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The Pacific microstate of Nauru, one of the world's smallest countries, is planning to change its name

In a referendum

Pacific nation Nauru to change name in break from colonial past

Greek artist Akylas has been gaining traction with Eurovision fans

Tainted by boycotts

Favourites Finland, Israel through at Eurovision semis

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is expected to defend himself against fellow tech titan Elon Musk's accusations of misusing early investments in the AI behemoth

Triggered by Elon Musk

Musk 'wanted 90%' of OpenAI, Altman tells feisty tech titan trial

Inter Miami's Argentine forward Lionel Messi celebrates a goal

Messi still highest-paid player in MLS

Jannik Sinner easily beat Andrea Pellegrino to reach the Italian Open quarter-finals

World number one

Sinner dismisses Pellegrino to reach Italian Open quarters, Zverev out

Iran's chief negotiator said Tuesday that the United States must accept Tehran's latest peace plan or face failure

Growing tensions

Iran says US must accept its peace plan or face 'failure'

Tuesday's protest was the fourth major demonstration over university budgets since Milei took office in December 2023

Fourth major protest since 2023

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Argentina over Milei university cuts

Police arrested a former mayor accused of orchestrating the killing of Honduran environmental activist Juan Lopez, here on the Guapinol River

Denies allegations

Former Honduras mayor arrested over murder of environmental activist

During Marty Makary's tenure atop the sprawling body responsible for overseeing vaccines, medicine and food, he managed to upset figures across industry, politics and public health

Trump announces departure of food and drug regulation chief

The US Court of International Trade ruled last week that President Donald Trump's new ten percent global tariffs, using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, were unlawful

Suspended decision

US appeals court halts order declaring Trump's global 10% tariff illegal

Demi Moore is on the nine-member jury that hand out the top prize for best film on May 23

'We stand with the artists'

Stars descend as Cannes Film Festival opens without Hollywood backing

The war in Ukraine is Europe's worst conflict since WWII

Three-day ceasefire

Kremlin says no 'specifics' on ending Ukraine war despite Putin's words

The Houston Stadium is the home ground of Texans' NFL team although the name has been changed for the tournament from NRG Stadium

Hosting five group-stage matches

Stadium changes just part of Houston's World Cup transformation

A passenger of the MV Hondius is pictured leaving by military bus after disembarking in Tenerife on May 11, 2026

WHO let the docks out

WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation

Energy prices have surged in the wake of the Iran war, but April's inflation also saw significant contributions from food and other categories

Economic fallout

US consumer inflation hits three-year high fuelled by Iran war

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia called for the closure of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia a day after German diplomat Christian Schmidt resigned from the post

Following resignation

Russia demands closure of high representative post in Bosnia

Keir Starmer has been UK prime minister since July 2024

'Get on with governing'

UK PM Starmer resists calls to quit as Labour divided

Kevin Warsh has had a tumultuous relationship with the economic behemoth he now heads

Kevin Warsh returns to Federal Reserve with 'regime change' agenda

Tourists take in the scenery in the remote southern Argentine port of Ushuaia, from where the hantavirus-struck MV Hondius set sail

City 'at the end of the world'

Fabled Argentine city Ushuaia tries to shrug off virus suspicions

Wine consumption has fallen by 14 percent since 2018 due to shifting social habits and a difficult economic environment

Going down smoothly

Wine consumption slides in 2025

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine say nearly $29 billion has been spent by the military on the war against Iran

Mounting scrutiny

Pentagon says US cost of Iran war nearing $29 billion

Putin said Sarmat could carry a warhead four times more powerful than anything Western militaries possessed

Capable of carrying nuclear warheads

Russia tests long-range missile after US nuclear treaty expires

This screen grab taken from an AFP Video on May 12, 2026, shows a wild peacock standing on a roof in Punta Marina

Wild peacocks bring delight, despair to Italian village

Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell welcomed confirmation progress for Kevin Warsh, seen here earlier this month at a hearing in the US Congress

Taking the reins later this week

US Senate confirms Trump-nominee Warsh to Federal Reserve board

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Ecuador's former foreign minister, is the fifth person to be nominated to become the next UN chief

To succeed António Guterres

Former Ecuadoran top diplomat enters race for UN chief

Writer Paul Laverty railed at Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival

Arrested at pro-Palestine protest

'Shame on Hollywood': Cannes-winning writer rails at stance on Gaza

The M/V Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning of March 26, 2024

Left six people dead

Singaporean, Indian firms face criminal charges over Maryland bridge crash

Germany's culture minister wants Europe to follow the US on TikTok

Following in US footsteps

Germany wants to put TikTok 'in European hands'

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