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President Hakainde Hichilema won Zambia's top job in 2021 on his sixth attempt

Zambia's Hichilema: 'cattle boy' and two-time president

Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium

Controversial owner

Boehly and Walter consider selling Chelsea stake to Clearlake Capital

Heavy machinery is seen inside Big Bend National Park in southern Texas, on August 15, 2026

$1.7 billion invested

US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park

At least 287 people have died, thousands have been injured and about 379 remain unaccounted for after a 7.4 earthquake struck in Colombia

Colombian minister under fire over beach holiday post-quake

Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has ordered the US-based tech company to suspend livestreams on August 12

Popular messaging platform

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil after teen's suicide

France has been sweltering under high temperatures for several days

Effect dramatically underestimated

Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought: study

Brazil's president, who is seeking reelection in October, visited the exploratory drilling rig off Amapa state

Near Amazon coast

Brazil's Lula hails new oil find as 'passport to the future'

Supporters hold up a photo of Jason Arday during a a vigil for the late Cambridge professor in London's Trafalgar Square

Blaming racism and relentless media pressure

Thousands mourn dead black academic in London vigil

A merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery would reshape the US entertainment and media industry

If deal gets delayed

Paramount demands $1.9 billion surety over states' merger lawsuit

The water levels on Lake Mead are now just above the threshold at which electricity production would be affected

New data reveals

Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought

Nvidia briefly lost the crown of the world's top-valued company to Apple as semiconductor stocks take hit

$105 billion financing commitment

OpenAI to lease massive new AI data center in US, backed by Nvidia

Mangione, 28, is accused of killing chief executive of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thompson, 50, in New York in December 2024, in protest of the US insurance system

Mangione state murder trial postponed after federal guilty plea

Displaced Palestinians walk past tents and destroyed buildings near the beach front in Gaza City

Trump envoy says Hamas disarmament could begin within 30 days

Players from Cameroon's victorious WAFCON team wave to the crowds in Yaounde

Gathered in their thousands

Cameroon celebrates as WAFCON winners return home

US-Palestinian dual citizen Louai Abu Ridi, whose home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra is besieged by Israeli settlers, speaks to reporters upon arrival at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport

Occupied West Bank

US-Palestinian says 'terrified' as he returns to property besieged by settlers

Smoke from the fire in Belgium hangs heavy over houses in Germany, close to the border

Europe wildfires: latest developments

Former mobster Duane Davis faces possible life in prison if convicted over the murder of Tupac Shakur

Hugely anticipated trial

Tupac Shakur's accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears

Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has ordered the US-based tech company to suspend livestreams on August 12

Popular messaging platform

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil after teen's suicide

New Zealand's head coach Dave Rennie says playmaker Richie Mo'unga won't be playing in the looming series against South Africa

Clash of the titans

South Africa Test series a lot tougher than a World Cup says All Blacks coach Rennie

Sangineto nightclub death

Funeral held in Calabria as Luxembourg-based suspect faces upgraded murder charge

Ras Bath's plain-speaking style earnt him both a widespread following in Mali and several run-ins with the law

Unstable west African country

Mali jails junta-critic broadcaster, influencer for seven years

US Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, warned China and Russia would would be emboldened by President Donald Trump's decision to shrink military drills with South Korea

Unsettling close allies

Bipartisan backlash as Trump scales back US-South Korea drills

Smoke from a wildfire hangs over houses in the area of the German town of Monschau, at the Belgian border

30 residents evacuated

'Never seen one like it': German pensioners flee wildfire

US President Donald Trump's comments came ahead of the annual 'Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise in South Korea, which is aimed at deterring North Korea

'We'll bomb the sh*t out of them'

Trump threatens Oman: latest developments in US-Iran war

Eurostar said the problem was with an overhead power supply line in the Channel Tunnel

New cross-Channel services

Virgin moves closer to launching Eurostar rival in 2030

Defending champion Shi Yuqi of China fell to a first-round defeat to rising India star Ayush Shetty at the world badminton championships in New Delhi

Number one Shi suffers shock first-round exit at badminton worlds

De Bëschbrand am Hürtgenwald an der Äifel ass Kilometerwäit ze gesinn.

Eifel fires spread

Smoke and fire smell reported near Luxembourg border

The blaze charring the High Fens nature reserve has grown since Friday to 3,000 hectares (7,500 acres), with Saturday seeing the worst of the flames

Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'

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