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A goverment plan to ban out fossil fuel-powered bikes has met opposition in Vietnam

In remarkable climb-down

Hanoi hits the brakes on petrol bike ban

Carlo Ancelotti is tasked with delivering Brazil's sixth World Cup

A look at five of the big names

World Cup glory attracts superstar coaches into international battle

Designer James Whiting poses at his exhibit 'Aphrodite's Hothouse' billed as 'lush, fragrant and just a little bit naughty' at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London

'A new wave of gardeners'

Love, lust and gnomes as top UK flower show bursts into bloom

The court case spotlights a broader debate about whether AI should ultimately benefit the privileged few or society as a whole

Core arguments largely unaddressed

Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late

US beekeeper Roy Funkhouser (r) has a fraction of the beehives he should have due to catastrophic losses in recent years, not least by varroa mites

'Real struggle'

As bee population collapses, US apiarists fear research cuts

Alejandro Benitez a fourth-year Cuban architecture student, works during the night to try finish assignments that get delayed by incessant power outages

No power for up to 20 hours a day

Lights out for Cuban students as blockade bites

(FILES) A demonstrator holds a placard reading "Girls just wanna walk home" as she takes part in the Women March against Violence, as part of International Women's day, in Turin, on March 8, 2024. Rapists could be given a legal assist in Italy by a controversial change to a bill redefining sexual violence, after the far right torpedoed an "only yes means yes" definition, experts say. Consent-based rape laws already exist in several European countries including France, Germany and Spain, but an attempt to follow suit in Italy risks backfiring.

Italy needs 'only yes means yes' law

Campaigners warn Italy's gutted rape bill could help assailants

The ICC tries individuals for the world's worst crimes

Over three days

Libyan ex-prison boss faces ICC war crimes hearing

A team of scientists in southern Argentina set up to 150 traps to catch rodents potentially carrying hantavirus, according to a local healthcare source

To determine presence of Andes strain

Argentine scientists lay first traps in hantavirus hunt

Kai Havertz headed Arsenal to the brink of the Premier League title

Five-point lead at the top

Arsenal on the brink of Premier League title after nervy Burnley win

US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche is currently the interim leader of the Justice Department -- and is enthusiastically carrying out the president's bidding

Attacked as brazenly corrupt 'slush fund'

Trump admin creates $1.7 bln fund to compensate allies prosecuted under Biden

California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer joins Sofi Stadium workers who are threatening strike action during the World Cup if federal immigration officers are deployed at the venue

Would create climate of fear

Los Angeles World Cup workers vow strike over ICE guarantees

Countless tourists buy the calendar as a momento of their visit to the seat of the Catholic Church.

Donned the priestly garb as a lark

Star of Rome's 'sexy priest' calendar admits: 'I was never a priest'

Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti named veteran striker Neymar in his World Cup squad after near three-year absence

After near three-year absence

Neymar back in Brazil squad for fourth World Cup

One American in the Democratic Republic of Congo had contracted the Ebola virus following exposure related to their work there, the CDC said

Bolstering precautions

US to screen for Ebola at airports, one American in DR Congo infected

Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), part of Gautam Adani's sprawling multinational conglomerate of companies, will pay the settlement amount over allegations it imported Iranian LPG

India's Adani to pay $275 mn settlement to US over alleged Iran sanctions violations

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (R) insists Cuba has the right to defend itself if attacked by the United States

Cuba warns of 'bloodbath' if US attacks; Washington adds sanctions

US President Donald Trump said he was postponing an attack on Iran

Amid 'serious negotiations' with Tehran

Trump says delaying Iran attack at request of Gulf leaders

The Iranian national football team seen on the tarmac at Tehran airport just before their flight to Antalya in southern Turkey

Amid participation speculation

Iran World Cup squad lands in south Turkey for training

Residents of Uruapan have resigned themselves to living with violence despite troop deployments aimed at quelling all-powerful drug cartels

Residents resigned to living with violence

After mayor's murder, Mexico battles to bring peace

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus faces a lomming funding crisis and an Ebola epidemic in the DR Congo

'Difficult, dangerous, and divisive times'

Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks sign of our 'dangerous' times: WHO

Interpol's cold cases campaign is tasked with identifying women who were found dead across Europe in recent decades

Cold cases campaign 'Identify Me'

'Girl in the River Main' identified 25 years on, father arrested

Dressed in a blue suit jacket and speaking with his defense team, Mangione appeared relaxed

Judge allows gun as evidence in Mangione healthcare exec murder trial

An unclaimed drone struck an electrical generator on Sunday near the Arab world's first nuclear power plant Barakah in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, triggering a fire but causing no injuries or radiation impact

Unclaimed drone

First attack on Arab nuclear site sends warning to Gulf, US

The Mideast war has disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

Increase on last week

Hormuz tanker traffic edges higher after wartime low

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist party got beaten in Andalusia

Regional election losses

Andalusia setback highlights weakness of Spain's ruling Socialists

Worried about the war and put off by high prices for long-haul flights, Europeans are choosing to vacation closer to home

Holidays close to home

Middle East tourism pain is Europe's gain

Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary last week and said he wants to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership

Divisive wounds

UK Labour leadership hopeful reopens Brexit debate

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