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American philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among many prominent names in the Epstein files

A 'huge mistake'

Bill Gates admits affairs but denies involvement in Epstein crimes

Migrants disembark from a boat in Heraklion, southern Crete, on Saturday, as rescuers searched for survivors from a boat capsize

Carrying 50 people

18 Egyptians missing after deadly boat capsize near Greece

Jens Petter Hauge celebrates scoring in the first leg win over Inter Milan

Arctic underdogs Bodo/Glimt topple Champions League giants in 'fairytale'

Rescue teams remove debris in search of victims of a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Barrio Parque Jardim Burnier neighbourhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

33 people missing

Hope fades in search for missing after deadly Brazil rains

Berlin and Beijing seek to build on their decades-old economic ties at a time of global uncertainty

Big market, tech rival

Germany's Merz meets Xi, announces Chinese Airbus order

Switzerland and its largest trading partner, the EU, are seeking to stabilise and develop their relations, which are currently governed by more than 120 agreements

Aimed at simplifying ties

Swiss-EU deals package to be signed next week

Gasoline sales are strictly restricted as Cuba battles fuel shortages

Amid US blockade

Starved of fuel, Cubans scramble to make ends meet

Emperor penguins are seeing their habitat cut back by climate change -- with potentially deadly consequences

Habitat diminishing

Ice melt threatens emperor penguins during annual moult: researchers

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defends directive introducing Ramadan-related activities in public schools

Controversial president

Turkey's Erdogan dismisses secular critics of Ramadan school plan

Children carrying portraits of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombing victims in Sri Lanka, marking the sixth anniversary on April 21, 2025

Conspiracy, aiding and abetting attacks

Sri Lanka arrests ex-spy chief over 2019 Easter bombings

Automakers had been among the companies hit hardest by the US tariffs onslaught in 2025

Up to 20 percent

Aston Martin slashes staff as US tariffs hit carmakers

The killing of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord sparked violent backlash from cartels across Mexico, particularly in Jalisco state

Torched vehicles and businesses

FIFA boss 'very reassured' about World Cup in Mexico despite violence

Iran dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims about its missile and nuclear programmes

Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges 'sinister ambitions'

Campus protests broke out in the Iranian capital Tehran among university students who chanted anti-government slogans

As new semester kicks off

Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges 'sinister ambitions'

Mexican drug lord "El Mencho" stayed in this house at Tapalpa Country Club in Tapalpa, Jalisco state before his death

Tapalpa in panic

Inside the Mexican resort that was the final hideout of 'El Mencho'

Mohamed Abdi Cige(L),28, a mine owner works alongside miner Ahmed Ibrahim (R),52, at a pit that contains traces of lithium

Influx of investment

Somaliland pins hopes on critical mineral gold rush

BBL's artistic director Julien Favreau says that for a dancer the Bolero is "the ultimate achievement, the crowning glory"

Stark staging, ritualistic intensity

Bejart Ballet's iconic Bolero ignites Istanbul

Morning Roundup

UK enforces new travel rules, Trump addresses Congress, and Luxembourg's next wage index sooner than expected

South Korea's fertility rate rose last year but remains among the world's lowest at 0.8 children per woman, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the population

Second year running

South Korea birth rate jumps but still under key fertility threshold

US President Donald Trump applauds as US veteran Captain E. Royce Williams receives the Medal of Honor during the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on 24 February 2026.

'Turnaround for the ages'

Trump tries to reset presidency in State of the Union speech

Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term Congresswoman, successfully won back the Virginia governor's mansion from Republicans last year

State of the Union

Democrats bet on centrism in rebuttal to Trump speech

This handout picture released by the New South Wales Police Force on February 25, 2026, shows officers detaining a man following his arrest over the alleged kidnapping and murder of an elderly grandfather in a suspected case of mistaken identity

Mistaken identity?

Australian police arrest two over alleged kidnapping, murder of grandfather

Millions of litres of raw sewage have flown into the waters off Wellington's picturesque south coast beaches since the breakdown of the Moa Point facility on February 4

New Zealand mayor swims to allay sewage contamination fears

In Indonesia's flood-hit Aceh province, families have become increasingly frustrated over authorities' sluggish response

26,000 survivors still displaced

Months after floods, Indonesian survivors frustrated by slow response

Election officials inspect ballot boxes before they are dispatched from the Election Commission office in Kathmandu ahead of Nepal's general elections

'Strong interest'

Nepali migrant workers influence polls, but can't vote

Rachel Fournier has a brain tumor and has just had her request for medical assistance to help her die granted

Controversial legislation

Canadians are choosing when to die, often with a smile

The new barbed wire border fence on the closed border between Finland and Russia

'Hybdrid warfare'

Economy not Russia is big fear on Finland's closed frontier

The Alexandria tramway network began operating in 1863 and is one of only a few tram systems in the world that use double-deck cars

Inaugurated in 1863

Alexandria bids farewell to historic tram in latest urban upheaval

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