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FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has been a frequent visitor to the White House

Iran says no one can exclude it from World Cup after Trump warning

Kabul police said four people were killed when homes were hit in the capital

Long-running conflict

Afghanistan says six civilians killed in Pakistan strikes

Mercedes' British driver George Russell reacts after getting pole position in the sprint qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

Russell leads Mercedes one-two in China GP sprint qualifying

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris in January

Talks brokered by US have been derailed

Zelensky arrives in Paris for talks on pressuring Russia

Nine of the top 50 models in the world right now are from South Sudan

A ray of positivity

South Sudan models dominate global catwalks but visas a problem

China's Vice-Premier He Lifeng at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January. He travels to France on Saturday to meet with his US counterpart Scott Bessent

'Economic and trade consultations'

China says vice premier to leave Saturday for US economic talks in France

South Africa's Eastern Cape has been swept by panicsince an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease

Declared national disaster in February

South Africa's livestock farmers reel from foot-and-mouth disaster

In an English seaside village, researchers are mulling abandoning traditional sea defences against coastal erosion in favour of a 'managed retreat'

The tide cannot be held back everywhere

In sea-change, UK may abandon homes to coastal erosion

Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers and exporters

As Middle East war strangles supplies

Moscow piles pressure on US over oil sanctions

George Russell during practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Friday

Russell fastest in only practice session for Chinese Grand Prix

Kazane Kajiya and four other women are challenging the constitutionality of Japan's decades-old "maternity protection" law, one of the world's most restrictive barriers to sterilisation

Japan an outlier in this area

'We're not wombs': Japan women seek rights to sterilisation

This photo taken on July 24, 2024 shows fishing boats berthing at a port to avoid Typhoon Gaemi in Xiamen, in eastern China's Fujian province.

'They're definitely not fishing'

Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

A plume of smoke rises following an interception of a drone in Erbil, Iraq on March 12, 2026

First French military death in Middle East war

French soldier killed in attack in Iraqi Kurdistan

Singapore's high incomes, hyperconnectivity and public trust in institutions have long made it a prime target for scammers

Scam cases and losses down last year

Singapore turns tide in evolving fight against scams

Japan is the world's fifth-biggest importer of oil, 95 percent of it from the Middle East

Visit to Washington next week

Takaichi to be 'candid' with Trump as war hurts Japan

In the standing and sitting categories, many para alpine skiers are missing one or more limbs

'Race and survive'

'Say a prayer and send it': Paralympic alpine skiers tackle fear

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has been a frequent visitor to the White House

Trump says Iran shouldn't come to World Cup for 'own life and safety'

There are tens of thousands of urban foxes in Britain, according to academic research

Around two years old

Fantastic Mr Stowaway: fox sails from Britain to New York port

Tottenham striker Richarlison

Key talking points ahead of weekend

Spurs search for salvation, Arsenal ready for title charge

Sahar Saidian wore two pins on her lapel -- an Israeli flag and an Iranian flag from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution

'Like children with divorced parents'

'Ticket to Tehran': Iranian Jews in Israel still long for Iran

This combination of pictures created shows Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez and Colombian President Gustavo Petro

Not immediately clear why

Venezuela leader's first foreign trip abruptly canceled

Polar Icebreaker under construction at Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver

To have strong presence in the Arctic

With new ships, Canada aims to be 'icebreaking superpower'

Northeastern pride in the film exploded during Carnival in February 2026, with giant effigies of actor Wagner Moura and director Kleber Mendonca Filho paraded in the streets of Olinde

Tourists flock to film locations

Brazil's Recife basks in success of 'The Secret Agent' before Oscars

Chinese USC student SiJia Zheng speaks about how he used artificial intelligence to modify his face and make him into all the different characters of his short film 'Torment'

The future is now

AI offers hope for young filmmakers dreaming of an Oscar

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was a star witness at the trial

US jury to begin deliberations in social media addiction trial

Law enforcement respond to an attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan

No staff or children hurt

Assailant dead after ramming vehicle into Michigan synagogue

Chilean architect Smiljan Radic Clarke (C) is the winner of the Pritzker Prize

'Optimistically and quietly joyful'

Chile's Smiljan Radic Clarke wins Pritzker architecture prize

A plume of smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut early on March 12

As Hezbollah launch more missiles at Israel

Israel renews Beirut strikes as Netanyahu vows hard line on Hezbollah

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