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The EU wants a more integrated financial market to finance its all-important green and digital transitions

Bigger and more ambitious

EU lawmakers back blockbuster long-term budget

Two entrepreneurs are financing the latest bid to rescue a whale stranded off the German coast

Month-long ordeal

German rescuers launch new bid to free stranded whale

Workers sit at the site of a train collision after a passenger train locomotive pierced through the rear car of a commuter train at Bekasi Timur station in Bekasi, West Java on April 28, 2026

Resulting in mass evacuation

Train collision kills 15, injures dozens near Jakarta

In 2021 photograph, a climber looks at the Khumbu icefall from Everest base camp

Blocked for two weeks

Climbers open Everest route past dangerous ice block

Hippos descended from a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the wild in Colombia, in April 2023

Indian billionaire's son offers home for Escobar's hippos

Supporters watch a live stream of the trial of South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, who has had her prison sentence for corruption increased on appeal

Four years in jail

South Korean court increases ex-first lady's graft sentence

Wilson -- star of Hollywood hits including "Bridesmaids" and "Pitch Perfect" -- is accused of defamation by actress Charlotte MacInnes

Accused of defamation

Bullying claims 'nonsense', actress Rebel Wilson tells Sydney court

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg

Crude extends gains, stocks drop as Trump considers latest Iran proposal

28 April 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hilden: Police officers search the Hells Angels clubhouse in Hilden. Police in North Rhine-Westphalia carry out a large-scale raid against the rocker group.

1,200 officers deployed

Massive police raid targets Hells Angels in Germany

Crackdown on illegal trade

EU parliament adopts new rules to protect cats, dogs

Singapore-washing is a trend where Chinese firms move to the city state in order to attract overseas funding, a laxer regulatory environment or to appeal to a global customer base without an explicitly Chinese image

AFP examines the issue

How China block of AI deal could stop 'Singapore-washing'

A cook prepares a rotisserie chicken with potatoes during dinner in the French restaurant Gigi’s in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on April 26, 2026

'Affordability crisis'

New York restaurant's $40 half chicken fuels cost of dining debate

Offences that earned the death penalty in North Korea included criticising leader Kim Jong Un, according to a report by an advocacy NGO

Government accused of rights abuses

North Korean executions rose dramatically during Covid: report

A new law being drafted in Australia is being designed to stop tech giants from simply stripping news from their platforms -- something Meta and Google have done in the past

Meta, Google, and TikTok

Australia aims to tax tech giants unless they pay news outlets

Atletico coach Diego Simeone admitted his team's fans need silverware, ahead of the Champions League clash against Arsenal

Champions League

Simeone, Atletico chasing redemption against Arsenal

A man carries an Iranian flag with the portraits of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as people rally in his support

Whirlwind diplomatic tour

US says examining latest Iran proposal

The Mideast war has hit plastic makers and has potentially spurred syringe hoarding in South Korea

Some firms exploiting supply crunch

S. Korea probes syringe hoarding as war hits plastic makers

A Royal Bengal tiger cools off from the heat inside the Bangladesh National Zoo in Dhaka on April 7, 2026

Habitat loss, poaching, climate change

Bangladesh's tigers stalk uncertain future in Sundarbans

Warrior Equine Chief Instructor Jim Goddard (C) mentors RAF veteran John Lewis (R), who suffered several broken bones in an accident which brought his RAF career to an end

Rescuing those from dark places

Horses unlikely saviours for those who serve in uniform

Visitors under the Galeon Espiritu Santo, a full-scale representation of a 17th century galleon, on display at the Museo del Galeon in Manila

Galeon Espiritu Santo

Philippine museum brings deadly, lucrative galleon trade to life

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and tech billionaire Elon Musk will face off over a past professional relationship gone sour

Regarding non-profit status

Opening remarks Tuesday in Elon Musk versus OpenAI

Trump was attending the annual press gala for the time as president, having skipped it throughout his first term and last year

Third assassination attempt in two years

Trump shooting scare renews 'staged' conspiracy theory

LIV Golf reportedly will postpone a scheduled June tournament in New Orleans over financial issues

Seeks new investment

LIV Golf postpones June event set for New Orleans: reports

Taylor Swift has moved to protect her voice from AI cloning

Against unauthorised use

Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice amid AI clone boom

Manchester United midfielder Casemiro (L) celebrates scoring against Brentford

Within touching distance of qualification

Man Utd beat Brentford to close on Champions League berth

Colombia's historic 2016 peace accords were not implemented properly, their architect Juan Manuel Santos told AFP

Environment pays the price

Colombian peace accord failed to protect nature: ex-leader Santos

US President Donald Trump (C/R) and First Lady Melania Trump (R) greet Britain's King Charles III (C/L) and Britain's Queen Camilla upon arrival at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2026.

Symbolic state visit

Britain's King Charles meets Trump in bid to salvage ties

Former Irish President Mary Robinson has long argued that climate change is not just an environmental but a human rights crisis

Nations have chance to break 'fossil fuel mindset': Mary Robinson

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