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Jesse Jackson, seen here in South Africa in 2005, spent his career fighting for civil rights in the United States and mediating international disputes

Died on Tuesday

Jesse Jackson: civil rights lion sought 'common ground'

Brent Bozell, Washington's ambassador-designate, is critical of South African policies

Trump's new envoy arrives in South Africa with relations frayed

A spate of attacks in northwest Pakistan on Monday killed at least three civilians and 11 security personnel

Left dozens more wounded

At least 17 killed in two bomb attacks, gunfight in northwest Pakistan

Pakistan's Usman Tariq (R) and Shaheen Shah Afridi walk back to the pavilion after the defeat as India's players celebrate

Tariq confident Pakistan can bounce back after India drubbing

Russian forces have stepped up their long-range attacks and are advancing at key sectors of the front line despite US-led talks

Trilateral meeting with US

Moscow, Kyiv meet for US-brokered talks after fresh attacks

Bubinak enters one of the Nitra bunkers which are being brought back into service

Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelters

Slovakia revamps bunkers with Ukraine war uncomfortably close

Investigators recovered 101 Australian reptiles from parcels destined for Hong Kong, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Romania

Wildlife smuggling

Sydney man jailed for mailing reptiles in popcorn bags

Grammy-winning songwriter Billy Steinberg (L) was behind several top hits of the 1980s and 1990s including Madonna's 'Like A Virgin'

'Like a Virgin' songwriter Billy Steinberg dies at 75

D'Plaz zu Mont-Saint-Martin, wou déi stierflech Iwwerreschter vun engem 70 Joer ale Mann am Februar 2026 fonnt goufen, nodeems hien zanter Dezember 2025 vermësst gi war.

Near Luxembourg border

Body of missing man found in Mont-Saint-Martin

Riku Miura and Ryuchi Kihara won Japan's first Olympic figure skating pairs gold at the Milan-Cortina Games

Japan hails 'new chapter' with first Olympic pairs skating gold

Russian soldiers get cash pay-outs depending on the severity of their wounds

Hundreds of thousands heading back

Russian prosthetics workshops fill up with wounded soldiers

The 8th Annual Background Actors Awards was held in parallel with Hollywood's glitzy award season

8th Annual Background Actors Awards

'Not just props that eat': Extras seek recognition at their own 'Oscars'

A spate of attacks in northwest Pakistan on Monday killed at least three civilians and 11 security personnel

Two bomb attacks and a gunfight

At least 14 killed in spate of attacks in northwest Pakistan

Schools in the occupied West Bank have had to slash their teaching hours in response to budget cuts

Bleak future for West Bank pupils as budget cuts bite

US actor James Van Der Beek, star of the TV show "Dawson's Creek," died after a battle with colorectal cancer

Following James Van Der Beek death

Why are more under-50s getting colorectal cancer? 'We don't know'

Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families

Concerns still present

China has slashed air pollution, but the 'war' isn't over

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) meets with his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi in Geneva ahead of fresh negotiations with the US

Mediated by Oman

Iran, United States set for new talks in Geneva

A man passes by a mural depicting various social media apps in Bangalore on March 22, 2018

To combat disinformation flood

India's tougher AI social media rules spark censorship fears

US director Frederick Wiseman made over 40 documentaries, mostly about US institutions

Frederick Wiseman, documentarian of America's institutions, dead at 96

Sending medical missions abroad has long been a key source of foreign currency for Cuba, totaling some $7 billion last year, according to official figures

Shattered economy

Doctors, tourism, tobacco: Cuba buckling under US pressure

Residents of greater Jakarta are grappling with a waste crisis

Indonesia capital faces 'filthy' trash crisis

Tens of thousands of Russians have applied for political asylum in the United States since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many detainees have been subjected to arbitrary detention

Issued humanitarian visas

France grants safe haven to anti-Kremlin couple detained by ICE

US President Donald Trump (L) features as a heavy-handed ICE immigration agent

'Everything is better with confetti'

German carnival revellers take swipes at Putin, Trump, Epstein

Five European countries said that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by a "rare toxin" from a dart frog

Russian poisonings aim to kill -- and send a message

Reports of a cafe on the terrace had sparked anger about the potential commercialisation of a sacred place

Commercialisation

St Peter's Basilica gets terrace cafe, translated mass for 400th birthday

Wolves have been killing more livestock in France, with 12,000 animals lost last year

Once hunted to extinction

France loosens rules on allowing farmers to shoot wolves

China's Eileen Gu has won two silver medals in freestyle skiing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics

Freeski superstar

China's Gu defiant after missing out on Olympic gold again

The remains were tracked down and after two years of forensic examination, have now been officially identified

Emblem of 'liberation theology'

Remains of Colombian priest-turned-guerrilla identified six decades later

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