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Europe's rare earths are mostly imported from China

US races to secure rare earths to rebuild depleted arsenal

Kevin Warsh has had a tumultuous relationship with the economic behemoth he now heads

Ambitious reform

Kevin Warsh returns to Federal Reserve with 'regime change' agenda

Israel's Noam Bettan (L) celebrated after being voted through to the Eurovision grand final in Vienna

Contested participation

Four ejected from Eurovision after Israel song disruption

Traffic can be notoriously heavy in California and one driver went to extreme lengths to beat the rules -- with a dummy passenger

California cops bust driver with carpool dummy

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Deir El Zahrani

War in Middle East: latest developments

Taking on Tintin: director Peter Jackson

Next cult classic

After the hobbits, director Peter Jackson tackles 'Tintin'

Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son

Court clerk influence

New trial ordered for US lawyer convicted of murdering wife, son

Analysts warn that a sustained increase in diesel prices will begin to have knock-on effects on other goods, as transportation costs increase

Lifted by surge in energy costs

US wholesale prices jump 6.0% year-on-year in April, highest since 2022

Philippine officials say it is not clear who fired shots inside the Senate

Former president's top enforcer

Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out

The EU stopped short of banning 'conversion' practices, as demanded by a petition signed by more than a million people

EU won't ban LGBTQ 'conversion therapy' but will push states to act

US stock markets have been booming this year -- despite the Iran war -- but analysts warn those gains are concentrated in the hands of the wealthy

Surprisingly doing well

Strong US economy's resilience to shocks tested by Iran war

King Charles III wore the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State

'Ambitious programme'

Starmer clings on as leadership talk overshadows king's speech

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales waves as she arrives at Reggio Emilia town hall during a two-day visit in Italy, on May 13, 2026.

Two days in Italy

Italy cheers UK's Catherine on first foreign visit since cancer diagnosis

Dreams of seamless cross-country train journeys often rub up against a fragmented European rail network

'Unprecedented'

One trip, one ticket: New EU rules aim to ease train travel

The production team behind this year's Eurovision Song Contest tried to draw on the grandeur and theatricality of Vienna's opera traditions

Eurovision stage inspired by Viennese opera

About 60 percent of the Chilean capital's rubbish this century -- around 18,000 tons per day -- has ended up in Tiltil

Tiltil landfill

The Chilean town living with the world's most polluting dump

Keir Starmer, left, is Britain's sixth prime minister in a decade - but Tony Blair, right, held the post for 10 years

Amid Starmer cabinet crisis

'Ungovernable' Britain? Once-stable politics in freefall

Bakers are 'indispensable to the continuity of social life', the government argues

Affecting bakery goods

No cadmium please: French want less toxin in their baguettes

US President Donald Trump is visiting China for the first time since 2017

Highly anticipated

Trump arrives in China for superpower summit with Xi

Philippines' Senator Ronald Dela Rosa prepares for an interview at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila on May 13, 2026

Duterte's top enforcer

Shots heard at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out: AFP

Hantavirus: pour les experts, le défi d'informer sans réveiller la peur du Covid

For hantavirus, experts aim to inform without igniting Covid panic

'Japan is a country where cultural budgets are extremely limited,' Fukada told AFP

Japan rides box office boom into Cannes

One 90-year-old passenger on the Ambition has died and about 50 people have shown symptoms of stomach issues

Majority of British and Irish tourists

France locks down 1,700 on cruise ship after 92-year-old dies

Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu says Africa should welcome all foreign investors who can improve infrastructure and create jobs

Colonial legacy

Africa must drop 'victim mentality': mogul Tony Elumelu

Nissan is being squeezed by US tariffs, the Middle East war and fierce competition from Chinese rivals

$3.4 billion in the red

Nissan expects return to profit after huge loss

2017 Gonderange assault

Abdullah Khodor still wanted by Luxembourg on EU Most Wanted list

A wolf-like robot, the "Super Monster Wolf", stands beside a rice field to drive away wild animals that cause damage to crops in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture, on August 25, 2017

Howlingly scary

Japan 'robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears

A massive corruption scandal in Malaysia saw top officials loot billions from state fund 1MDB

Fugitive financier sought in Malaysian fund scandal seeks Trump's pardon

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