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Mexican drug lord "El Mencho" stayed in this house at Tapalpa Country Club in Tapalpa, Jalisco state before his death

Tapalpa in panic

Inside the Mexican resort that was the final hideout of 'El Mencho'

Mohamed Abdi Cige(L),28, a mine owner works alongside miner Ahmed Ibrahim (R),52, at a pit that contains traces of lithium

Influx of investment

Somaliland pins hopes on critical mineral gold rush

BBL's artistic director Julien Favreau says that for a dancer the Bolero is "the ultimate achievement, the crowning glory"

Stark staging, ritualistic intensity

Bejart Ballet's iconic Bolero ignites Istanbul

Morning Roundup

UK enforces new travel rules, Trump addresses Congress, and Luxembourg's next wage index sooner than expected

South Korea's fertility rate rose last year but remains among the world's lowest at 0.8 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the population

Second year running

South Korea birth rate jumps but still under key fertility threshold

US President Donald Trump applauds as US veteran Captain E. Royce Williams receives the Medal of Honor during the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on 24 February 2026.

'Turnaround for the ages'

Trump tries to reset presidency in State of the Union speech

Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term Congresswoman, successfully won back the Virginia governor's mansion from Republicans last year

State of the Union

Democrats bet on centrism in rebuttal to Trump speech

This handout picture released by the New South Wales Police Force on February 25, 2026, shows officers detaining a man following his arrest over the alleged kidnapping and murder of an elderly grandfather in a suspected case of mistaken identity

Mistaken identity?

Australian police arrest two over alleged kidnapping, murder of grandfather

Millions of litres of raw sewage have flown into the waters off Wellington's picturesque south coast beaches since the breakdown of the Moa Point facility on February 4

New Zealand mayor swims to allay sewage contamination fears

In Indonesia's flood-hit Aceh province, families have become increasingly frustrated over authorities' sluggish response

26,000 survivors still displaced

Months after floods, Indonesian survivors frustrated by slow response

Election officials inspect ballot boxes before they are dispatched from the Election Commission office in Kathmandu ahead of Nepal's general elections

'Strong interest'

Nepali migrant workers influence polls, but can't vote

Rachel Fournier has a brain tumor and has just had her request for medical assistance to help her die granted

Controversial legislation

Canadians are choosing when to die, often with a smile

The new barbed wire border fence on the closed border between Finland and Russia

'Hybdrid warfare'

Economy not Russia is big fear on Finland's closed frontier

The Alexandria tramway network began operating in 1863 and is one of only a few tram systems in the world that use double-deck cars

Inaugurated in 1863

Alexandria bids farewell to historic tram in latest urban upheaval

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said progress has been made on talks with the United States

Ideological loyalty with pragmatic statecraft

The veteran 'insider' shaping Iran's nuclear policy

Seagulls are omnipresent in Istanbul

Unfortunate flight

Nearly an own gull! CPR performed on bird at Turkey football match

Andrew is being investigated by police

Widening Epstein scandal

UK govt says will release files on 'rude' ex-prince Andrew

A Light-Up C-3PO Head from the 1980 movie 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' is one of the top lots that will go under the hammer

'Jaws' harpoon gun and 'Star Wars' treasures lead LA film and TV auction

In one of the worst hit areas of Juiz de Fora, the suburb of Parque Burnier, 12 homes were "swept away" in a "massive landslide", Major Demetrius Goulart of the fire brigade told AFP

Rescuers search for missing after deluge kills 30 in Brazil

Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley is leaving to run the US Tennis Association

'Transformative' leader

Australian Open chief Tiley steps down to take top US job

Bodo/Glimt players celebrate after their stunning Champions League win against Inter Milan at San Siro

Remarkable upset

Bodo/Glimt knock Inter out of Champions League as Newcastle, Atletico reach last 16

El Tunco beach has become the symbol of a tourism revival in El Salvador, which has shed its gangland image by dint of mass arrests of suspected gang members

Thronged with tourists

Crime capital no more: El Salvador tourism boosted by Bukele

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is one of the defendants named in the lawsuit

Contrary to science?

15 states sue Trump administration over child vaccine policy

Paramount Skydance's sweetened offer for Warner Bros. Discovery was the latest instalment of a bidding war set to reshape Hollywood and US media

Warner Bros. opens door to Paramount as bidding war heats up

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution saying it was committed to 'the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine'

General Assembly

US abstains in UN vote voicing support for Ukraine

Puerto Vallarta had previously remained almost immune to the daily violence in other parts of Jalisco state

Puerto Vallarta: the Mexican paradise in flames over the killing of 'El Mencho'

Laurence des Cars has been under mounting pressure

String of scandals

Louvre president hands in resignation to Macron: Elysee

More than two feet of snow blanketed much of the region

Widespread chaos

Northeast US faces power cuts and school closures after snowstorm

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