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Though hugely popular with visitors, short-term lodgings are blamed by residents in many popular travel destinations for depriving locals of apartments for long-term rent and pushing up prices

'Affordable housing' package

EU to help cities tighten screws on Airbnb, holiday rentals

Healthcare is a top issue in Sunday's election in Sweden

As policy tightens

Sweden immigration restrictions spark healthcare concerns

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed retaliation for Iranian strikes on US naval ships

As fresh attacks launched

Iran, US trade blows as Hormuz impasse deepens

In a control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's melting glaciers

Over 600 glaciers

The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk

Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-Hwa died age 89 on Tuesday

'Passed away peacefully'

Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa dies aged 89

Martin and Debra Robinson, parents of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, who were murdered during a 2024 surfing trip in Mexico, are attending the trial

Attempted robbery gone wrong

'Hell': Father of surfers killed in Mexico testifies at trial

Between 50,000 and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have lost limbs, according to NGOs

Destruction and creation

From trenches to catwalk: Ukraine's amputee soldiers hit the runway

Aerial view of the McGill University campus in Montreal, one of several Canadian universities looking to attract US talent

'Healthy competition'

Canada eyes researchers looking to leave 'hostile' US

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are locked in a trade war

Ottawa's pushback

Trump bans Canadian alcohol in new trade war salvo

A technical glitch forced 1,300 flights to be axed on Tuesday across British airports

Over 150 cancelled flights

UK airports face more disruption after air traffic control glitch

New research has found that Australia's world-leading efforts to keep teens off social media have had little impact so far.

Doomscrolling no more

Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feeds

The European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany

European Central Bank

ECB meets, weighing a tricky balance between savers and spenders

White nets stretch across the front of brick buildings in Pakistan's northern border region to protect police against drones

As incidents rise

Pakistan police counter drone attacks with Ukraine-style nets

Ukraine developed its anti-drone defences hastily after Russia's 2022 invasion

Horrific campaign

Russia torments Kyiv with new 'horror' jet drones

France's top court last month struck down the government's proposed social media ban on under-15s on freedom of expression grounds

EU faces revolt over social media ban for children

The launch will be the first major event under new chief executive John Ternus

New Apple CEO to face first test with foldable iPhone launch

Rein in social media not children, say over 130 groups, experts

Cutting-edge AI models have drawn concern over their ability to identify software vulnerabilities

Raising debate over credit

OpenAI says AI solved one of math's hardest problems in days

'South Park' regularly skewers US President Donald Trump and has recently depicted him as being in a loveless marriage with Satan

'South America'

'South Park' changes name in dig at Trump

LIV talisman Bryson DeChambeau's future is seen as critical to the survival of the series

LIV Golf files for bankruptcy protection

Pounding surf has created a sinkhole on one side of a multi-million dollar house in swanky Malibu that reports said belongs to Nicholas Cage

Surf and swells

Pounding waves open up sinkhole in swanky Malibu

Kylian Mbappe in action for Real Madrid during the Spanish side's 2-1 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday

Real Madrid win Champions League opener as Haaland stars for Man City

A demonstrator stands next to a burning barricade during a protest over The Gambia's electricity crisis

'Barrow must go!'

Gambian leader vows power boost after violent blackout protests

The Falklands War in 1982 killed 649 Argentines and 255 British troops

Escalating claim

Argentina launches legal action against oil firms for Falklands drilling

Slovan Bratislava coach Yaya Toure speaking to reporters in Paris on Tuesday

'It feels a bit strange'

Yaya Toure hails 'new era' for African coaches ahead of Champions League bow

Thousands of migrants each year seek to reach Britain from France in search of a better life

Trial opens in France over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster

Lonnie G. Bunch III -- the first African American and first historian to serve as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution -- says he has 'very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude' over his impending retirement

Lonnie G. Bunch III

Smithsonian secretary to retire as Trump exerts control over institution

The surprise announcement came after Trump said that the United States 'should be able to have a deal with Canada,' citing his 'good relationship' with Carney

'It's going to be different'

McIlroy says 'we'll keep our heads down and play' in event of Trump golf visit

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