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Pope Leo XIV got a standing ovation from lawmakers after addressing the Spanish parliament

Unprecedented address

Pope promises abuse victims Church will do more to change

Michel Platini is suing Gianni Infantino in the latest chapter in a battle that began when scandal derailed the Frenchman's 2015 bid for the FIFA presidency

Suing Gianni Infantino

Platini switches to French courts in long-running FIFA feud

A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump's name cannot be put on the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC

Performing arts venue

Kennedy Center drops Trump name from website

Bruno Guimaraes and Brazil are preparing to begin their World Cup bid against Morocco on Saturday

Five-time champions

Give Brazil the respect we deserve, says World Cup star Guimaraes

Each year, 52.1 million tonnes of plastic waste spills into the ocean, contributing to an estimated 24.4 trillion microplastic particles

UN warns of 'deepening crisis' in oceans, urges action

Australia's Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will preside over the UN climate negotiations at the COP31 summit in Turkey in November.

Anxiety around fuel supplies

'We need to get off fossil fuels': COP31 negotiations chief tells AFP

A car from British autonomous driving technology company Wayve Technologies Ltd is pictured driving around the street, as the company says it will be ready to launch its robotaxi service this summer

Self-driving vehicles

Uber and Wayve set to launch first UK robotaxis in summer

The main offices of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which now has two suitors hoping for a merger

31 billion euros

Intesa roils Italian banking with rival bid for MPS

Somalia referee Omar Artan (R) will officiate at the 2026 World Cup finals

Despite valid visa

Somali referee denied entry to US for World Cup: official

Chemotherapie gegen Krebs könnte für manche Patienten künftig auch zuhause möglich sein: Der französische Pharmakonzern Sanofi hat die Zulassung seines Krebsmedikamentes Sarclisa in Form eines mobilen Spritzgeräts angekündigt.

Therapy at home

Sanofi wins EU green light for at-home injectable cancer therapy

The epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak was traced to northeastern DRC in mid-May

International health emergency

WHO chief praises Uganda's Ebola effort

Buildings including a Jolibee restaurant collapsed following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit off Mindanao island

Major quake off Philippines kills at least 35, dozen still missing

Die EU-Kommission hat Zugtickets für Reisen durch Europa an 40.912 junge Erwachsene vergeben. Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner können mit den Tickets von Juli dieses Jahres bis September des kommenden Jahres durch die EU reisen.

Over 40,000 rail passes awarded to European youngsters

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's push to forge closer ties with the West has angered the Kremlin

Despite threats from Moscow

Armenia PM wins vote, cementing Westward tilt

Afghanistan were rusty and need to play more Test matches to improve, their coach said after their heavy defaeat by India in a one-off cricket Test in New Chandigarh

'Rusty' Afghanistan need more Tests, says coach Pybus

This photograph taken on January 8, 2026 shows an Afghan burqa-clad woman walking with her child

Criticism from United Nations

Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown

India's Manav Suthar (R) celebrates with Yashasvi Jaiswal

Suthar stars on debut as India crush Afghanistan in biggest Test victory

Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz (R) and Australia captain Josh Inglis (L), ahead of the first of three ODIs

Bangladesh seek ODI upset against depleted Australia

American singer Pink hosts the 79th Tony Awards ceremony in New York

Highest honors in American theatre

'Liberation' and 'Schmigadoon!' top Tony Awards

In Bonn beginnen an diesem Montag zweiwöchige Verhandlungen auf Fachebene über die Senkung der Treibhausgasemissionen und die internationale Klimafinanzierung. Die Gespräche dienen der Vorbereitung der UN-Klimakonferenz im November in Antalya.

Bonn negotiations to set direction for UN climate summit in Antalya

Swiss healtcare facilities rely on foreign caregivers

Front and centre in the debate

Swiss healthcare united against immigration cap plan

Rocket trails are seen above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, as air raid sirens sounded in the country to warn of incoming Iranian missiles for the first time since an April 2026 ceasefire took hold in the Middle East war

No end in sight

Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump's call for restraint

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean -- and too close for comfort, critics say

Questions about its sustainability

Nigerian mega-highway faces down rising seas, protected forests

Malaria cases in Mpumalanga jumped fourfold in January compared with a year earlier

Forcing a rethink of malaria planning

As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said "we simply cannot afford to become like North Korea"

Press conference marks first year in office

South Korea should not give up on North's denuclearisation: president

Denmark's and Ukraine's players huddle around Christian Eriksen

Five years after cardiac arrest

Denmark's Eriksen 'doing well' after collapsing during friendly

EVs are making inroads even in Nigeria where the power grid is unreliable and a third of the country doesn't have access to electricity at all

Infrastructure needed

'There's no E': Blackout-plagued Nigeria pursues EVs

The European Central Bank is trying to navigate the fallout from the Middle East war

First time in two and a half years

ECB to hike rates as Mideast war pushes up inflation

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