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Italy's Yemaneberhan Crippa celebrates after winning the Paris marathon

Prestigious race

Crippa and record-breaking Demise claim Paris marathon victories

A voter looks for his name on the electoral roll at a primary school serving as a polling station in Cotonou, Benin

Finance minister favourite as Benin votes for president

Before the truce, four people died in Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk, said Russian-installed officials

Ineffective ceasefire

Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of Easter truce violations

Geordin Hill-Lewis, the newly elected leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance party, was elected mayor of Cape Town in 2021

Cape Town mayor elected to lead S.Africa's second-largest party

Coachella is billed as the start of Canadian singer Justin Bieber's full-scale comeback

Iconic festival

Justin Bieber reconnects with fans on Coachella's second day

Vice President JD Vance arrived for a news conference in Islamabad where he announced Iran and the US had failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East

Clinging to hope

US-Iran talks fail to find deal but Gulf truce holds for now

US Vice President JD Vance is attending the talks in Islamabad

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Legendary Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs over a seven-decade career

Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92

Viktor Orban is seeking a fifth straight term as prime minister

EU's longest-serving leader

Hungarians vote in closely watched election with Orban's rule on line

From left to right: Ermenegildo (Gildo) Molinari, Xavier Gilquin, and Elisabeth Trocheris

Against the current

On course for Gaza: Luxembourg activists join aid flotilla despite dangerous precedents

Australia's Gout Gout rab the 200m in 19.67 seconds at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney

Teenage sprint star Gout powers to 200m win in blistering 19.67sec

Vice President JD Vance arrived for a news conference in Islamabad where he announced Iran and the US had failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East

'Final and best offer'

Vance says talks failed to reach deal with Iran on ending Mideast war

Dan Reynolds wanted a game inspired by the Capture the Flag he played as a young scout

Imagine Dragons frontman chases childhood video game dream

China's long-term strategy of diversifying energy sources and building stockpiles is helping it weather disruptions from the Iran war, analysts say

China's energy strategy pays off as Mideast war cramps supplies: analysts

The rising price of LPG has hit the import-dependent archipelago's humble street food vendors hard

Mideast war takes a bite out of Filipino street food vendors

From the Amazon to the Andes, about 27 million Peruvians are obliged to vote in Sunday's presidential election

Crime-weary Peru votes for ninth president in a decade

US Vice President JD Vance is attending the talks in Islamabad

Talks begin, Israel strikes Lebanon

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Defending champion Rory McIlroy scrambled to a one-over 73 in the third round but shared the 54-hole lead with Cameron Young at the Masters

Defending golf champion

McIlroy falters, shares Masters lead with surging Young

More and more companies are directly citing artificial intelligence when they announce job cuts

Reassurance calls

'Stop hiring humans'? Silicon Valley confronts AI job panic

Artemis II astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman spoke at a ceremony in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 2026, one day after splashing down back on Earth

Amid political turmoil

Artemis crew urges unity on 'lifeboat' Earth

This handout natural-colour image acquired with MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite taken on February 5, 2025 shows the Strait of Hormuz (L)

Establishing 'new passage'

US says warships transit Strait of Hormuz in mine clearance op

A local resident walks past a destroyed house following an air attack in Yasynuvata, Russia-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine on April 11, 2026, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

32-hour ceasefire

Easter truce between Russia and Ukraine falters

Arsenal suffered a damaging 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Bournemouth

Arsenal suffer major title blow as Liverpool earn vital win

Officers carried away activists to cheers and clapping from other demonstrators at the sit-down demonstration

'Misguided crackdown'

Over 200 arrested at pro-Palestinian rally in London

Sanju Samson (L) smashed 115 not out to set up Chennai's first win of the IPL season

Samson smashes hundred as Chennai notch first win of IPL season

Pope Leo painted a grim picture of the current state of the world during a prayer vigil for peace at St Peter's Basilica

Amid US-Israeli war

In fiery speech, Pope Leo says 'Enough to war!'

Fans at Coachella were treated to slushies and selfie opportunities at "Sabrina Carpenter's Pit Stop" before the singer's headliner set on Friday

Hotly-anticipated festival

Sabrina Carpenter transforms Coachella into her own 'Sabrinawood'

Journalists at the media centre were given an impressive space to work in, but very little access to the actual talks or those engaging in them

Islamabad negotiations

Buffets, baristas, but no briefings: journalists frozen out of Iran talks

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