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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS seen July 21, 2025 when it was 277 million miles from Earth

Unusual brightness

Interstellar comet likely far older than Solar System: astronomers

Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales said 'you can't really trust' AI enough to edit the site's articles

Wikipedia won't let AI edit articles, cofounder says

The exhibition comes as the US gears up for the 250th anniversary of the nation's July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence

Original documents

'Boston Tea Party' compensation claim to be displayed at UK exhibit

La Paz has been grappling with food shortages for weeks

State of emergency

Shortages ease in Bolivia as protest roadblocks dismantled

PM-designate Vestea does not have the backing of his own party and faces a tough battle to win the votes he needs

Political upset

Romanian parliament rejects liberal PM-designate

The city of Bordeaux opened an emergency heatwave relief centre

Rare UK heat warning

Latest developments in Europe's heatwave

Maduro's former vice president Delcy Rodriguez took power in Venezuela after her predecessor's ouster by US forces during a raid on Caracas in January

Watched over by Trump

Maduro ouster put Venezuela on 'the right path': interim leader

Colombia's presidential candidate for the ruling Pacto Historico party, Ivan Cepeda, holds a press conference the day after the presidential election runoff

Presidential election

Defeated Colombian leftist calls for calm after post-vote violence

Carlos Queiroz's Iran got off to a fast start at the World Cup by beating Panama

'We win or we learn'

Ghana coach Queiroz says playing England 'easiest' World Cup game

Lionel Messi scores the goal against Austria that makes him the World Cup's all-time highest scorer with 17 goals

Messi sets World Cup scoring record with 17th goal

Starmer said he would remain as PM until Labour elects its new leader

'Time to reflect'

Starmer resigns as UK PM, Burnham favourite to take over

This file photo shows Zeine Zeidane in 2008, when he was prime minister of Mauritania. He is currently the IMF's Africa director

Months to recover

IMF director says Iran war fallout creating 'difficult moment' for Africa

Cargo ships along the Gulf of Oman on June 19

Cautious rebound

Hormuz: Traffic flows despite Iran's closure announcement

US music producer Clive Davis championed some of the world's biggest talents including Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen

Clive Davis: the starmaker who shaped modern music

The blast took place at a unit supplying gas to local firms and reverberated across the capital Doha

Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens

French-German weapons maker KNDS has reportedly been in talks with Mercedes about taking over a factory currently operated by the German carmaker

Possible Mercedes factory takeover

France, Germany reach deal on arms maker KNDS, paving way for IPO

The world's population is suffering through more extreme heat stress driven by climate change, according to a new study

Propelled by climate change

Dangerous 'heat stress' has surged worldwide, study shows

Manchester City forward Antoine Semenyo can provide Ghana with plenty of insight on group rivals England

Second World Cup

Antoine Semenyo, Ghana's man on the inside and England threat

Exploding gas cylinders

Le Privé nightclub destroyed in suspected arson attack near Metz

Alan Greenspan, seen in October 2007, served as the chairman of the US Federal Reserve for nearly 20 years, under four presidents

Died at the age of 100

Alan Greenspan: longtime Fed chief with a divided legacy

Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic

Failed to submit sample

Ex-Wimbledon champion Vondrousova banned four years for refusing drugs test

France has been sweltering under high temperatures for several days

Two children found dead in car as France faces hottest day of heatwave

Claude Le Roy won the Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon in 1998

To take team to 2027 CAN

Veteran Le Roy named new coach of Congo

Iran fans wave at the team's bus in Tijuana, Mexico, where the World Cup team has a strong contingent of local fans

'This World Cup has become political'

Mexican fans rally behind Iran as 'our second team' at World Cup

US Vice President JD Vance spoke to reporters following the talks with Iranian negotiators at the Burgenstock complex

Up to 123 billion

Any unfreezing of Iranian funds will not finance terrorism: Vance

Belgian defender Nathan Ngoy receives a red card against Iran at Los Angeles Stadium

Disappointing performance

'Has-been' Belgium stars scorched after Iran World Cup draw

Britain's Keir Starmer is now the most unpopular UK leader in decades

Less than 2 years

Keir Starmer: downfall of UK's unpopular PM

Surfers still ride the waves off Gaza City, despite the devastation wreaked on the Palestinian territory during the recent conflict

Despite risk of attacks

Gaza's surfers seek solace in the sea

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