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Cartoonish pro-Iran video memes are emerging as an effective tool in an intensifying information war

Sparking online criticism

YouTube suspends pro-Iran channel posting Lego-style clips mocking Trump

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez rose to second place in the Peru presidential election's ongoing vote count

'We don't know if the results are true'

Left-winger Sanchez climbs to second place in Peru vote count

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced fresh sanctions against Iran

'Economic Fury'

US announces new sanctions against Iran oil sector

Live Nation has reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department in the antitrust case brought against the US entertainment giant

Potentially profound repercussions

Jury finds Ticketmaster owner ran illegal monopoly

SantaCon is a charity bar crawl that draws around 25,000 participants every December in New York

Faces up to 20 years in prison

Bad Santa: SantaCon bar crawl organizer charged in $1 mn fraud

Creator Lee Sung Jin says 'Beef' season 2 explores intergenerational conflict and the gap between those who have wealth and those who never will

Premieres on Netflix Thursday

'Beef' tackles generational conflicts in season 2: creator

Luis Diaz after scoring in Bayern Munich's win over Real Madrid, which booked them a semi-final spot in the Champions League

Dramatic 4–3 win

Bayern sink Real Madrid late to reach Champions League semis

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said 'We must brace for tough times ahead' if the conflict in the Middle East persists speaks on during a press briefing during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2026.

IMF chief warns of 'tough times' if oil prices stay high

Major US indices finished at fresh records as markets bet on a resolution to the Middle East war

Continued pressure

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records as markets bet on US-Iran accord

The funds are the third tranche of a $20 billion program for Argentina announced in April 2025

Part of a 20-billion-dollar programme

IMF and Argentina agree deal unlocking $1 bn in assistance

The economic ramifications of the war in the Middle East have dominated discussions at the 2026 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington

Economic fallout reverberates around world

World Bank chief economist warns of hunger risk from war in Iran

US President Donald Trump seeks to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if the central banker does not leave his position 'on time'

Trump says will fire Fed chair if he stays beyond mandate

Pope Leo XIV's speech, in earshot of Cameroon's President Paul Biya (R), was unusually direct

'Blessed are the peacemakers'

Pope urges Cameroon's leaders to examine 'conscience'

Despite decimated infrastructure, those coming back to Khartoum were overwhelmed by the thought of seeing their city for the first time in years

Terminal refurbished

'Fantastic feeling': Sudan capital returnees relieved after three years of war

Virat Kohli was only fit enough to bat but made an important 49

Impact sub Kohli shines as Bengaluru move top of IPL

Police found the nine-year-old lying in the fetal position inside a van in the eastern village of Hagenbach

France father who kept son in van faces 30 years in jail, says prosecutor

Pope Leo XIV (C) called for Cameroon authorities to examine their 'conscience' on the first day of his visit

Pope urges Cameroon authorities to examine 'conscience'

The forth season of 'The White Lotus' will be set on the Cote d'Azur, with the Cannes Film Festival as its backdrop

Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Coogan

Bonjour! 'The White Lotus' starts filming season 4 in France: HBO

Men walk past street vendors' stands set up beneath a damaged building in the capital Khartoum on the third anniversary of the start of the war

'The nightmare must end'

Donors pledge 1.5 bn euros as Sudan marks three years of war

The BBC is set to cut up to 2,000 jobs amid financial pressures and a challenging media landscape

Biggest round of redundancies in 15 years

BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs under 'financial pressures'

Watches and Wonders is the watchmaking industry's biggest annual showcase

Clock's ticking

Swiss watchmakers say time will tell on effects of Mideast conflict

The World Bank says better water security is needed to grow the global economy

'Water Forward'

World Bank announces water security plan covering one billion people

L'Aigle is one of eight such vessels operated by the French Navy

Unexploded devices

France's Gulf veteran minehunter patrols Channel

Flavio Bolsonaro, 44, has emerged as the leading figure of the Brazilian right after being designated as his political heir by his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro

Over post on drug trafficking

Brazil Supreme Court orders probe into Flavio Bolsonaro for 'slander' of Lula

Art restorers work at the painting restoration department of the Prado museum in Madrid on October 7, 2025

Impressive technology

New tools rescue old art at Madrid's Prado museum

Ursula von der Leyen says an EU age verification app aimed at protecting children is 'technically ready'

'It is our duty'

EU says age-check app 'ready' in push to protect children online

Keiko Fujimori casts her vote in Lima during the presidential election

Has run on three occasions

Keiko Fujimori: Peru's biggest political loser inches toward victory

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) said Moscow could help China with energy supplies following the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

Xi meets Russian FM as leaders flock to China over Middle East war

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