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Germans have sought ways to keep cool

'It's very difficult to move around'

Events cancelled, records loom as heatwave reaches Germany

Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has made tackling guerrillas a key issue for his new government

Crackdown begins

Colombian president-elect gives armed groups one month to surrender

German agrichemical giant Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling thousands of cases linked to the Roundup weedkiller

US Supreme Court hands win to Bayer in weedkiller litigation

Apple is raising prices on its MacBooks and iPads

As component prices soar

Apple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads, as costs soar over AI

Britain had its hottest June day

Met Office confirmed

UK suffers as heat breaks new June record

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on whether internet service providers may be held liable for the online pirating of copyrighted music

Known as 'metering'

US Supreme Court says asylum seekers can be turned away before border

(L-R) Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton star in 'The Invite,' directed by Wilde

Starred and directed movie

Olivia Wilde looks at evolving relationships in 'The Invite'

Prisoners' personal effects were returned to their relatives in Athens

Greek families receive keepsakes of Holocaust victims

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by oil and gas companies seeking to block climate change lawsuits

Stripping protections

US Supreme Court paves way for mass deportation of Haitians, Syrians

Gasoline prices at US pumps are coming down but American households are still being battered by fuel prices about 30 percent higher than before the Iran war

US Fed's preferred inflation gauge hits fresh three-year high

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against the tight restrictions and park closures for the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara

200 people taken into custody

HRW denounces Turkey arrests ahead of NATO summit

Courtrooms have increasingly become a battleground in the fight against climate change in recent years.

Global analysis

Trump climate pushback spurs courtroom battles, report says

Relations have always been strained between Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni

Nascent rapprochement

Macron hosts Meloni for Riviera talks after Trump rift

A heavy police presence deterred marches

Two years after uprising

Massive police deployment blocks Kenya protest anniversary

South Africa has been on edge following weeks of sometimes violent xenophobic unrest

Planned marches

South Africa vows firm response to anti-migrant violence

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk called on the West to believe a post-war Ukraine will "rise from the ruins"

Controversial military unit name

Poland, Ukraine hold key Gdansk conference without Zelensky

Gayle Nicholls-Ali are part of an organization urging climate change response after losing their home in an extreme wildfire

'Extreme Weather Survivors'

Americans impacted by climate change demand answers from lawmakers

'Trulli' stone dwellings are in high demand in heat-struck southern Italy

Iconic dwellings

Heat-struck Italians cool off in ancient stone 'trulli'

'35C in classrooms is too hot,' read a banner on a Paris school last week, urging renovations

French teaching unions call strike over 'unacceptable' heat

To dismay of company

Ryanair axes extra seat charge for parents after UK probe

Tunisia's dejected players have already been knocked out of the World Cup after conceding nine goals in two matches

Humiliating exit

Tunisia's short-lived World Cup experience lays bare deep dysfunctions

Experts have warned that older people are particularly vulnerable during the soaring temperatures

At-risk UK elderly bid to stay cool as heatwave bears down

The coastal city of Catia la Mar in the La Guaira region are among the hardest hit by the twin earthquakes

'Everything collapsed': Venezuela region hit hardest by quakes cries for help

Temperatures topping 40.3°C

Three-year-old dies in hot car during France heatwave

Several global corporations have announced large investments in India, which has more than a billion internet users

E-commerce giant

Amazon pledges additional $13 bn in India AI investment

Volkswagen is pursuing a sweeping overhaul as it struggles with weak European demand amid fierce Chinese competition

Slimming down operations

Struggling VW to sell majority stake in marine engine unit

Luxembourg Air Rescue deployed

57-year-old cyclist dies in accident near Trier

The United States will go for a third straight win against Turkey in their final World Cup group game

Race for the last 32

USA, Germany in control as Dutch eye World Cup knockouts

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