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Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has named a new economy minister to lead talks with international lenders on a bailout after his previous economy chief was forced out by parliament

Seeking international investment

Bolivia's Paz appoints new economy minister amid bailout talks

This August 2017 photo provided by The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources shows a narwhal being tagged by scientists in Hjornedal, Scoresby Sound, Greenland

Spiral-tusked ally

How narwhal 'scientists' track Arctic warming

Boats anchored off the coast of northern Oman near the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway remains at the heart of the dispute between the US and Iran

Locked in a stalemate

Iran says US sanctions will achieve nothing

Fans pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in Los Angeles

Irreplaceable talent

America unites in mourning for Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton wrote thousands of songs during her storied career

Six-decade career

Essential Dolly: five key Parton songs

As new US tariffs on Canadian goods took effect Saturday, Ottawa set out retaliation plans

As Canada takes on US tariffs, what's behind the David and Goliath fight?

Eine Professorin in Nordrhein-Westfalen darf einem Gerichtsurteil zufolge keine Versuche an Mäusen durchführen, bei denen die Tiere chirurgisch aneinander genäht werden. Das Verwaltungsgericht Köln bestätigte laut Mitteilung ein Verbot der Versuche.

Animal testing ruling

German court bans experimental procedure that surgically joins live mice

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex left Britain six years ago amid a split with his family

For 'an extended period'

Prince Harry and family arrive back in Britain: UK media

The calls to law enforcement included false claims of homicides, suicides, kidnappings and mass shootings

Seizure of internet domains

US disrupts platforms allegedly used by Chinese hackers

Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram

Time limits and age checks

What could change for US teens on Instagram and Facebook

CIA Director John Ratcliffe was one of the highest-ranking US officials to visit Russia since its war with Ukraine started in 2022

Discussing Ukraine war?

CIA director was on 'semi-routine' mission in Moscow: Trump

Hamas had pledged to hand over its weapons to a new Palestinian governing body

'Point of no return' if Israel-Hamas truce fails: US envoy to Gaza board

Japanese officials estimate that around 4,000 people in total -- some from overseas -- have participated in moving Hirosaki Castle's tower

80 people at a time

With ropes and chants, thousands move Japanese castle

Babar Azam (front) will captain Pakistan on the Test tours of West Indies and England starting this month

Pakistan captain Babar Azam returns against England '90 percent fit'

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says the shift into the AI era will rank among the most turbulent periods in human history

3 main areas of concern

Bill Gates warns world unprepared for AI upheaval

Kengem ass eppes geschitt.

Ferris wheel malfunction

23 people trapped for two hours on a fairground ride in Hamburg

Des moustiques Aedes femelles, notamment le moustique tigre asiatique (Aedes albopictus) et le moustique vecteur de la fièvre jaune (Aedes aegypti), ont été observés en train de se nourrir de sang humain. Ces moustiques sont connus pour transmettre des maladies telles que la dengue, le chikungunya, le virus Zika, la fièvre jaune et le virus du Nil occidental.

Local transmission of disease

Dutch authorities confirm first West Nile virus death in Utrecht province

Six employees infected

Two German airport workers die of malaria from mosquito on plane

Zoos typically hatch Nile crocodile eggs in carefully controlled incubators

For the first time ever

Too hot to incubate: Nile crocodiles hatch on their own in French reserve

Peter Nadas was an acerbic critic of life under communism

Reclusive Hungarian author Peter Nadas dies aged 83

Intelligence alliance

AI dominates 'Five Eyes' security talks in Australia

Smoke rises from fires ignited by Israeli shelling that targeted the plain of Marjayoun in southern Lebanon

'They've burnt everything'

Lebanon accuses Israel of burning forest, farmland in south

New study finds

Vapes increase chances of quitting smoking

A pasture in Beaufort, France, where cheesemakers can usually feed their cows only local grass

As pastures dry out

France eases cow diets as cheesemakers sweat

Air France said that 'the health and safety of employees at work is an absolute priority'

Occupational disease

French flight attendant wins landmark breast cancer ruling

California, Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky are leading the prosecution of Meta from a courtroom in Oakland

Meta and US states discuss settlement in landmark social media trial: report

Power & Politics

The weapons that built empires – will drones build the next one?

Firefighters in Indoensia's Riau province, suffering weeks of wildfires

Covering multiple cities

Fire haze threatens health of millions in Indonesia, ministry warns

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