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Infant vaccination in Indonesia dropped off sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic

Anti-vaccine sentiment on the rise

Vitamins over vaccines: misinformation entrenched amid Indonesia measles surge

View of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with a bacteria that prevents them from spreading dengue

As climate change accelerates spread

Dengue outpaces virus-blocking mosquitoes in Brazil

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos speaks during a press conference at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on March 25, 2026

Dispelling rumours

'Seeds of instability': Health disinfo targets Philippine leader

Keir Starmer is the first Labour prime minister since 2010

Amid local election losses

Keir Starmer: British PM fighting for his political future

Roughly 3.5 million pages of the 'Epstein files' were bound in 3,437 volumes for the exhibition

Seeking 'real accountability'

Epstein files on display at New York pop-up exhibit, all 3.5 million pages

Passengers were taken off the MV Hondius in Tenerife

Complex operation

Hantavirus ship heads to Netherlands after passengers flown home

John Travolta, last seen in Cannes in 2018 for "Solo : A Star Wars Story", will present his directorial debut this year

Cannes Film Festival: what to watch out for

The official poster of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival features "Thelma and Louise"

'More feminine cinema' needed

Cannes Film Festival defends male-dominated competition

Needs to be 'a consensus decision'

After backlash, Mexico cancels plan to cut school year for World Cup

Un garçon court près d'un monument sur une place où se situe le musée national de l'histoire de l'Ukraine dans la Seconde guerre mondiale, le 9 mai 2026 à Kiev

Three-day ceasefire

Little respite in Ukraine as air strikes ring out during Russia truce

The EU's top dipomat Kaja Kallas said it was 'high time' to break the deadlock

Over violence against Palestinians

EU agrees long-stalled sanctions on Israeli settlers

'Frida and Diego: The Last Dream' will be staged at New York's Metropolitan Opera

'The Last Dream'

Fraught marriage of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at heart of dreamy opera

The crash in November killed 14 people including 11 on the ground

Federal Aviation Administration confirms

MD-11, aircraft in fatal crash, cleared for US flight once more

The Commission has not yet sent an official invitation to the Taliban authorities

EU to invite Taliban officials to Brussels for migrant return talks

Roe v. Wade overhaul

US Supreme Court maintains mail access to abortion pill for now

The cruise ship MV Hondius stopped at the Spanish island of Tenerife on its way back to the Netherlands

Seven confirmed, three dead

Hantavirus: confirmed cases by nationality

Commuters in Tehran drive past a billboard mocking US President Donald Trump over the Strait of Hormuz

'Very desperate'

Frustrated Trump learns he doesn't have the cards on Iran

Nigerian soldiers have been fighting jihadists since 2009

One of bloodiest single days

Military strikes, gang massacres in Nigeria kill around 100 civilians

Delcy Rodriguez poured cold water on Trump's suggestion of US statehood for oil-rich Venezuela

'We love our independence process'

Venezuela has 'never considered' becoming 51st US state: acting president

The painting is part of the world-famous Goudstikker collection

'Portrait of a Young Girl'

Nazi-looted portrait found in home of Dutch SS leader's family: art sleuth

Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch, aka JJ poses on the turquoise carpet for the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at the City Hall Square in Vienna, Austria

Protesting Israel's participation

Boycotters Spain, Ireland, Slovenia will not show Eurovision

President Donald Trump said he plans to suspend a federal tax on gasoline as consumer cope with surging energy prices

Until further notice

Trump to suspend US gas tax as Iran war spikes prices

President Macron urged African leaders to invest in France, lauding a relationship he said was today "entirely free of hang-ups"

Future of the continent

Macron announces 23 bn euros of investment at Africa summit

Conferred by King of Sweden

Grand Duke Guillaume named Honorary Chair of the World Scout Foundation

Travelling from Luxembourg

Afghan national wanted for knife attack arrested during German border check

Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand said the NATO alliance could not be 'more important' than it is today

Amid global instability

NATO 'could never be more important than today': Canada FM

Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Jorge Moreira Da Silva is in charge of the UN task force aimed at creating a mechanims to move much-needed fertiliser through the largely blocked off Strait of Hormuz

Looming humanitarian crisis

Tens of millions risk hunger as Hormuz standoff blocks fertiliser, UN official says

Foreign ministers gather in Brussels

Xavier Bettel steps up criticism of Israel and EU inaction

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