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Morning Roundup

Record heat, Iran deal, and national Cup Final tonight

Angela Hill poses on the scales at Madison Square Garden in November

Veteran trailblazer

Aliens and fine art for 'weird kid' who became top MMA fighter

Official data showed that the number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025

Demographic woes

Japan population sees record five-year drop: census

Thomas Jefferson's desk, on which he drafted the Declaration of Independence, can be seen on display by The Smithsonian for its 'American Aspirations' exhibition

Smithsonian Institution

Light, flight, and rights: 250 years of US history in 30 objects

Speller Shrey Parikh, 14, beat out hundreds of students to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee

A true wordsmith

California teen wins US spelling bee

In February, guns were briefly drawn on both sides when chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire and a group of Kayapo warriors came across miners in a canoe

New gold rush threatens indigenous havens in Brazil's Amazon

Jannik Sinner complained of feeling dizzy during the third set

Under hot weather

Ailing Sinner crashes out of French Open, Sabalenka through

A man hangs an Ebola awareness banner in the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, in the eastern DRC

Vaccine in the works

WHO chief says Ebola 'can be stopped' as he lands in DR Congo

Musician Morris Day said he will not be a part of the 250th anniversary celebration for the United States in Washington

'Trump-backed' event

Artists back out of concerts for US 250th anniversary

Lionel Messi has been at the heart of an injury scare, with his club side Inter Miami saying medical tests diagnosed him with muscle fatigue in his left hamstring

Sixth tournament

Messi to captain Argentina at the World Cup

New Zealand’s Tim Payne celebrates after their victory during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Oceania qualifiers group final football match between New Zealand and New Caledonia at Eden Park Stadium in Auckland on March 24, 2025.

Most followed football account

New Zealand World Cup player becomes social media star with influencer help

Brazilian forces conducted a massive operation against CV in October 2025, resulting in at least 119 deaths

US labels two Brazilian crime groups as terrorist organizations

President Donald Trump could soon appear on a bank note -- breaking longheld tradition against putting living presidents on US money

'We're going back and forth'

US, Iran near deal but Trump sign-off awaited

Oil prices jumped Monday as the UAE came under missile and drone attacks after US warships crossed the Strait of Hormuz

Oil, stocks mixed as US-Iran deal awaits Trump approval

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

Austrian jihadist jailed for 15 years for Taylor Swift concert attack plan

Gasoline and diesel prices have surged in the United States in the wake of the Iran war

Below estimations

US revises first quarter growth down while inflation climbs

President Donald Trump could soon appear on a bank note -- breaking longheld tradition against putting living presidents on US money

Trump's face could appear on US $250 bill

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told financial leaders in New York that US-Canada economic integration remains crucial

Urging cooperation

Canada PM backs 'fortress North America' ahead of US trade talks

A SANA photograph showing flooding in Syria's Deir Ezzor province

Increased flows

Flooding in north and east Syria as Euphrates level rises

Three people were wounded in the incident at Winterthur's main railway station

'Terrorist' knife attack wounds 3 at Swiss train station: official

A public listing would open SpaceX to a broader and more diverse pool of investors, including individual buyers, while giving existing shareholders an easier path to cash out and realize substantial capital gains

'I will never give up'

Musk defends AI ambitions as IPO reveals trouble

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said his country's mission would no longer have contact with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

António Guterres

Israel freezes out UN chief over sexual violence blacklist

Near Echternach border

Residents warned of asbestos dust two weeks after Bollendorf fire

Outside Rome's Colosseum on Thursday, tourists were struggling to cope with temperatures at 32C

Italy on red alert as France, Portugal beat hottest May day record

US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) listen to US President Donald Trump (C) weigh options on Iran in a cabinet meeting

US, Iran accuse each other of violating truce after attacks

Legend has it that grinding one's heel on the mosaic bull's testicles at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II guarantees a return one day to the city

Milan restores bull mosaic's testicles to former glory

A man hangs an Ebola awareness banner in the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, in the eastern DRC

Boots on the ground

'You are not alone' in Ebola fight, vows DR Congo-bound WHO chief

Parliament voted in Andris Kulbergs (3rd L) as Latvia's new prime minister

'Broad consensus'

Latvia gets new centre-right govt after row over stray Ukraine drones

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