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Pakistan has criminalised acid attack, which often target women, with heavy punishments

'Catastrophic security failure'

Acid attack on woman doctor sparks fear, protests in Pakistan

Photovoltaic panels are seen on a roof in Feldheim

35 percent target

COP31 hosts unveil 'electrification' priority for climate talks

Los Angeles Council member Nithya Raman advanced to a runoff in the mayoral election against incumbent Karen Bass

To take place in November

Left-winger beats Republican to advance to LA mayor runoff: media

Oxfam wants CEO pay and dividends capped

Urging dividend and CEO pay caps

Europe's top firms fuelling inequality with payouts: Oxfam

Xi received a lavish welcome for his first official visit to North Korea since 2019

What we know about Xi's visit to North Korea

Police officers search for the bear that has terrified residents of Japan's Utsunomiya city

Japan city relieved as bear caught after roaming streets for days

Kenya has never recorded a case of Ebola, and many oppose the idea of bringing potential carriers of the highly contagious disease into the country

'Bringing a virus into our country'

Kenyan police fire tear gas, make arrests at US Ebola centre protest

A responder carries a rescue dog while conducting search and rescue operations in a collapsed building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in General Santos City on June 9, 2026. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines on June 8 killed at least 35 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.

Magnitude-7.8 quake

Outdoor hospitals, shaken communities as Philippine quake toll hits 41

This handout photograph taken and released on June 9, 2026 by Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) shows Pakistan's Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (R) speaking with General Rodolphe Haykal, Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces during their meeting in Rawalpindi.

Boosting cooperation

Pakistan, Lebanon army chiefs meet as Middle East mediation drags on

The giant replica of the Trojan horse was given to the city of Canakkale after the making of the film 'Troy' in 2004

Gift from film set

Between Homer and Hollywood: Troy a source of Turkish pride

A banner in favour of the immigration cap initiative reading 'Preserve what we love' in German. Trade unions and business leaders alike are united against the proposal

Business, unions unite against Swiss immigration cap push

Over period of five years

Luxembourg pledges €50 million to new international climate fund

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, on June 9, 2026

Following strike exchange

Trump says in 'final throes' of reaching Middle East peace deal

Morning Roundup

Tripartite signed, public invited to National Day ceremony, and Trump booed at NBA Finals

A loud wave of boos met Trump as he appeared on the screen during the singing of the national anthem

At Madison Square Garden

Trump gets cold hometown welcome at NBA Finals in New York

US captain Tim Ream was a seven-year-old during the 1994 World Cup, and only remembers 'bits and pieces' of the event -- but enough to know that a home World Cup is 'a once-in-a-career opportunity' that comes with pressure

High expectations

Hopes soar for US fans as hosts assemble at World Cup camp

New US research links the mass adoption of smartphones since the dawn of the iPhone in 2007 to declining birth rates

Fertility rates dropped dramatically

Killing the mood: smartphones reduce birth rate, studies say

Lyhanna's killing has ignited calls in France for tougher handling of allegations of sexual abuse

Judicial lapses

French justice minister refuses to resign over girl killing case

Serena Williams's shock return has captured the imagination of the sporting world

Serena Williams to return to tennis in Queen's doubles on Tuesday

Folarin Balogun is expected to lead the US line at the World Cup, playing as a lone striker

World Cup is 'full circle' for London-raised US striker Balogun

Somali referee Omar Artan has been removed from the list of World Cup referees after he was refused entry to the United States

Somali referee is dropped from World Cup after turned back at US border

Kane Evans (2nd right) seen here being tackled while playing for Paramatta Eels against Brisbane Broncos in the NRL 2020

Second man in sport

Former rugby league star in Australia comes out as gay

British pharma giant AstraZeneca had previously struck a deal to delay tariffs by pledging to invest in US manufacturing

Lucrative business

Encouraging trial results for AstraZeneca's new weight-loss pill

Stormy seas pound the coastline of Island Bay, a suburb of the New Zealand capital Wellington

State of emergency declared

Hundreds evacuated as waves batter New Zealand capital

Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz raises a bottle with gasoline as he speaks after signing the enactment of the law regulating states of emergency, in La Paz on June 8, 2026, after weeks of protests against him

Close to state of emergency

Bolivian president says 'narcoterrorists' behind crippling protests

Protestings teachers stormed the eduation ministry on June 1

Guaranteed 'peace and tranquility'

Mexico promises peaceful World Cup opening despite protests

Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab by Altman, Elon Musk and others, OpenAI burst into the mainstream with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022

OpenAI makes move to go public one week after rival Anthropic

More than half a million people have received doses of the dengue vaccine this year, which was developed publicly in Brazil and approved by health authorities in November

Half a million people received doses

Brazil suspends dengue vaccine following two deaths

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