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'Mr Nobody Against Putin' won a BAFA award for best documentary last month

90‑minute documentary

For Russia's 'Mr Nobody', Hollywood leap feels 'unreal'

Mexico's Public Education Secretary Mario Delgado says the government has launched consultations on restricting social media for teens and children to protect their mental health

Amid growing concerns

Mexico considering social media restriction for minors: minister to AFP

An Oscars ceremony hosted by Conan O'Brien will feature several nail-biting reveals, culminating in the announcement of the year's best film, which remains anyone's guess

Several nail-biting reveals

One surprise after another? Oscars night set to be unpredictable

A person walks in the Little Haiti neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 15, 2025

Living with uncertainty

Scary times for Haitians in US living in shadows of ICE

Simple bunkers go for around $25,000 while more sophisticated models designed for potentially years-long stays can cost millions

'Demand...at an all-time high'

With Middle East in flames, Texan bunker maker sees business boom

A screen displays a portrait of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei during the funerals of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders, army commanders and others killed in the early days of the United States and Israeli strikes on Iran, at Enghelab Square in Tehran on March 11, 2026

Strait of Hormuz

Iran threatens prolonged war as Trump says it is near defeat

Artificial fertilizers provide key nutrients for food crops, with yields at risk if farmers cannot buy them

Global repercussions

War disrupts fertiliser supplies, puts food security at risk

Paul Townend and Il Etait Temps won the Queen Mother Champion Chase despite a dreadful error at the last fence

Cheltenham Festival

All-conquering Mullins lands Champion Chase with Il Etait Temps

Bonobos live in matriarchal societies where one would expect more aggression among females, but researchers observed more hostility towards males

Reported in journal Science Advances

Despite reputation, bonobos are aggressive, particularly toward males: study

The blast in Oslo hit the entrance to the US embassy's consular section

Suspicion of 'terrorist bombing'

Three brothers arrested over US embassy blast in Oslo

Federico Valverde (2L) scored all thre goals as Real Madrid took control of their Champions League tie against Manchester City

Real Madrid batter Man City as PSG sink Chelsea in Champions League

Real Madrid's Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde celebrates scoring his team's second goal against Manchester City

Santiago Bernabeu

Real Madrid run riot as Valverde treble stuns Man City

The US government has opened the door to new trade penalties, but this could inflame tensions with key trading partners

To replace duties struck down by Supreme Court

US takes first steps towards new global trade penalties

The bill punishes 'acts against nature', a term used to signify same-sex relations, by five to 10 years' imprisonment, compared with one to five years previously

Crackdown on country's gay community

Senegal parliament doubles penalty for same-sex relations

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting after the US-Israeli strikes on Iran

13 votes, two abstentions

UN Security Council demands Iran halt attacks on Gulf states

Community members attend a vigil to honor victims of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

Potential for real-world harm

'Happy (and safe) shooting!': Study says AI chatbots help plot attacks

Investors are fixated on the Strait of Hormuz, where oil tanker traffic has slowed to a crawl since the start of the Iran-US war

Iranian sea mines: the West's waterborne nightmare

The WTO had ruled in China's favour last month

Ahead of biennial conference

US, India still at odds with majority on WTO reform

Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast (L) waves at his inauguration as he stands next to outgoing leader Gabriel Boric at the National Congress in Valparaiso

Third time lucky

Hard-right Chile leader sworn in on promise of change

Hundreds of people buried their parish priest Father Pierre Rai

Christian majority

Lebanon village wants army protection from Israel, Hezbollah

Iranian police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan implied that security forces would shoot on protesters

Levers of repression

New crackdown feared in Iran after police chief brands protesters 'enemies'

Nikos Michaloliakos leader of Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party

Golden Dawn party

Greek appeals court hands neo-Nazi leaders 13-year sentences

TikTok, built on short, addictive videos, has been swept up in numerous controversies

After fatal stabbing

Albania TikTok ban violated free speech, court rules

A discarded fuel nozzle lies on the cracked forecourt of an abandoned petrol station in Ambès, near Bordeaux, southwestern France on March 11, 2026.

Oil prices jump despite strategic reserve release

German central bank chief Joachim Nagel announced the building renovation was being cancelled

Amid angry criticism

German central bank abandons controversial overhaul

The index for energy rose 0.6 percent over January 2026, but the figures for February did not reflect price shocks from the US-Israel war on Iran

Latest government data

US consumer inflation unchanged but price shocks from Iran war loom

Kapisillit is only accessible by boat (two hours) or helicopter

Heightening geopolitical tensions

Arctic sea ice among lowest on record: AFP review of US data

The war has raised the risk of fuel shortages and price surges

Ahead of video conference

IEA to launch largest-ever release of oil reserves

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