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US President Donald Trump speaks during the "Salute to America" Independence Day celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on July 4, 2026. The nation is marking the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Indpendence.

Landmark birthday

Trump hails US, blasts 'communists' in 250th anniversary speech

Film hunters in Taiwan are salvaging ageing Taiwanese-language movies that flourished between the mid-1950s and late 1960s

Salvaging fragile remnants

Taiwanese film hunters rescue ageing reels from bygone era

In Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a once thriving business of trading car parts from far-flung places has come to a halt due to conflicts at the country's borders

Afghan car trade screeches to a halt due to regional wars

Giant screens showing the message "JUST&T MARRIED!" (T&T for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce) are seen outside Madison Square Garden

New York nuptials

A 'garden inside the Garden': More details of Swift-Kelce wedding emerge

Surfers from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are riding their ambition all the way to the Asian Games in Japan

Waves offering hope

Pipe dreams: Bangladesh surfers chase waves at Asian Games

Paraguay's coach Gustavo Alfaro (R) during his team's World Cup loss to France on Saturday

'Worked so hard'

Paraguay coach says team 'fought like lions' in World Cup loss to France

Violent crime rates are surging in Israel's Arab community

140 deaths in 2026

Violent crime wave beleaguers Israel's Arab youth

A survivor plays the guitar at a makeshift camp in La Guaira, Venezuela on July 4, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes

Search operations wind down

Venezuela quake death toll rises to nearly 3,000

France captain Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the penalty in a 1-0 victory over Paraguay to seal Les Bleus' quarter-final berth

France battle past Paraguay to set up Morocco World Cup showdown

Ukraine has been fighting off Russia's invasion since 2022

Ukraine denies Moscow claim of seizing strategic stronghold

Mali's northern city of Gao is seen in November 2019

Jihadist, separatist allies

Mali hit by new wave of coordinated rebel attacks

Mohamed Ouahbi guided Morocco to a second consecutive appearance in the last eight of a World Cup

'Only the beginning'

Coach says Morocco 'no longer a surprise' after reaching World Cup quarters

South Africa replacement prop Zach Porthen runs with the ball against England at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

Rugby Championship

Erasmus celebrates equalling record with win for weakened Springboks

Sione Tuipulotu scores against Argentina in Cordoba

Nations Championship

Tuipulotu guides Scotland past Argentina with record score

With little hope of finding loved ones alive, frustrated families of those affected by Venezuela's double earthquakes clamor for help to recover their loved one's bodies as uncertainty grows over the death toll from the tragedy

Recovered from rubble

'I'm going with him': families fear for bodies of Venezuela's quake dead

Alexandra Eala celebrates her shock victory over reigning Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek

Swiatek dumped out of Wimbledon by Eala, Serena withdraws from doubles

Azzedine Ounahi (white shirt) scores Morocco's second goal against Canada as the north Africans moved into the World Cup quarter-final

First ousted co-hosts

Ruthless Morocco break Canadian hearts to reach World Cup quarters

England's Jacob Bethell hits a boundary during his 76 not out in a four-wicket win over India in the second T20 at Old Trafford

International debut

Bethell upstages 'unbelievable' Sooryavanshi as England beat India

Venezuelan rescue worker Erick Roa helped save Pedro Cordido, who spent nearly 30 hours trapped in the fetal position after his building collapsed

Inside the volunteer rescue mission

An 'angel' in darkness after Venezuela's deadly quakes

Organisers said 100,000 people demonstrated in Paris

Following murder of 11-year-old

Tens of thousands rally in France against sexual violence

Water at the swimming sites is tested daily

After record-breaking heatwave

Splish-splash! Parisians and tourists soak in the Seine

European Stability Mechanism

Europe's financial safety net looks beyond the debt crisis

Demonstrators protesting against Germany's far-right AfD party blocked roads and staged sit-in blockades

Standoff in Erfurt

Mass protests in Germany fail to stop far-right AfD congress

Russian forces have been battling for the frontline town of Kostyantynivka for months. Ukrainian forces released this picture in December

Zelensky denies Russian claims

Ukraine says still fighting for eastern stronghold

Pope Leo XIV has made the defence of migrants one of the pillars of his papacy

Pope urges Europe to protect migrants in visit to island frontier

Celebrations on the National Mall were partially postponed on Friday due to the extreme heat

Heated celebrations

Dangerous heat wave roasts America's big birthday party

Hundreds of giant NATO billboards have been put up to hide away some of Ankara's more rundown areas

Summit starts Tuesday

Billboards, cologne and flowers: Turkish capital gets NATO makeover

Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war

Huge crowds gather as Khamenei funeral ceremonies begin in Iran

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