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How widely the rule on smartphones was implemented in Afghanistan and the scale of its impact were not entirely clear

Imposed on Wednesday

'Heartbreaking': Afghan govt staff abandon smartphones

Koch, 47, was part of the four-member crew of the Artemis II which in April flew around the Moon

First woman on lunar mission

Groundbreaking US astronaut Christina Koch wins top Spanish award

A US judge set a February 2027 trial date for President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

Planned to save £500 million

BBC eyes compulsory redundancies in cost-cutting drive

Trump threatened renewed military action

Aggressive rhetoric

Trump threatens 'dropping bombs' if Iran doesn't 'behave'

Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin's rocket explosion had been 'a punch to the gut'

Technological dependence

Sovereignty fears dog AI enthusiasm at France's Vivatech

Activists want more and better data on how fishing trawlers are operating

Signed by 15 countries

Global data declaration targets illegal fishing

'The US has adjusted its pledges to the NATO Force Model,' aid Rutte

Eve of NATO defence ministers meeting

US not 'pulling away' from allies by cutting NATO commitments: Rutte

I'm the boss, said Trump as he entered the session

Received a laugh

'I'm the boss', Trump tells G7 counterparts

The US Marines will include Australia in a global prepositioning program for weapons, ammunition and vehicles for the first time, AFP reported on Tuesday, citing tender documents

Crisis-ready stockpile

US military footprint growing in Australia: defence minister

Since around 2022, the ice cream companies have raised retail prices every year at around the same time in Japan

Possible collusion

Japan puts the heat on suspected ice cream cartel

Congolese virologist Jean-Jacques Muyembe helped uncover Ebola in 1976 and, at the age of 84, is still battling the disease

Jean-Jacques Muyembe

'We have always won': Ebola pioneer still on front line at 84

Morning Roundup

Abortion made constitutional right, Messi equals World Cup goal record, and Luxembourg confirms three more years of Eurovision

A spokesperson for Pauline Hanson's (centre) One Nation party told AFP the pages are

Former political outsider

Australian far-right leader slams media, 'radical Islam' in testy press briefing

Customers sift through boxes of toys at a Japanese second-hand goods warehouse store in Nonthaburi, Bangkok

Quality-conscious buyers

Stuffed toys and surfboards: Japan used goods market booms overseas

Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring France's opening goal against Senegal at the World Cup on Tuesday

Mbappe has World Cup history in sights after breaking France scoring record

Putin has sought to deepen ties with Asia

11 countries represented

Putin hosts ASEAN leaders amid G7 pressure on Ukraine war

Estimates of the true number of strays in Jakarta vary wildly, from about 305,000, according to one city official, to five times that, according to another

Trap, neuter, release: Jakarta battles cat-astrophic stray numbers

Trump was present for the meeting

'Powerful document'

Iranian tankers exit US blockade zone ahead of peace talks

Tasmanian devils can live up to six years in the wild

15-day adventure

'Unstable' Tasmanian devil found after 15 days on the run

Lowe formed Restore as a political party in February 2026

Restore Britain, the hard-right party troubling Nigel Farage

Havana's treasured collection of colonial buildings is teetering on the precipice, gutted by overcrowding, poor maintenance and official neglect

'No money to fix anything'

Cuba's historic homes teeter on brink as economy collapses

Filmmaker and actor Sean Penn is to direct a film about the January 6 assault on the US Capitol

Expected to star Bradley Cooper

Sean Penn to direct film on January 6 Capitol assault: US media

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press near the construction site of his proposed ballroom at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026

Based on contractor estimation

Trump ballroom cost soars to $600 mn, half from taxpayers: report

National Park Service staff work to remove algae that have turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool green

Enter Mother Nature

Swamp Thing: Algae mess with Trump's pool project

The Grammys Awards honor the best in music

Redefined rules

New Asian pop and folk categories announced by music's Grammy Awards

Iran's team have been preparing for the World Cup in Tijuana, Mexico

Iranian forward gets US visa for World Cup: team official

Ghana's player Thomas Partey, who is facing trial in Britain on rape charges, has been denied a visa to enter Canada to play in the World Cup

Amid rape trial

Ghana's Partey loses bid to enter Canada for World Cup

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres meets with Chadian soldiers of the international Gang Suppression Force camp in Port-au-Prince during his visit to Haiti

'Stop looking away'

UN chief on visit to gang-plagued Haiti says 'glimmers of hope'

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