ties to professional basketball into a multi-faceted criminal betting operation departs the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York on April 28, 2026. Jones has pleaded guilty to gambling charges, US media reported Tuesday, the first conviction in a betting scandal that engulfed elite basketball. Jones, 49, was charged over his alleged role in a scheme that prosecutors say provided inside information on injuries and game absences to bettors between December 2022 and March 2024.

Betting scandal

Ex-NBA player Damon Jones pleads guilty in gambling probe

Magyar has offered to meet Zelensky in a Hungarian-majority city in Ukraine

Hungary's PM-elect Magyar offers to meet Ukraine's Zelensky in June

Three dates in Swift's record-breaking 'Eras' tour were cancelled in the summer of 2024

Facing terror offences and other charges

Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert

An armed Somali watches a Greek cargo ship anchored off NE Somalia in 2010

Renewed activity

New pirate group behind latest Somali hijacking: officials

As energy prices soar

UAE pulls out of OPEC oil cartels citing 'national interests'

Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court is in the southern city of Bellinzona

'Persistent impediment'

Swiss court dismisses corruption case against late Uzbek leader's daughter

Traditionally higher fuel demand during the summer and limited supplies risk creating shortages

Growing concerns

Will fuel shortages ruin summer vacations?

April's meeting will likely be Jerome Powell's last as US Federal Reserve chair

Two-day meeting

US Fed expected to keep rates steady as Iran war effects ripple

Vietnamese Buddhist monk Pannakara, accompanied by a rescued stray dog, ended a gruelling barefoot walk across Sri Lanka with an appeal for world peace and kindness towards animals

Monk ends barefoot Sri Lanka trek with a dog and plea for peace

French President Emmanuel Macron shares the title of co-prince of Andorra with Catholic Bishop Josep-Lluis Serrano Pentinat

Ongoing discussion on reform

Macron urges Andorra to 'move forwards' on decriminalising abortion

Ravi Coltrane performs at the Impart jazz club in Wroclaw

Touring across Europe

Jazz legend John Coltrane's son hits the high notes

Eng Grenzkontroll bei Frankfurt/Oder.

Following court ruling

Germany and Luxembourg agree to end fixed border checks

The island of Krk already receives US gas

Connecting to European gas network

Croatia, Bosnia sign major gas pipeline deal

Al Hassan was jailed for 10 years in 2024 for war crimes and crimes against humanity

ICC orders $8.5mn compensation for victims of Malian war criminal

The EU wants a more integrated financial market to finance its all-important green and digital transitions

Bigger and more ambitious

EU lawmakers back blockbuster long-term budget

Two entrepreneurs are financing the latest bid to rescue a whale stranded off the German coast

Month-long ordeal

German rescuers launch new bid to free stranded whale

Workers sit at the site of a train collision after a passenger train locomotive pierced through the rear car of a commuter train at Bekasi Timur station in Bekasi, West Java on April 28, 2026

Resulting in mass evacuation

Train collision kills 15, injures dozens near Jakarta

In 2021 photograph, a climber looks at the Khumbu icefall from Everest base camp

Blocked for two weeks

Climbers open Everest route past dangerous ice block

Hippos descended from a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the wild in Colombia, in April 2023

Indian billionaire's son offers home for Escobar's hippos

Supporters watch a live stream of the trial of South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, who has had her prison sentence for corruption increased on appeal

Four years in jail

South Korean court increases ex-first lady's graft sentence

Wilson -- star of Hollywood hits including "Bridesmaids" and "Pitch Perfect" -- is accused of defamation by actress Charlotte MacInnes

Accused of defamation

Bullying claims 'nonsense', actress Rebel Wilson tells Sydney court

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg

Crude extends gains, stocks drop as Trump considers latest Iran proposal

28 April 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hilden: Police officers search the Hells Angels clubhouse in Hilden. Police in North Rhine-Westphalia carry out a large-scale raid against the rocker group.

1,200 officers deployed

Massive police raid targets Hells Angels in Germany

Crackdown on illegal trade

EU parliament adopts new rules to protect cats, dogs

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