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Philippine officials say it is not clear who fired shots inside the Senate

Former president's top enforcer

Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out

The EU stopped short of banning 'conversion' practices, as demanded by a petition signed by more than a million people

EU won't ban LGBTQ 'conversion therapy' but will push states to act

US stock markets have been booming this year -- despite the Iran war -- but analysts warn those gains are concentrated in the hands of the wealthy

Surprisingly doing well

Strong US economy's resilience to shocks tested by Iran war

King Charles III wore the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State

'Ambitious programme'

Starmer clings on as leadership talk overshadows king's speech

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales waves as she arrives at Reggio Emilia town hall during a two-day visit in Italy, on May 13, 2026.

Two days in Italy

Italy cheers UK's Catherine on first foreign visit since cancer diagnosis

Dreams of seamless cross-country train journeys often rub up against a fragmented European rail network

'Unprecedented'

One trip, one ticket: New EU rules aim to ease train travel

The production team behind this year's Eurovision Song Contest tried to draw on the grandeur and theatricality of Vienna's opera traditions

Eurovision stage inspired by Viennese opera

About 60 percent of the Chilean capital's rubbish this century -- around 18,000 tons per day -- has ended up in Tiltil

Tiltil landfill

The Chilean town living with the world's most polluting dump

Keir Starmer, left, is Britain's sixth prime minister in a decade - but Tony Blair, right, held the post for 10 years

Amid Starmer cabinet crisis

'Ungovernable' Britain? Once-stable politics in freefall

Bakers are 'indispensable to the continuity of social life', the government argues

Affecting bakery goods

No cadmium please: French want less toxin in their baguettes

US President Donald Trump is visiting China for the first time since 2017

Highly anticipated

Trump arrives in China for superpower summit with Xi

Philippines' Senator Ronald Dela Rosa prepares for an interview at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila on May 13, 2026

Duterte's top enforcer

Shots heard at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out: AFP

Hantavirus: pour les experts, le défi d'informer sans réveiller la peur du Covid

For hantavirus, experts aim to inform without igniting Covid panic

'Japan is a country where cultural budgets are extremely limited,' Fukada told AFP

Japan rides box office boom into Cannes

One 90-year-old passenger on the Ambition has died and about 50 people have shown symptoms of stomach issues

Majority of British and Irish tourists

France locks down 1,700 on cruise ship after 92-year-old dies

Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu says Africa should welcome all foreign investors who can improve infrastructure and create jobs

Colonial legacy

Africa must drop 'victim mentality': mogul Tony Elumelu

Nissan is being squeezed by US tariffs, the Middle East war and fierce competition from Chinese rivals

$3.4 billion in the red

Nissan expects return to profit after huge loss

2017 Gonderange assault

Abdullah Khodor still wanted by Luxembourg on EU Most Wanted list

A wolf-like robot, the "Super Monster Wolf", stands beside a rice field to drive away wild animals that cause damage to crops in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture, on August 25, 2017

Howlingly scary

Japan 'robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears

A massive corruption scandal in Malaysia saw top officials loot billions from state fund 1MDB

Fugitive financier sought in Malaysian fund scandal seeks Trump's pardon

A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured vehicle patrols the southern Lebanese border area of Marjayoun

Trump says Iran 'militarily defeated'

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Human Rights Watch warns

Gig work treaty must ensure fair pay and conditions

Ukraine's economy faces severe labour shortages amid the Russian invasion

Despite high unemployment

'Short of blue-collar workers': Ukraine's battle for labour

With help of EU Most Wanted

Hungarian child abuser detained while hiding in Spain

One mayor compared the local forests to a 'real powder keg'

'Real powder keg'

After winter storms, fires now threaten Portugal's forests

The Nisshin Cricket Ground at Korogi Sports Park, outside Nagoya, hosted international cricket for the first time just four months before it will be home to event at the Asian Games

Ahead of Asian Games

'Don't understand it, but it looks fun': cricket bowls Japan over

Philippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa is wanted by the ICC over his role in former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war

'Appealing for peaceful support'

Philippine senator seeks military support to block ICC drug war arrest

Morning Roundup

Recession warning, Trump heads to China, and virologist says no hantavirus panic

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