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Kate wrapped up her first official overseas trip since a cancer diagnosis with a pasta-making class

First trip since diagnosis

Princess Catherine wraps up Italy visit with pasta class

Honda had announced the plan to expand its Canada operations two years ago

Japanese auto giant

Honda suspends plans for new electric vehicle plant in Canada

A woman in an evening gown walks past police to a Cannes Film Festival premiere

Sniffer dogs police Cannes' cocaine-fuelled party scene

The moon crosses the sun as it exits the maximum eclipse on October 14, 2023 in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Darkened skies ahead

Spain gears up for August total solar eclipse

Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued an unusually blunt message to US President Donald Trump over Taiwan that exposes potential pitfalls in the relationship, analysts said

Xi's 'blunt' warning to Trump on Taiwan exposes profound risks: analysts

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, rights, congratulates former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi on winning the 2026 Charlemagne Prize

Rejected any joint borrowing by EU nations

Germany's Merz calls for more investment, less subsidies in EU budget

Evika Silina resigned as Latvia's prime minister amidst coalition squabbling over Ukrainian drones that strayed across the border

After sacking defence minister

Latvia prime minister resigns over straying Ukraine drones

Afghanistan's water crisis worsened in 2025, with the prevalence of drought almost doubling, according to a United Nations report

Depend on agriculture

Afghanistan's water crisis worsened last year: UN report

Chilean-US actor Pedro Pascal (right next to US actor Joaquin Phoenix) flew economy to the Cannes Film Festival last year

Burning through scarce fuel

Stars flying into Cannes in private jets 'obscene', say ex-pilots

Police have detained a person in connection with gunshots fired at the Philippine senate

Following gunshot attacks

Ex-Philippine drug war enforcer flees Senate refuge

The Boeing 737 MAX crash in March 2019 claimed 157 lives

US jury awards $49.5 mn damages to Boeing 737 MAX victim's family

Jacob Zuma led South Africa from 2009 to 2018

Corruption case

South Africa court clears way for Zuma's arms graft trial

Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege spent decades working as a surgeon treating female survivors of sexual violence in the eastern DR Congo

Focused on plundering country's resources

Nobel winner Mukwege warns of predatory US deal for DR Congo

Rising energy prices have reignited inflationary pressures and threaten to derail growth

UK economy resilient as Mideast war, political risks loom

President Donald Trump claimed before heading to China that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would give him a "big, fat hug", but appears to have been left waiting But that never happened.

Two global heavyweights

Subdued Trump left waiting for 'big hug' from Xi

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (R) speaks to Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi at the opening of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi

Iran war and oil dominate BRICS meet in India

Police have detained a person in connection with gunshots fired at the Philippine senate

Ex-Philippine drug war enforcer flees Senate refuge

The rock band were perched on a rustic truck whose windshield read 'Street of Dreams' in Spanish, the name of new latest track

For upcoming single

U2 surprise fans in Mexico City to shoot music video

Burberry says cost cutting is fueling a return to profit, but sales dipped two percent in the latest quarter

Net profit stood at £21 million

Burberry returns to full-year profit on turnaround plan

Eddie Jones was punished by Japan's rugby union for verbally abusing match officials

Spiky, polarising, rarely dull: ups and downs of rugby's Eddie Jones

Parisian pooch Marley chows down at one of the city's dog-friendly cafes

Bone appetit: Paris pups lap up treats at dog-centric spots

A man unloads sugarcane from a truck outside a market in Navi Mumbai. India has banned the export of sugar until at least September to protect domestic supply

One of world's largest producers

India bars sugar exports until September

The trial of 90-year-old Iwao Hakamada, formerly the world's longest-serving death-row prisoner, took over 40 years to be reopened

Following outcry

Japan takes 'half step' toward fixing slow retrial system

Canary Islands authorities had warned that the evacuation operation must be completed by Monday, when adverse weather conditions will force the ship to leave

While dressed in full protective

Six hantavirus cruise passengers head to Australia

North Korean fans attend the Women's Asian Cup in Australia in March

'Rare, meaningful': North Korean football team ventures into South

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies (right) heads a new generation of players who have lifted Canada up the global rankings

Canadian football ready for World Cup coming out party

United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese was slapped with US sanctions for her work

Temporary injunction

US court suspends sanctions on UN expert on Palestinians

Israel has continued to carry out strikes in southern Lebanon, with Hezbollah retaliating with missiles launched at a military base

Turning their gaze northwards

'Promised to us': The Israelis dreaming of settling south Lebanon

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