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Despite much talk from Moscow, Beijing has said little publicly about the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline

Power of Siberia 2: The giant gas pipeline Russia wants to build to China

Roland Lescure acknowledged that the discussions had been sometimes difficult

Multilateral cooperation

France says G7 finance talks 'frank, sometimes difficult'

Women's rights activists, including some of Sana Yousaf's friends, staged protests in Islamabad following her killing

After rejecting his advances

Pakistan court sentences man to death for killing teen influencer

Two women react following a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, in southern California, on May 18, 2026 that left three people dead

US police investigating deadly mosque shooting as hate crime

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola poses with the FA Cup after his team beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley

Pep Guardiola: Catalan genius who changed football

The historic work is normally on permanent display in the northern French town of Bayeux in Normandy

Bayeux Tapestry to be shown flat for first time in London exhibit

Uniper was bailed out after Russia slashed gas supplies to Europe

Three years after nationalisation

Germany starts sale of bailed-out energy firm Uniper

Fearing renewed war, Iranian authorities are teaching civilians the basics of weapons handling

Military training booths

Iran civilians learn assault rifle basics to fend off US

The Philippines government warned tech giant Meta it faced legal action should it fail to curb disinformation it labelled an

Setting up a protocol

Beijing says China, US should work together to promote AI governance

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videolink in Moscow on May 18, 2026.

Putin trip aims to show China ties unshakeable after Trump pomp

A Vega-C rocket launches with the SMILE spacecraft on a mission to study Earth's 'invisible armour'

Observations of Earth's magnetic field

Europe-China spacecraft launches to study Earth's 'invisible armour'

Civilians have fled violence from Mali's army and Russian paramilitaries to refugee camps in neighbouring Mauritania

Brutal violence

Malians tell of torture and killings by army, Russian fighters

Déi nei Hëllefsflott fir d'Gazasträif ass en Donneschdeg de 14. Mee 2026 an der Tierkei gestart.

Two Luxembourg residents detained

Israel intercepts new Gaza aid flotilla west of Cyprus

Luxembourg's former EU Commissioner

Viviane Reding to receive European Merit award

North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC head coach Ri Yu Il (L) and captain Kim Kyong Yong (R) attend a press conference at Suwon Sports Complex ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final

'Will concentrate exclusively on the game'

'We're here solely to play football,' insists North Korean coach

Bolivia is in the midst of its worst economic ordeal in the past four decades

Calls for President Rodrigo Paz to resign

Bolivia protest sees violent clashes, looting in La Paz

A goverment plan to ban out fossil fuel-powered bikes has met opposition in Vietnam

In remarkable climb-down

Hanoi hits the brakes on petrol bike ban

Carlo Ancelotti is tasked with delivering Brazil's sixth World Cup

A look at five of the big names

World Cup glory attracts superstar coaches into international battle

Designer James Whiting poses at his exhibit 'Aphrodite's Hothouse' billed as 'lush, fragrant and just a little bit naughty' at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London

'A new wave of gardeners'

Love, lust and gnomes as top UK flower show bursts into bloom

The court case spotlights a broader debate about whether AI should ultimately benefit the privileged few or society as a whole

Core arguments largely unaddressed

Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late

US beekeeper Roy Funkhouser (r) has a fraction of the beehives he should have due to catastrophic losses in recent years, not least by varroa mites

'Real struggle'

As bee population collapses, US apiarists fear research cuts

Alejandro Benitez a fourth-year Cuban architecture student, works during the night to try finish assignments that get delayed by incessant power outages

No power for up to 20 hours a day

Lights out for Cuban students as blockade bites

(FILES) A demonstrator holds a placard reading "Girls just wanna walk home" as she takes part in the Women March against Violence, as part of International Women's day, in Turin, on March 8, 2024. Rapists could be given a legal assist in Italy by a controversial change to a bill redefining sexual violence, after the far right torpedoed an "only yes means yes" definition, experts say. Consent-based rape laws already exist in several European countries including France, Germany and Spain, but an attempt to follow suit in Italy risks backfiring.

Italy needs 'only yes means yes' law

Campaigners warn Italy's gutted rape bill could help assailants

The ICC tries individuals for the world's worst crimes

Over three days

Libyan ex-prison boss faces ICC war crimes hearing

A team of scientists in southern Argentina set up to 150 traps to catch rodents potentially carrying hantavirus, according to a local healthcare source

To determine presence of Andes strain

Argentine scientists lay first traps in hantavirus hunt

Kai Havertz headed Arsenal to the brink of the Premier League title

Five-point lead at the top

Arsenal on the brink of Premier League title after nervy Burnley win

US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche is currently the interim leader of the Justice Department -- and is enthusiastically carrying out the president's bidding

Attacked as brazenly corrupt 'slush fund'

Trump admin creates $1.7 bln fund to compensate allies prosecuted under Biden

California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer joins Sofi Stadium workers who are threatening strike action during the World Cup if federal immigration officers are deployed at the venue

Would create climate of fear

Los Angeles World Cup workers vow strike over ICE guarantees

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