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The small industrial port of Granadilla hosts little commercial activity and is close to Tenerife South international airport

Covid flashbacks haunt Canary Islands as hantavirus ship nears

Under the deal, Anthropic will use all of the compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee -- a facility originally built to power Musk's rival AI venture, xAI

IMF warns of 'inevitable' AI-powered threats to global financial system

The cruise ship MV Hondius was sailing between Ushuaia and Praia when the first case developed symptoms

Eight cases reported

WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases

Stocks have soared and oil has plunged this week on hopes for an end to the US-Iran conflict

Optimism Iran war close to ending

Oil prices drop awaiting Mideast peace progress

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil has warned the Iran will hit the economy hard

Triggered by energy shock

Germany warns tax revenues to be hit by Iran war

St. Petersburg Economic Forum

Fernand Kartheiser seeks MEPs for trip to Russia

Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in The Vatican

'There's a lot to talk about'

US underlines 'strong' Vatican ties after Rubio meets pope

Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, has been accused by more than 150 women

Former Harrods owner

UK police officers probed over handling of Al-Fayed complaints

Illustratioun vun Prouwen, déi den Hantavirus enthale kënnen.

Mostly spread by rodents

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship prompts questions over deadly risks

The AI adoption gap between wealthy and developing nations continues to widen

Used by 17.8% of workers

AI use surges globally but rich-poor divide widens, Microsoft says

Julie (left), Portugal's last performing elephant, is to leave her circus for a sanctuary in the south of the country

Portugal's last circus elephant becomes pioneer for European exiles

Tyler shot to fame in the 1970s with hits including 'Lost in France' and 'It's a Hearthache'

Five-decades-long music career

Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler 'recuperating' after emergency surgery in Portugal

The suspected outbreak happened on a cruise ship between Argentina and Cape Verde

Outbreak in cruise ship

Hantavirus on the Hondius: what we know

Russia's Ukraine offensive has dragged on into a fifth year

Scaled-back celebrations

No tanks, no internet, simmering discontent: Putin to host nervous May 9 parade

Bangladesh's captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (R) and his Pakistani counterpart Shan Masood pose with the series trophy at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on May 7

Cricket rematch

Bangladesh and Pakistan renew rivalry in first Test

Zelensky held talks with other leaders at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan

Former soviet republic

Russia scolds ally Armenia for hosting Zelensky

A group of Australian women linked to Islamic State jihadists in Syria landed on a flight from Doha to Melbourne

Stirred strong feelings

Women linked to IS fighters charged with slavery after landing in Australia

Either Marine Le Pen, or her lieutenant Jordan Bardella, will run for president next year

Once deemed antisemitic

France's far-right leaders court Israel, Germany envoys ahead of vote

Starmer is facing his biggest electoral test since his July 2024 general election landslide victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule

Millions vote Thursday

Britons set to punish Starmer's Labour in local polls

Couple found dead in Sarreguemines in suspected femicide

AirAsia is looking to the new fleet from Airbus to meet future demand

Reflecting 'scale of our ambitions'

AirAsia signs $19bn deal for 150 Airbus A220 jets

Energy majors have profited from their trades as oil and gas futures swung between big gains and losses on the war's latest headlines

Shell profit jumps as Mideast war fuels oil prices

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India remains "steadfast as ever"

Remains 'steadfast as ever'

India vows to crush terror 'ecosystem', a year after Pakistan conflict

Dafra Circus aims to convey the horrors Burkina Faso's jihadist conflict inflicts on the country's children

Despair, innocence and resistance

Circus tackles jihadist nightmares of Burkina Faso's children

The US-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have sent aviation fuel prices soaring and raised the spectre of shortages during Europe's peak travel season

Readying for the worst

EU weighs options as summer jet fuel threat looms

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit on Wednesday

'The Blockade will remain in full force'

Iran denies ship attack as Trump warns of renewed bombing, eyes deal

The sapu-sapu was introduced to Indonesia from South America, brought in to keep aquariums algae free but chucked into rivers as they outgrew their tanks

Adept at living in polluted water

Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish

Fallou (L) and Bara (R), who lost their mother in 2024 when her pirogue capsized, watch TV at their home in Mbour, Senegal in March 2026

Long-lasting torment of grief

Senegal's children mourn in silence when migrant parents disappear

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