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Paraguay's Jose Canale sends Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer the wrong way to clinch victory in a penalty shoot-out as the South Americans reach the last 16

Paraguay shock Germany as Brazil, Morocco advance at World Cup

Thousands gathered in downtown Asuncion to celebrate

National holiday declared

Mouse-that-roared Paraguay savors World Cup win over Germany

DR Congo face England in their first ever World Cup knockout game

War-torn struggle, Ebola outbreak

'We came from nothing': DR Congo dreams of England World Cup upset

Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly

'Don't want this tradition to disappear'

Taiwan's ageing seaweed harvesters hope younger women wade in

Nearly six billion small retail packages entered the EU in 2025 from abroad -- most of them from China

What to expect as EU small parcel levy kicks in

Japan lost to Brazil in the last 32 of the World Cup in Houston

Heartbreaking 2-1 defeat

Ambitious Japan search for answers after World Cup exit

US President Donald Trump will meet fellow NATO leaders in Ankara for this year's alliance summit

Limiting chances for controversy

How NATO will try to keep Trump happy at Ankara summit

The US Supreme Court expanded President Donald Trump's powers over personnel in key agencies but carved out protections for the Federal Reserve

Supreme Court boosts Trump's power to fire officials, but protects Fed

Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui in November 2017, on the balcony of his apartment overlooking New York City's Central Park

Ultra-wealthy Chinese exile in New York sentenced to 30 years for fraud

Japan were eliminated from the World Cup by Brazil in the last 32

Japan fans stunned as Brazil end their World Cup dream

A worker covers a crypt during the burial of 68 Indigenous Maya victims of the Guatemalan civil war in San Martin Jilotepeque

Unearthed mass graves

Years on, families bury 68 Indigenous victims of Guatemala civil war

Monaco's Prince Albert II described the incident as a "heinous crime" and "a shock to the entire Monegasque community

Unprecedented incident

'Deliberate' Monaco explosion wounds Ukrainian oligarch

The ceremony took place in Econe in Switzerland's Wallis canton

Society of Saint Pius X

Sadness and joy as breakaway Catholic group nears schism

Forensic experts work to identify victims of Venezuela's earthquakes laid out in the port of La Guaira

Twin earthquake aftermath

'I recognized her ring': identifying Venezuela's dead in a makeshift morgue

Over 1000 drones have been detected by authorities as the 2026 World Cup hits the half-way point

Over 300 neutralised

More than 1,000 drones detected since start of World Cup: FBI

Italy's Jannik Sinner falls to the ground during his Wimbledon clash with Miomir Kecmanovic

Seven-time champion

Bloodied but unbowed: Sinner, Djokovic survive Wimbledon scares

Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu applauds his players

They have what it takes

Coach says Japan getting closer to World Cup glory despite defeat

The World Bank said it was renewing its climate policy indefinitely but dropped climate-financing targets that the Trump administration has objected to

After objections from Trump administration

World Bank drops climate finance targets in renewed action plan

The USS Fort Lauderdale is docked in the port of La Guaira, Venezuela

Being used to deliver aid

Venezuela's quake-hit La Guaira port 'operational': US military

Shares of Intel and other chip giants helped lift US stocks

Investor confidence shaky

Tech rebound lifts Dow to record, yen hits 40-year low against dollar

Gabriel Martinelli scored Brazil's winning goal to reach the last 16 of the World Cup after they were made to sweat by Japan

Five-time champions

Martinelli late show as Brazil down Japan to reach World Cup last 16

The US Supreme Court will weigh state bans on the participation of transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports

'Unreasonable searches and seizures'

US Supreme Court rules on dragnet searches of cellphone location data

Forensic police officers work on the crime scene

Major police operation

Shooter in custody dispute kills six at German family shelter

A visitor walks past the National Museum in Lagos on April 23, 2026

Repatriated treasures

Switzerland returns famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

People used emergency blankets to protect themselves from the heat in Berlin on Sunday

Record high temperatures

Europe's deadly heatwave scorches east, Slovakia hits record

Italy's Jannik Sinner falls to the ground during his Wimbledon clash with Miomir Kecmanovic

Bloodied but unbowed: Sinner avoids shock exit at start of Wimbledon title defence

Twin earthquakes in Venezuela have killed at least 1,450 people and reduced buildings to rubble

US races to reopen Venezuela port for aid after twin quakes

Prosecutors say that when Baesley was a player for the Milwaukee Bucks, he agreed with his former NBA teammate Davis ahead of games that he would either underperform or overperform

Performance fixing

Ex-NBA stars Malik Beasley, Ed Davis indicted in betting case

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