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A staff member puts the finishing touches to the exhibition 'Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style' which is opening in London's Buckingham Palace

'Her Life in Style'

'Sartorial diplomacy' on show in expo of late UK queen's fashion

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

'Trump always chickens out'

Lego-style memes troll Trump after fragile US-Iran truce

Chinese authorities are anxious to tackle rising obesity rates, which are fast becoming a pressing public health issue

'Flab for potatoes'

Chinese slimmers trade lost fat for beef

International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva kicking off the 2026 Spring Meetings in Washington

International Monetary Fund

IMF to cut global growth forecast due to Mideast war

Amzak Capital Management had planned to build its data center complex on the site of a former automotive plant

Moving against Big Tech

New Jersey city spurns data center as defiance spreads

The world premiere of 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' at Minamiza Theater in Kyoto

Gen Z 'leading the way'

US box office looking good as cinema owners gather: industry chief

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa -- seen in 2006 -- was best known for his 1982 hit 'Planet Rock'

'Undeniable' imprint, complex legacy

Pioneering US hip-hop artist Afrika Bambaataa dies at 68

Defending champion Rory McIlroy fired a five-under par 67 to share the lead in the opening round of the 90th Masters

Defending champ McIlroy shares Masters lead after back-nine birdie run

Venezuela is rich in gold and other minerals

In line with US demands

After oil, Venezuela opens up mining to private investors

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered a ceasefire in the country's war with Ukraine

Rare 32-hour halt

Ukraine and Russia will cease fire for Orthodox Easter

One protester stood outside the supreme court with a placard reading 'Hands off Memorial. Freedom to politial prisoners'

Memorial, Novaya Gazeta

Russia bans Nobel-winning rights group, raids independent newspaper, in one day

The Pentagon claimed a recent report that the Vatican's US envoy was given a 'bitter' dressing down by a Pentagon official was 'highly exaggerated and distorted'

Denouncing 'diplomacy based on force'

Pentagon denies giving Vatican envoy 'bitter lecture'

Opponents to the government of Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez clash with the police as they demonstrate in demand of salary and pension raises in Caracas on April 8, 2026

Riot police, tear gas

Venezuela police clash with protesters demanding salary rises

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe

'There's nothing to hide'

CAF president rejects corruption claims by Senegal

An Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on April 8, 2026. Invesors worry the continued strikes on Lebanon threaten a ceasefire between Iran and the US

Across the globe

US stocks extend gains, shrugging off ceasefire worries

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva urged 'restrictive, targeted, temporary actions' by governments

'Restrictive, targeted, temporary actions'

IMF chief urges nations to 'do no harm' in fiscal response to Iran war

Russian police raid independent Novaya Gazeta media outlet

Investigative reporters

Russian police raid independent Novaya Gazeta outlet, reporter detained

Some 800 ships remain stuck in Gulf waters

Shipping toll for Hormuz passage sharply divides nations

Some 90 percent of Iran's crude exports pass through Kharg Island, making it a potentially crucial pressure point for Tehran

Lingering fears

Strait of Hormuz traffic remains becalmed despite ceasefire

American Airlines is soon planning to restore service to Venezuela

Miami–Caracas

American Airlines targets April 30 return to Venezuela

Mukul Choudhary gave Lucknow Super Giants a thrilling win with a sensational innings

Indian Premier League

Choudhary smashes Lucknow to dramatic IPL win over Kolkata

Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson is weighing up a decision over whether to sign a new contract at Anfield

'This club will always mean the world to me'

Robertson to leave Liverpool at end of season

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was convicted of two counts of transporting people across state lines for prostitution

Sentenced in October

Sean 'Diddy' Combs asks US appeals court to overturn sentence

France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks in Trastevere neighborhood with the founder of the catholic charity Sant'Egidio community, Andrea Riccardi (R), in Rome on April 9, 2026.

Message of peace

France's Macron in Rome for first meeting with Pope Leo

Italy's Jannik Sinner battled past Czech Tomas Machac to reach the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters

Mid-match struggles

Sinner and Alcaraz wobble but advance to Monte Carlo quarter-finals

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be meeting for the seventh time since the Republican's return to office

Blocked attempt

US Democrats fail in bid to curb Trump's Iran war powers

Holding portraits of their deceased leader and waving flags of the Islamic republic, supporters of Khamenei took part in rallies across the country after he was assassinated in a strike

Criticism of talks

Iranians pay tribute to slain supreme leader weeks after killing

Soldiers have been battling with jihadist insurgents in the area for more than a decade

Assault on military base

Jihadists kill Nigerian troops including senior brigadier general

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