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Escalating trade war

Trump tariff hike brings added China rate for many goods to 145%

The royals celebrated 20 years of marriage this week.

Wrapping up state visit

Charles and Camilla visit Dante's tomb, Byzantine mosaics

The planned meeting with King Charles III and Queen Camilla initially had been cancelled due to Pope Francis's poor health

Pope in surprise St Peter's visit a day after meeting King Charles

French ski resort

Fire at La Plagne hotel, nearly 500 evacuated including Luxembourg nationals

EU halts counter-tariffs but no pause in US-China trade war

US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina is serving 12 years for donating around $50 to a pro-Ukraine charity

Most high-profile cases

The US citizens still held in Russian prisons

Australia's remote, uninhabited outposts were slugged with US levies

World's most inhospitable spot

Not just penguins on Antarctic islands hit by Trump tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called US President Donald Trump's pause on global tariffs a 'welcome reprieve'

Following days of turmoil

Canada PM says Trump's pause on tariffs a 'welcome reprieve'

This combination of pictures shows US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on the left, and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the right

Special envoy and foreign minister

Witkoff and Araghchi: the men leading US-Iran nuclear talks

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers a speech during the Central American Security Conference in Panama City

Return of troops?

Pentagon chief says US could 'revive' Panama bases

Morning Roundup

Trump pauses tariffs again, Bettel calls for Europe to think globally, and farmers concerned about this year's harvest

Judges have argued Trump is overstepping the bounds of the executive branch

Balance of power

US House votes to limit judges' injunction power

Rescue crews had '24 to 36 hours' of work left to try find survivors of the disaster, emergency operations director Juan Manuel Mendez said

Death toll continues to climb

Dominican Republic ends search for nightclub collapse survivors

Hamas militants stand guard near a stage before releasing an Israeli hostage

Amid string of assassinations

Hamas leadership operating behind veil of secrecy

Speaking in both Italian and English, Charles eulogised Italy as a place 'very dear to my heart'

Surprise meeting

King Charles addresses Italian parliament, greets pope on visit to Rome

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud at the State Department

First foreign trip

Saudi top diplomat in US to prepare for Trump visit

Mike Huckabee has served as governor of Arkansas and ran for president in 2008

'True friend of the Jewish state'

Settlement champion Huckabee confirmed as US Israel envoy

Macron said the recognition should take place in the next months

France could recognise Palestinian state 'in June': Macron

Palestinian rescuers search the rubble of a four-storey residential block in Gaza City for survivors after it was flattened by an Israeli strike, killing at least 23 people, according to the civil defence agency.

Children and women killed

Israel says seizing 'large areas' of Gaza as strike kills 23

China presents itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine conflict

'Absolutely groundless'

Zelensky says Russia dragging Beijing into war by recruiting Chinese fighters

CHP leader Ozgur Ozel speaks during an interview with AFP

Demanding snap polls

Turkey opposition to fight Erdogan 'until the end': leader tells AFP

Hundreds of Venezuelan and Salvadoran nationals were sent from the United States to the notorious maximum security CECOT facility in El Salvador

1798 Alien Enemies Act

US federal judges halt deportations of Venezuelans under wartime law

The Russian official was travelling to France as part of an official delegation, Moscow says

'Shameful spectacle'

Russia denounces brief detention of government employee in France

The group has reported hundreds of 'hateful' comments on social networks as well as 'explicit threats' sent by email

In resort city of Biarritz

French group gets death threats over renaming of 'Negresse' district

'The coalition agreement is a signal of a new beginning... for our country,' Friedrich Merz says

A message for Trump

Germany 'back on track' says Merz, unveiling new coalition

Islamabad wants to deport 800,000 Afghans

Deporting 800,000 Afghans

Pressure builds on Afghans fearing arrest in Pakistan

Ecuadorean Army soldiers stand guard outside of the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito on April 8, 2025.

Homegrown groups

From Freddy Kruegers to Peaky Blinders: a look at Ecuador's drug gangs

Chinese consumers say they are worried about the impact of US tariffs

Ready to forego American brands

Beijing consumers mull spending habits as 'worrying' tariffs kick in

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