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OpenAI president Greg Brockman and wife, Anna Brockman, leave the Ronald V. Dellums US Courthouse in Oakland

Stakes are high

OpenAI co-founder under fire in Musk trial over $30 bn stake

Britney Spears once dominated the pop world, but her private life has spiralled in recent years

12 months' probation

Britney Spears admits reckless driving in plea deal

Three-judge panel

US Supreme Court temporarily restores mail access to abortion pill

The new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), lets companies pay Amazon to handle the behind-the-scenes work of getting products from factories to customers' doors

Supply Chain Services

Amazon to ship stuff for any business, not just its own merchants

Some 82 percent of Jewish voters signaled concern over the 'rise of antisemitism in New York City'

'Rise of antisemitism'

Swastikas daubed on NY Jewish homes, synagogues: police

The National Liberation Army (ELN) is the largest active guerrilla group in Colombia

National Liberation Army

Colombian guerrillas offer peace talks with Petro successor

The suspected outbreak happened on a cruise ship between Argentina and Cape Verde

Health emergency on the MV Hondius: what we know

The suspected outbreak happened on a cruise ship between Argentina and Cape Verde

Following cruise deaths

What is hantavirus, and can it spread between humans?

The fossil fuel sector -- oil, gas and coal -- accounts for 35 percent of methane emissions from human activity, the IEA said in a report

Building momentum

Energy crisis fuels calls to cut methane emissions

Members of the emergency services work at the scene where several people were injured during an incident involving a car in the city centre in Leipzig, eastern Germany

Driver arrested

Two dead after car ploughs into people in Germany's Leipzig: mayor

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (C) poses with his cabinet after signing a coalition deal to form the country's new government in May 2025

28 percent in polls

A year into Merz government, German far right stronger than ever

The Sorbonne says the 'Moliere Ex Machina' project was aimed at 'bringing to life a world that never was, but could have been'

'Moliere Ex Machina' project

French scholars seek to resurrect Moliere with AI play

NATO chief Mark Rutte said Europeans had 'heard the message' of frustration from US President Donald Trump over the Iran war

'Heard the message'

Allies jolted on defence as Trump pulls troops from Germany

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit on May 4

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Colombian Hugo Palencia Ropero, 25, admits: 'I'm more afraid of being here in Africa than in Colombia'

Controversial scheme

Migrants deported from US stranded, 'scared' in DR Congo

Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte (L) poses with US Nobel prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz next to one of his works at the 'Drawings for Freedom' exhibit in Geneva

Battle for democracy

Famed cartoonist Chappatte calls medium a 'barometer' of freedom

The ship is currently located off the coast of Cape Verde

'No need for panic'

'Low' risk to public of hantavirus after cruise ship deaths, WHO says

Ibrahim Mbaye (L) of Paris Saint-Germain and Abdoulaye Faye of Lorient fight for the ball.

From around the grounds

African players in Europe: Pepe stars in Villarreal romp

The European Political Community (EPC) held its eighth summit in Yerevan -- for the first time attended by a non-European leader, Canada's Mark Carney

European Political Community

Europe, Canada pull together in Yerevan in Trump's shadow

Sajid Akram and son Naveed are accused of opening fire as Jewish families thronged Bondi Beach for a Hanukkah celebration in December

Shift in antisemitism

Australian inquiry opens public hearings into Bondi Beach shooting

The ship is currently located off the coast of Cape Verde

Suspected outbreak of hantavirus

Cruise ship operator says Dutch to repatriate two ill passengers

The hard-right Reform UK is tapping into anti-Labour sentiment

'People are losing hope'

In Wales, UK Labour Party loses grip on storied heartland

Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress party attend a rally of Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on April 27, 2026

Focus on West Bengal

India's Modi faces key test as vote count underway

Commuters make their way past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran

Talks remain frozen

Iran warns of ceasefire violation as US plans to escort Hormuz ships

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says the oil crisis has an 'enormous impact' on the Asia-Pacific region

Speaking in Canberra

Japan PM says oil crisis has 'enormous impact' in Asia-Pacific

North Korea played at the Women’s Asian Cup this year in Australia

First time since 2018

North Korean club to play rare football match in South

US President Donald Trump, here with his son Donald Trump Jr., said US forces would soon start escorting ships out of the Strait of Hormuz

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Samya Stumo died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash where she was en route to Kenya for her first assignment with ThinkWell, a public health NGO that aimed to increase access to health care in Africa and Asia

Most claims settled

Boeing faces civil trial over 737 MAX crash

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