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Paris on December 28, 2016, during a period of increased air pollution

'EU standards were mostly met'

Air quality improving in Europe but more effort needed: report

President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to declare a ceasefire for the duration of Victory Day celebrations

'Very good conversation'

Putin, Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine in phone call: Kremlin

The calls to law enforcement included false claims of homicides, suicides, kidnappings and mass shootings

Justice Department

Romanian behind 'swatting' attacks in US gets four years in prison

Climate activists have called for a rapid exit from oil and gas during the first conference on breaking fossil fuel reliance, in Santa Marta, Colombia

'People are going to lose their job'

African oil producers defend need to drill at fossil fuel exit talks

Like many leaders in Tehran, President of the Iranian Football Federation Mehdi Taj is a former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

IRGC controversy

Iran officials leave Canada before FIFA Congress over airport 'insult': Iranian media

An employee at the Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field in southern Iraq, which has been affected by the Middle East war

Oil spikes while divided Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged

Two Jewish men were stabbed in Wednesday morning's incident in Golders Green

Community response

Shomrim: the Jewish volunteers protecting their community

Fans travelling to Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field will be charged just $2.90 to reach the venue on the subway

'Gritty' Philadelphia pitches itself as low-cost US World Cup choice

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that calling the Iran war a 'quagmire' was 'handing propaganda to our enemies'

Testimony to Congress

Pentagon chief spars with Democratic lawmakers on Iran war

Elon Musk is seen through glass at the Ronald V. Dellums US Courthouse in Oakland, California,

Court battle heats up

'I literally was a fool': Musk grilled in OpenAI trial

Community members mourn for the victims of the mass shooting in the Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge in February 2026

OpenAI facing 'waves' of US lawsuits over Canada mass shooting

US President Donald Trump speaks as he welcomes the Artemis II astronauts, from L to R, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026

Trump says US has 'a shot' at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends

Magyar described his meeting with von der Leyen as 'highly constructive'

'We have no time to waste'

Hungary's Magyar pushes to unblock EU billions in Brussels

Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to murdering his parents when he appeared in a Los Angeles court on Monday

Hollywood tragedy

Rob Reiner autopsy report not ready, court hears

Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) ride on pickup trucks in Kidal after seizing the city in northern Mali

Following weekend assault

Tuareg rebels vow Mali junta 'will fall', north will be captured

Passenger volumes rose in March despite the Middle East war

Eyes on fuel availability

Ticket price hikes not affecting summer air travel demand: IATA

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses journalists during a press conference in Beijing

To ease supply disruptions

Australia FM says China agrees to collaborate on jet fuel exports

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been the WHO's director-general since 2017

Departing US still owes money, says WHO chief

Uber's new feature allowing users to book a hotel room through its app reflects a shift toward the Chinese model of all-in-one apps

Uber adds hotel booking in push to become 'everything app'

The British parliament has launched an inquiry into the student loan system amid growing anger at the increasing debt young people are being saddled with

Progressive move

End of an era: last hereditary peers exit UK parliament

Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem

As energy prices soar

Canada holds key rate steady, says will act if war inflation persists

TotalEnergies reported a Q1 profit surge of more than 50%

TotalEnergies first-quarter profits surge amid Middle East war

The blast left buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway in the restive southwestern Cauca Department of Colombia

FARC rebel army

Guerrillas claim deadly Colombia attack, say it was an 'error'

One person arrested

Two north London Jewish men stabbed in hate attack

Saudi Arabia was awarded the right to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup

Abuse and exploitation concerns

UN experts urge Saudi labour practices switch before World Cup

Fuel costs have surged in Germany since the start of the Mideast war

Highest in two years

German inflation jumps in April as energy costs surge

A child receives a dose of measles-rubella vaccine in Dhaka on April 12

Worst in decades

Bangladesh measles outbreak kills over 220 children since March

Commuters make their way past a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and a sculpture of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran

As tensions remain

War in the Middle East: latest developments

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