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German businesses are still pessimistic about the economy's prospects, according to a survey

Surging power costs

Mideast war plunges Germany's energy-hungry industry into crisis

German Ambassador to Ivory Coast Matthias Veltin (C) was among those at the ceremony

'Never forget': Ivory Coast commemorates 2016 jihadist attack on resort

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee on Friday

Expected to hold press conference

Macron pledges no 'respite' for Russia despite Mideast war

Dubai's tourism sector has taken a heavy hit since the start of the war

Dubai's low-paid workers on edge as Mideast war hits tourism

A crate holding the Djidji Ayokwe, or 'talking drum', looted by French colonial troops from Ivory Coast in 1916, arrived home in Abidjan

Repatriated stolen artefacts

'Talking drum' looted by France in 1916 back in Ivory Coast

US President Donald Trump posted on social media his latest harsh rhetoric against the Iranian leadership

Confident in military arsenal

Trump says 'honor' to be killing Iranian military

Yellow petrol-powered rickshaws, largely imported from India, have become the main form of transportation for Kano's population

Trades previously dominated by men

Conservative Nigerian city sees women drive rickshaw taxis

President Karol Nawrocki's veto dealt a substantial blow to government plans to modernise Poland's defence industry

Working on 'Plan B'

Poland vows to ensure EU defence funding after presidential veto

The EU move comes after an outcry over sexualised deepfake images of women and minors created by AI chatbot Grok

After outcry over images produced by Grok

EU states back ban on AI generating sexualised deepfakes

The High North was once shielded by the notion that it was immune to geopolitical rivalries

Against backdrop of a large NATO exercise

Canadian, German and Norway leaders hold Arctic security talks

Abdul Malick (2L), a transporter and uncle of Pakistani national Muzaffar Ali, who was killed in Dubai amid the ongoing Middle East war, displays a photograph of Ali on his mobile after his funeral in Jamshoro, in Sindh province on March 12, 2026

'A great tragedy'

Iran strikes end Dubai dreams for Pakistani workers

Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers and exporters

'In no way' justified

Moscow pushes US to ease more oil sanctions

Tanker traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz has been dramatically reduced by the war

Strait of Hormuz

'Every day I can see missiles, hear explosions': sailor stuck in Gulf

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has been a frequent visitor to the White House

Iran says no one can exclude it from World Cup after Trump warning

Kabul police said four people were killed when homes were hit in the capital

Long-running conflict

Afghanistan says six civilians killed in Pakistan strikes

Mercedes' British driver George Russell reacts after getting pole position in the sprint qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

Russell leads Mercedes one-two in China GP sprint qualifying

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris in January

Talks brokered by US have been derailed

Zelensky arrives in Paris for talks on pressuring Russia

Nine of the top 50 models in the world right now are from South Sudan

A ray of positivity

South Sudan models dominate global catwalks but visas a problem

China's Vice-Premier He Lifeng at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January. He travels to France on Saturday to meet with his US counterpart Scott Bessent

'Economic and trade consultations'

China says vice premier to leave Saturday for US economic talks in France

South Africa's Eastern Cape has been swept by panicsince an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease

Declared national disaster in February

South Africa's livestock farmers reel from foot-and-mouth disaster

In an English seaside village, researchers are mulling abandoning traditional sea defences against coastal erosion in favour of a 'managed retreat'

The tide cannot be held back everywhere

In sea-change, UK may abandon homes to coastal erosion

Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers and exporters

As Middle East war strangles supplies

Moscow piles pressure on US over oil sanctions

George Russell during practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Friday

Russell fastest in only practice session for Chinese Grand Prix

Kazane Kajiya and four other women are challenging the constitutionality of Japan's decades-old "maternity protection" law, one of the world's most restrictive barriers to sterilisation

Japan an outlier in this area

'We're not wombs': Japan women seek rights to sterilisation

This photo taken on July 24, 2024 shows fishing boats berthing at a port to avoid Typhoon Gaemi in Xiamen, in eastern China's Fujian province.

'They're definitely not fishing'

Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

A plume of smoke rises following an interception of a drone in Erbil, Iraq on March 12, 2026

First French military death in Middle East war

French soldier killed in attack in Iraqi Kurdistan

Singapore's high incomes, hyperconnectivity and public trust in institutions have long made it a prime target for scammers

Scam cases and losses down last year

Singapore turns tide in evolving fight against scams

Japan is the world's fifth-biggest importer of oil, 95 percent of it from the Middle East

Visit to Washington next week

Takaichi to be 'candid' with Trump as war hurts Japan

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