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(FILES) This picture taken on September 4, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 5, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing

Diplomatic orbit

China's Xi to visit North Korea next week

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic suggests a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control

Emerging safety risks

Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development

The ancient and endangered Akhal-Teke is the subject of a fervent state cult in the desert nation

Rare access for journalists

Turkmenistan's 'heavenly' horses at the heart of fervent state cult

Only 40 elephants are thought to live in Nigeria's Okomu forest, as their population has collapsed across the country

Collapsing population

Rescued orphaned elephant highlights Nigeria's conservation fight

This image taken from a handout video released by Albanian police shows operators in an alleged cryptocurrency scam call centre in Tirana in April 2026

Anonymous testimony

Crypto scammers prey on French victims from Albania

Morning Roundup

Preliminary tripartite deal reached, Zelensky proposes direct peace talks, and Luxembourg's women in world cup qualifiers

A spate of bear encounters including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year has sparked alarm, with the government deploying troops to help trap and hunt the animals

'Extremely intelligent' bear at large in Japan after hurting four

One of the 100,000 contraband cockroaches found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney

Skin-crawling haul

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in bug-breeder bust

A longtime New York Knicks fan, US President Donald Trump and the first lady -- then-Melania Knauss -- were photographed courtside by AFP during the 1999 NBA Eastern Conference Finals game against the Indiana Pacers

'The answer is yes'

Game on: Trump set to attend game 3 of NBA Finals in New York

The archives are providing an uncomfortable window into the past for many Germans

Unpleasant truths

Nazi party records released online shatter German family myths

Work continues ahead of the UFC event on June 14, including on the arena, seen here on May 31

Political blows fly ahead of Trump's White House UFC fight

Delivery riders and app-based workers protest against government regulations in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 14, 2026

Increasingly organized

Brazil's delivery riders emerge as unpredictable political force

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, who is constitutionally barred from running for reelection, spoke with AFP about the South American country's recent vote

Outgoing president

US allying itself with Colombian 'narco-traffickers,' Petro accuses

New York City parents are pushing for stricter rules governing the use of AI in classrooms

Stricter approach wanted

New York City's rules for AI in schools spark fury

A spokesperson for Pauline Hanson's (centre) One Nation party told AFP the pages are

Australian far-right does U-turn on seizing foreigners' homes

The protesters are angry about the real estate project, led by Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump

Glitzy tourist destination?

Thousands protest in Albania against Kushner real estate project

The fan who ran onto the court in a bid to take a photo with Victor Wembanyama during the NBA Finals has been banned for life from all NBA arenas

Juvenile offender

Selfie-seeking fan banned for life by NBA after crashing Finals game

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, seen here at a May 22 rally, is among those targeted by the latest round of US sanctions

Key power-brokers

US imposes sanctions on Cuban president, Castro family members

A US screwworm case has ranchers on alert after a Texas calf was found to be infected with the flesh-eating parasite

Flesh-eating larvae

Dangerous livestock pest case confirmed in Texas

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) has clashed with Elon Musk previously

Offered to fund private prosecution against police

Elon Musk 'trying to whip up division' over UK student's murder: PM

Court sketch of German serial killer Martin Ney, already serving a life sentence in Germany

'The man in black'

German serial killer found guilty of murder of French schoolboy

The letter marks one of the few times Zelensky has appealed directly to Putin since Russia's 2022 invasion

Face-to-face encounter?

In open letter to Putin, Zelensky calls for meeting and ceasefire

Maja Chwalinska has won nine matches at the French Open, after coming through qualifying

Qualifier Chwalinska sets up Andreeva French Open final clash

A Kyiv resident walks by destroyed cars outside a multi-storey residential building damaged in Russia's attack

Dropped off the radar

'In the queue': Busy with Iran, US has little energy for Kyiv

Hunter Biden has lashed out at critics and trolls on the Elon Musk-owned platform X.

Unlikely sensation

Dissing critics with humor, Hunter Biden finds social media stardom

Strikes on Lebanon have persisted despite a ceasefire

Hours after ceasefire

Hezbollah chief rejects truce, demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon

This screengrab from a SpaceX live feed shows a view from its Starship 39 rocket during a test flight in May

Sky-high valuation

SpaceX IPO: rockets, AI losses and Musk in control

Spaniard Andoni Iraola is expected to deliver a more urgent, aggressive style of football to Liverpool than predecessor Arne Slot

'Really excited'

Liverpool appoint Spaniard Iraola as new boss

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