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'Toy Story 5,' in which US actor Tom Hanks voices cartoon character Woody, had the year's best opening weekend so far, estimates showed

To infinity and beyond

'Toy Story 5' rakes in $160 mn in year's best opening weekend

Ramiro Valdes was among the first to join Fidel Castro's revolutionary cause

'Hero of the Republic'

Legendary Cuban spy chief Ramiro Valdes dies at 94

Bolivian soldiers patrol the Cochabamba-La Paz highway, near Parotani, department of Cochabamba, Bolivia, on June 20, 2026, after Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency

Deployed police and bulldozers

Bolivia removes roadblocks after emergency decree

France hosts the annual Fete de la Musique street festivities despite the worsening heatwave

France hosts street music festival despite worsening heatwave

The first hotel on the Burgenstock site opened in 1873

Swiss US-Iran talks venue a playground of world leaders, movie stars

If Keir Starmer does leave office this year, Britain would get its seventh prime minister in a decade -- an unprecedented rate of churn

'He failed badly'

UK's Starmer mulling 'political realities': senior minister

Twin brothers Taiwo and Kehinde Oguntoye dance with twin sisters Taiwo and Kehinde Adediran at their double wedding reception

Nigerian twins Taiwo and Kehinde marry... Taiwo and Kehinde

Jetten apologised to the Moluccan community for decades of mistreatment

'For being unseen and abandoned'

'Historical justice': Dutch PM makes formal apology to Moluccans

Speculation is growing about who could replace Starmer

Possible resignation

UK's Starmer mulling 'political realities': senior minister

Russian air defences shot down around 180 drones on approach to Moscow

Moscow's key logistics base

Ukrainian strikes on Russian-annexed Crimea kill 4, pause fuel sales

Embrose Papier scores for the Bulls in 2020.

'Playing great rugby'

Springboks recall 'outstanding' Papier for Nations Championship

Ayase Ueda scored twice as Japan defeated Tunisia in the 1,000th World Cup match

Japan stroll to victory over Tunisia in World Cup's 1,000th game

A worker checking the quality of mangoes at an orchard in Hyderabad City, in Pakistan's Sindh province

Season well underway

Pakistan's mango exports shrink as Middle East war impacts linger

Starmer has said he regrets appointing Mandelson

'No place for violence'

Man charged over suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh

Britain's King Charles III attends the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 20, 2026.

'Modernise and evolve'

Britain's King Charles to reveal personal tax bill: reports

Leader Wyndham Clark of the United States pumps his fist after a par save in the third round of the 126th US Open at Shinnecock

Six-stroke lead

Clark leads by six at US Open as Scheffler charges

Georgios Donis is hoping for another Saudi Arabia World Cup 'miracle' against Spain

Saudis seek to repeat Argentina World Cup 'miracle' against Spain

Black smoke rises from a warehouse fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 17, 2026

Black smoke rising

Los Angeles under state of emergency due to warehouse fire

Although official numbers were not available, AFP journalists said the crowd appeared to be the biggest since demonstrations began

Thousands in the streets

Albanian protests against Trump-linked resort swell

Omar Marmoush is aiming to fire Egypt to a first World Cup win

Golden chance ahead

Marmoush aims to emerge from Salah's shadow as Egypt's hero

The red heatwave alert covers a third of France, including the capital Paris

Heatwave across Europe

Red heat alert issued for third of France, alcohol banned at music festival

Women stand in front of a sign depicting Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the political movement Defensores de la Patria, in Bogota, on June 19, 2026

Presidential runoff

Specter of military escalation hangs over Colombia vote

The duels took place inside the hexagonal cage of a modern mixed martial arts arena

'Recreational activity'

Heavy metal: French town hosts medieval combat cage fights

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.

Infuriated with neighbouring country

Ukraine's Zelensky, top officials return Polish awards in WWII row

A Spanish judge has ordered Begona Gomez, wife of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to stand trial on corruption charges. She denies the allegations

Corruption scandal

Spanish judge bans PM's wife from leaving country

British artist David Hockney in front of his painting 'Fred and Marcia Weisman' at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, in June 2017

Acclaimed British artist

Funeral for art giant David Hockney already taken place: publicist

US President Donald Trump, pictured with Giorgia Meloni at the White House in April 2025, accused the Italian prime minister of trying to repair relations with Washington for domestic political reasons

Trump escalates spat with Italy’s Meloni over G7 photo claim

Two East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains that collided on June 19, 2026, south of Bedford in central England.

Accident investigators

Driver killed, 28 in hospital as UK train collision probed

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