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Jens Spahn (R) and his husband Daniel Funke (L) used a surrogate in the United States

Opposed by party

German lawmaker faces criticism for US surrogacy to have a child

Argentina will face Spain in the final World Cup clash on Sunday

What's behind the Argentina World Cup team's can-do attitude?

Burnham will become the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade when he takes over from Keir Starmer on Monday

'King of the North'

New Labour leader Burnham vows to renew hope as next UK PM

King Bubaraye Dakolo of the Ekpetiama Kingdom in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa State saw his legal suit against Shell rejected

Decades of pollution

Nigerian court dismisses suit challenging Shell's divestment

Rio de Janeiro municipal workers went through the streets this week covering up billboards with the message: 'Betting ad REMOVED'

Against debt, addiction

Brazil toughens rules on gambling ads as bets explode

'Isn't it pretty?': Slovakia's defence minister Robert Kalinak is happy with his new office

'Overpriced Dubai skyscraper': Slovaks outraged by ministry's $61-mn HQ

Garfield Sobers faces the press in Colombo in October, 2015

'Greatest of all time'

Garry Sobers, towering West Indies cricket all-rounder, dies at 89

France's President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz want a roadmap to drive down China's trade surplus with EU nations

France, Germany plan 'roadmap' to tackle China trade imbalances

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Japan is on a list of about 10 global markets where he would like to see the league play a regular-season game

NFL boss teases Japan among 10 new nations for regular-season games

Stars collide: Lamine Yamal hopes to lead Spain to World Cup glory against Lionel Messi's Argentina

Dust in the wind

Messi eyes glorious farewell as Spain, Argentina clash in World Cup final

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in Pengshui County in Chongqing, China

Rescue efforts ongoing

China landslide kills 8, at least 34 missing: officials

Paris and other European cities have been sweltering through an unusually early heatwave this week

1,565 more than expected

Paris region deaths more than doubled during June heatwave: health authorities

Charges filed against structural engineer over fatal hotel collapse

Am Frankfurter Flughafen sind vier Beschäftigte an Malaria erkrankt. Wie das Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) in Berlin mitteilte, ist davon auszugehen, dass die Infektionen von einer per Flug importierten Anophelesmücke stammen.

An unusual case

Four Frankfurt airport workers contract malaria

The 'Harry Potter' author has been outspoken in her defence of women's single-sex spaces

No formal investigation at this stage

J.K. Rowling blasts Amnesty 'anti-rights' label on women's centre

President Karol Nawrocki's veto dealt a substantial blow to government plans to modernise Poland's defence industry

'Right to happiness'

Polish president vetoes civil partnerships bill

Brussels has been under intense pressure to overhaul the two-decade-old Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Emissions Trading System

EU reforms carbon market under pressure from industry

Japan, with some of the most densely populated cities among advanced economies, has a shortage of suitable urban space to build data centres

'Terrible plan'

Opposition to data centres grows in cramped urban Japan

Moonshot AI calls Kimi K3 the world's first open-source model of its size

'Closest to the frontier yet'

China's Moonshot AI chases 'DeepSeek moment' with much-hyped model

Pakistani authorities have carried out housing demolitions, roadside identity checks and told Afghans to leave as part of a crackdown on undocumented residents

'Large-scale crackdown' on undocumented residents

Pakistan pressures Afghans in border province to leave

A goal from Pedro Porro sealed Spain's place in the final in the team's 2-0 semifinal win over France

Vocal critic of President Trump

Spain PM Sanchez to attend World Cup final: govt

Critics have long argued that the complex clashes with Tbilisi's historic skyline

Georgia capital to demolish unfinished landmark amid political feud

Argentina's players hold up a banner saying

Longstanding territorial dispute

Argentina await FIFA decision over displaying World Cup Falklands banner

Chinese AI models are catching up to the most powerful offerings from the United States

'Symphony of international cooperation'

China's Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country

Australian Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis has broken his silence over the death of his wife

Five-year driving ban

Australian cyclist Dennis admits driving while disqualified

Princess Aiko, the popular daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, is barred from ascending to the throne under the current rules

Despite growing public support

Japan imperial rules tweaked, but still no woman emperor

Protesters hold placards reading such as "Bring back Fedorov" and "A major step backward" during a demonstration against Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to dismiss Ukraine's former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, in Kyiv on July 16, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Largest protests since 2022

Bitter row splits Ukraine's military leadership after defence minister ousted

Hydrogen trains use fuel cells to generate electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, emitting only water and steam

$12-million project

India launches first hydrogen-powered train in clean energy push

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