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Eight in 10 people in France view air-conditioning as environmentally unfriendly

Fighting for air

French scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave

Jockey Frankie Dettori

Taken to hospital

Former top jockey Dettori breaks ribs in car crash

Palais Garnier, one of the most iconic sites in Paris, is undergoing a multi-year renovation

'It’s a decision we stand by'

Renovations on historic Paris Opera house extended by three years

An employee holds a 300mm wafer at the new Smart Power Fab of German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG in Dresden

'Silicon Saxony'

Germany's Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy

France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Thailand's king and queen during their visit to Paris

'There is no evidence'

Thailand denies viral claim Macron knelt before king

Online shopping

How the EU's €3 tax on low-value imports will affect your orders

Cape Verde musician Ceuzany Pires performs during filming for the music video for her latest album, in the city of Mindelo

From crystalline highs to deep lows

Ceuzany, Cape Verde's golden voice with volcanic emotion

An employee holds a 300mm wafer at the new Smart Power Fab of German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG in Dresden

Ahead of schedule

Germany's Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy

Google has been trying to overturn a record EU antitrust penalty before the European Court of Justice

Anti-competitive practices

EU top court upholds record 4.1 bn euro Google fine

Aegibong Starbucks in Gimpo feels a world away from North Korea less than two kilometres (1.2 miles) across the Han river

Coffee with a view: tourists flock to Starbucks overlooking North Korea

At least five people have been killed by bears in Japan since April 1 after a record 13 deaths last fiscal year

Amid sharp rise in maulings

Bear spray goes off in Japan post office, five hospitalised

India is WhatsApp's largest market with more than half a billion users

Amid spike in cybercrime

India asks Meta to hold WhatsApp username rollout over fraud fears

The sun sets behind the Doha skyline on June 29, 2026

'Very good meetings'

Next indirect US-Iran talks after Khamenei funeral: mediators

Thousands of Malawian nationals have left South Africa in recent weeks in fear of attack by vigilante groups

'Never going back'

Migrants pick up pieces back home after fleeing South Africa

The old olive tree in Bar has had years of restorative work

Bearing literal fruit

Reviving Montenegro's 'ancient' olive tree

Ukraine says around 2,500 cultural institutions have been damaged since Russia invaded in 2022

Packing up and relocating

Fearing Russian strike, Kyiv's Holodomor museum evacuates exhibits

People attend the beatification mass for the late Vietnamese Catholic priest Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep

Papal envoy presides over first Vietnam beatification rite

England's Harry Kane celebrates after scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 defeat of DR Congo

Between excitement and pressure

Kane saves England as USA, Belgium reach last 16

Starbucks Korea, which has more than 2,000 stores nationwide -- the third largest after the United States and China -- was embroiled in public uproar last month when it ran a "Tank Day" promotion advertising a reusable cup, evoking a deadly crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising

'Let's go to Starbucks!'

South Korean school baseball team suspended over 'Tank Day' chants

With China's economy slowing and well-paying jobs in traditional sectors harder to come by, many blue-collar workers are looking to retrain

Shrouded in smoke

Budding chefs cook up new career at China's BBQ academy

Youri Tielemans scored a 125th-minute penalty as Belgium pulled off an improbable comeback to beat Senegal at the World Cup

Last-gasp penalty

Belgium coach salutes Tielemans after World Cup rescue act

Students are opting for hands-on trade classes, like the electrician training program, at Apex Technical School in Manhattan, New York

Technicians, welders, cooks

'Job forever': trade schools are all the rage in the AI era

THC-infused drinks like this were a popular choice at a brunch in Morehead City, North Carolina

THC-infused beverages

Cracking open a can of cannabis -- America's new pastime (for now)

US actor Danny Glover became a global star through the 'Lethal Weapon' franchise

'I can live with it'

US actor Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer's

Automakers reported mixed US sales in the second quarter amid spiking gasoline prices, which have retreated somewhat in recent weeks

Industry resilience

Mixed US auto sales in Q2 amid high gas prices

Novak Djokovic was at his brilliant best in his comfortable win over Stefanos Tsitsipas

Djokovic, Sinner into Wimbledon third round, Andreeva stunned

"Gus" measures 38 feet (11.6 meters) in body length

Estimated at $30 million

'Gus' the T. rex presented in New York ahead of auction

The United States says it is not renewing the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement in its current form for 16 years, noting more talks are needed

Fuelling further uncertainty

US refuses to extend North America trade pact in current form

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