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Thousands of hectares of the historic Fontainebleau forest outside of Paris were burnt in a fire

Dozens arrested

Macron pledges 'zero tolerance' for arson after spate of fires in France

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a scathing attack on left-wing extremism, calling for international cooperation to combat a "new wave of this old evil."

International ministerial meeting

US wants to globalize fight against far-left 'terrorism'

US President Donald Trump has cracked down on several types of visas and immigration categories

Maximum of four years

US to limit stays of students, journalists

Shares in TSMC fell in New York despite the chipmaker reporting record profits and positive forward guidance as the investors get tech jitters

Stocks drop on tech sell-off, oil yo-yos on Mideast

Emotions run high in Argentina as a second consecutive World Cup win is in sight

Good-luck rituals on the rise

Argentine superstition ramps up ahead of World Cup final

Pele wore the jersey in the 1958 final against World Cup host country Sweden

Pele's World Cup jersey fetches $4.9 million at US auction

The heat index in New York City stood at around 105F (41C) in the mid-afternoon of Friday

New science report could boost climate suits against oil giants

This aerial view shows deforested areas in the Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Nova Esperanca do Piria, Para State, Brazil

1.4 million hectares affected

Collapse of Amazon soy pact to unleash new deforestation: study

A Boeing 737 MAX 10 fuselage is pictured during the opening ceremony for the company's new North Line assembly line, which will produce 737 MAX aircraft, at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington

International airshow

Farnborough to survey the state of Boeing's comeback

US President Donald Trump's administration said it would impose a new 25 percent on Brazil

Following year-long investigation

US unveils 25% tariff on certain goods from Brazil, drawing rebuke

Mohamed Ouahbi led Morocco to the World Cup quarter-finals having only been appointed as coach in March

Vote of confidence

Morocco back coach Ouahbi after World Cup exit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron embrace as Macron arrives

Franco–German cooperation

Germany and France seek 'new dynamic' on defence after fighter jet failure

'What governments do next is a choice, and this summer shows what's at stake,' said one senior WHO official

Amid record-breaking heat

At least 12,000 excess deaths in Europe's June heatwave: AFP analysis

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente (centre) will meet former student and now Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni in Sunday's World Cup final

Mutual admiration

Master and apprentice as Spain, Argentina coaches meet in World Cup final

Chile's Senate debates a major economic reform package on July 15, 2026 in Valparaiso

Slammed by the opposition

Chile's Senate OKs business-friendly economic reforms

New details from public prosecutor

Suspect in fatal Trier stabbing held in psychiatric care

France and Morocco moved on Thursday to strengthen a renewed partnership that has flourished over the past two years

Ties with Rabat

French PM pledges deeper ties on Morocco visit

The Morandi Bridge's collapse sent dozens of vehicles and their passengers tumbling into the abyss

'We will not give up'

Italy court finds 32 people guilty over deadly Genoa bridge collapse

A piece of a dead tree cut down in Chicago shows the tunnels dug by the Emerald Ash Borer that has killed tens of thousands of trees in North America

Devastating Asian beetle detected in EU for first time

At 35, Mykhailo Fedorov was Ukraine's' youngest-ever defence minister

Mykhailo Fedorov

Ukraine's ousted defence chief whose reforms riled army bosses

Energy costs have surged since the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz

US retail sales lose steam in June as consumers spend less on gasoline

Jamaludin, an Indonesian man who worked on a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel, says he was ordered to harvest shark fins

Rapid population decline

'Cruel, wasteful': Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins

Akhmad, an Indonesian former crew member on a Chinese fishing vessel, shows a document indicating his monthly pay

Amid banned practices

'No rest': Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels

The Almaraz plant contributes around seven percent of Spain's electricity production

Regulator backs extension of Spain's largest nuclear plant

The legal saga affecting Begona Gomez (R) is one of several corruption scandals jeopardising the leftist government of Pedro Sanchez (L)

Amid corruption scandals

Court confirms graft trial for Spanish PM's wife

A Boeing 737 MAX 10 fuselage is pictured during the opening ceremony for the company's new North Line assembly line, which will produce 737 MAX aircraft, at the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington

Following rocky period

Farnborough to survey the state of Boeing's comeback

The pair pleaded guilty last month to hacking Transport for London

One of biggest data breaches

Young British hackers jailed for London transport cyberattack

The European Commission is demanding Google let rival AI service providers equal access to its Android operating system

Opening Big Tech to competition

EU tells Google to share search data, open Android to AI rivals

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