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Fans at a Shanghai sports bar in China cheer for Japan at the World Cup

'Bridge of friendship'

Fans in China put politics aside to cheer Japan at World Cup

This picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency shows a commissioning ceremony of the new destroyer Choe Hyon at Nampo port

Destroyer Kang Kon

North Korea's Kim unveils plans for 10,000-tonne warships, nuclear navy

Moana Pasifika's players perform the Tau Moana before the Super Rugby match against the Otagao Highlanders in April this year

Not present in 2027

Moana Pasifika axed from Super Rugby after rescue talks fail

Algeria face Austria on Saturday, 44 years on from the "Disgrace of Gijon"

Old fears, new stakes

Ghosts of Gijon linger as new World Cup format encourages collusion

Londoners will be able to start taking robotaxis this summer, though initially with human operators on board for safety

Driverless trial

Race for robotaxi market arrives in London

NBA commissioner Adam Silver shakes hands with AJ Dybantsa after he is chosen by the Washington Wizards with the top pick in the NBA Draft

19-year-old rising talent

Wizards choose teenage talent Dybantsa with No.1 pick in NBA Draft

Austin Franklin (right) and Kevin Akoto have a dream job: Getting paid to watch all 104 games of the World Cup in a cube-like studio in the heart of New York's Times Square

'The employer took it well'

Dream job: US soccer fans paid to watch every World Cup game

The kit of Brazilian goaltender Alisson Becker, seen here during the World Cup game against Haiti, has become a matter of political debate

A battle over colours

Red or green? For Brazil, the politics of World Cup kits matter

Marc Bloch was a leading historian who fought in World War I then joined the French Resistance

Marc Bloch, historian and Resistance hero, joins France's Pantheon greats

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (C) next to Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir (R) prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026, as part of high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict. A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war was set to kick off on June 21, 2026 with Iranian negotiators arriving in the Swiss host city hours ahead of US Vice President JD Vance, even as Tehran said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again over Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

Memorandum of understanding

Rubio rejects Iran tolls on Hormuz as deal strains multiply

Soldiers file past the remains of former Cuban spy chief Ramiro Valdes in Havana, on June 23, 2026

Budimir keeps Croatia alive

Cubans bid farewell to revolution hero Valdes

Morocco's Achraf Hakimi faces trial on rape charges in France

Focus stays on the pitch

Morocco squad 'supporting' Hakimi despite impending rape trial

The Eiffel Tower closed more than eight hours early because of the heatwave

Rising drownings in France

Latest developments in Europe's heatwave

The Louvre said it would close two hours early from Wednesday to Saturday

Severe heatwave

'Paris in this heat is awful': Tourists change plans as sites close early

Supplies are trickling back into Bolivian cities after weeks-long protests congested roads

Following demonstrations

Bolivian government says cleared all protest roadblocks

France had its hottest day since records began in 1947

Extreme conditions

France has hottest-ever day as 'unbearable' heatwave keeps scorching Europe

Amnesty International staged a protest outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels to protest against a meeting with a visiting Taliban delegation

Criticised visit

EU hosts Taliban officials for talks on migrant returns

Zelensky infuriated neighbouring Poland this month by naming a military unit after the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) that took part in massacres against Poles in WWII.

Zelensky to skip key Ukraine conference in Poland over WWII row

Cate Blanchett has been a staunch proponent of protecting rights in the AI age

Hollywood powerhouses bring AI fight to Europe

Experts say an 'omega block' is behind Europe's latest heatwave.

What the science says

What is driving Europe's heatwave?

The Gulf has been hit hard by US-Israeli war with Iran

Solidarity with key allies

Marco Rubio in Gulf to reassure allies hit hard by Mideast war

A pedestrian shelters from the sun under a large umbrella while walking through Hyde Park in central London

Hundreds of schools close as UK braces for record-breaking heatwave

The US Supreme Court will weigh state bans on the participation of transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports

US Supreme Court rules against man whose dreadlocks were cut off in prison

US businesswoman Michele Kang

Aiming for reconstruction

American Michele Kang agrees deal to buy French club Lyon

Regis Bonnin installed misting systems to cool his dairy cows

Race against time

French farmers suffer arid crops, heat-stricken animals

Women wait for a taxi in rainfall in Mumbai on June 23

India monsoon sweeps north but brings less rain than usual

Two years ago, Gen-Z protests marked a new era for Kenyan politics

Memorial protests planned

Kenya police violence victims say compensation promise a 'smokescreen'

Brazilian Special Police forces take part in an operation against the Comando Vermelho gang in the Santa Marta favela

Shootout traps tourists at Rio sunrise lookout

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