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Kim Jong Un and Lukashenko met in September in Beijing when they attended a military parade at Tiananmen Square, where the North Korean leader reportedly extended an invitation

Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus leader visits North Korea for first time

A forensic expert observes a bulldozer excavating a suspected mass grave near Rahovec

Thirty years on

'No heavier burden': the decades-long search for Kosovo war missing

A visitor takes pictures of a suricata at a pet fair in Beijing

From meerkats to sugar gliders

Exotic pet trade thrives in China despite welfare concerns

Morning Roundup

Police appeal for witnesses in hit-and-run, US draws up Iran peace plan, and BTS concert draws millions of viewers

The site of an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2026

US reportedly sends peace plan as Iran opens to 'non-hostile' oil vessels

BTS performing at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21

BTS concert drew 18.4 million viewers, says Netflix

A convoy of OSCE monitors (right) in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in 2019

Insufficiently prepared?

OSCE's 'chaotic' Ukraine evacuation put staff at risk: leaked report

A third of the world's fertilisers normally transit the Strait of Hormuz

World Trade Organization

Top WTO official sounds fertiliser warning over Middle East war

A pilot project in Japan is reusing the main ingredient in nappies to make new ones

'Economically viable'

Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough

Bear, an Australian Koolie credited with saving over a 100 koalas from bushfires, is retiring

A decade of service

'Hero' Australian dog who saved 100 koalas retires

The BBVA Stadium in Guadalupe, Mexico will host World Cup playoff matches this week

Diverse cast of hopefuls

Underdogs chase World Cup berths in Mexico playoff tournament

In the first papal trip to Monaco in modern times, Pope Leo XIV will meet Prince Albert II and take a tour in his popemobile, before holding a mass in the local stadium

Pope heads to tiny Catholic Monaco

(L-R) Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman look on during the rollout of NASA's next-generation moon rocket

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft aim to test technologies needed to one day send humans to Mars, a far more distant journey

Goals, crew, and trajectory

Artemis 2 Moon mission: a primer

The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is designed to grant the United States the ability to repeatedly return to the Moon for years to come

It's go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is seen as the favourite in Tuesday's election

Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen, tenacious and tough on migration

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, a Social Democrat who has been in office since 2019, has been praised for her leadership after fending off Trump's repeated demands to annex Greenland

Economy, immigration, and global security

Danish PM's left-wing bloc wins election, but no majority

OpenAI's Sora lets people create ultra-realistic videos with simple prompts

Six months after launch

OpenAI kills Sora video app in pivot toward business tools

Mohamed Salah applauds as he leaves the pitch after being substituted during Liverpool's Champions League match against Galatasaray

'Illustrious' nine years

Salah to leave Liverpool at the end of the season

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed suit in 2023 against Meta, alleging the company failed to protect children from sexual abuse, online solicitation and human trafficking

Predators on platforms

New Mexico jury finds Meta liable for endangering children

Since January, Jair Bolsonaro had been serving his sentence at the Papuda penitentiary complex in Brasilia

Initial 90-day period

Brazil court grants house arrest for jailed Bolsonaro

Brazilian activist Thiago Avila and others traveled from Mexico to Cuba to bring several tonnes of aid to the island.

'I wish everyone would unite'

Aid boat arrives in Cuba as US oil blockade bites

The deadly collision crushed the cockpit of the Bombardier aircraft

Overworked and understaffed?

US officials downplay controller 'distraction' in New York crash

An aerial view of Mayo Square in Buenos Aires on the 50th anniversary of Argentina's former military dictatorship

Huge crowd in Buenos Aires marks 50 years since Argentina's coup

No evidence of insider trading had been established as of Tuesday

Oil, stock trading spiked before Trump's Iran remarks

The C-130 Hercules plane crashed one kilometer from the runway it had taken off from near the border with Peru

US-donated aircraft

Colombia military plane crash death toll rises to 69

Chile President Jose Antonio Kast's leftist predecessor had backed former president Michelle Bachelet (L) to become the first woman to head the United Nations (COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on March 24, 2026 shows Chile's former president (2006-2010 and 2014-2018) Michelle Bachelet speaking to the press after casting her ballot during the presidential runoff election in Santiago on December 14, 2025, and Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast speaking during a press conference for national and international media after a meeting with business leaders from various production sectors at the Swissotel in Quito on December 23, 2025. Chile’s new government under President Jose Antonio Kast withdrew on March 24, 2026, the country’s support for former socialist president Michelle Bachelet’s candidacy for UN secretary-general.

Jose Antonio Kast

New Chile president withdraws support for Bachelet UN chief bid

A statue of Christopher Columbus now stands near the White House at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

The 'original American hero'

Trump adds Columbus statue, walkway in latest White House makeover

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