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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

NYPD police officers are seen outside Penn Station in New York on June 7, 2026, after a stabbing attack inside the transit center

'Alleged perpetrator is in custody'

Stabbing wounds six at New York's Penn Station

Analysts have described the Knicks as a unifying force for New York

Hosts NBA Finals games three and four

Sky-high ticket costs can't cool the cauldron of Madison Square Garden

Chinese President Xi Jinping last met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in September 2025

'Invincible friendship'

China's Xi to visit North Korea after meetings with Trump, Putin

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) is welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street ahead of a meeting that includes the leaders of France and Germany

For defence talks

UK, France, Germany back Zelensky's call for Putin meeting

The fires that swept through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 were among the most devastating disasters in California's history

Proceedings to begin Monday

Jury selection begins in trial of LA fire suspect

Deploying AI in political messaging could appeal to younger US voters

Relentless stream

'Strategic distraction?' Trump ramps up AI memes ahead of midterms

More than 400 people dressed as 'The Tramp' gathered in Switzerland to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Charlie Chaplin museum

Donning black bowler hats

Hundreds of Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gather in Switzerland

A Waymo self-driving taxi on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles

The future is now

Europe opening up to self-driving taxis

US President Donald Trump was interviewed by NBC during a visit to Wisconsin where he was attending a roundtable on the rural economy on June 5, 2026

Agrees to another interview

Trump storms out of tense, rain-plagued NBC interview

The plane that carried the Iran team to Mexico avoided US airspace, tracking sites showed

Sport and politics

Iran fans dismayed by team's World Cup visa quarrel

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan casts his ballot in Yerevan

Following years of upheaval

Armenia PM heads for win to cement Westward shift

Norway captain Martin Odegaard takes the applause after his equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Morocco

World Cup warm-up match

Odegaard on target as Norway draw with Morocco

Smoke rises from an Israeli bombardment near the village of Kfar Tibnit in southern Lebanon

Hitting two apartments

Israel strikes south Beirut after intercepting Hezbollah launches

Members of a Congolese Red Cross team carry the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola in the eastern city of Bunia

EU flown in 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid

DR Congo ceasefire a 'health emergency' given Ebola outbreak: EU

Organisers said there were more than 1.2 million people attending in the square and the surrounding area

Seven-day visit

Over one million people attend pope's mass in Madrid

Thousands took part in the march in memory of 11-year-old Lyhanna

Outrage spread over systemic failures

'Never again!' March in France for girl whose killing sparked outcry

Middle Eastern airlines are expected to face a difficult year given disruptions from the US war against Iran and surging fuel prices, the IATA projected

Increased prices not deterrent

More traffic, but halved profits for airlines in 2026: Industry forecast

A month of demonstrations calling for the center-right President Rodrigo Paz to step down have paralyzed Bolivia, with blockades causing severe food and medicine shortages

Month of demonstrations

Bolivian Congress gives Paz power to use troops against crippling protests

A building at the facility was "partially destroyed", according to Ukraine's Energoatom nuclear energy operator

Wave of attacks

Russian strikes kill five, damage nuclear storage facility: Kyiv

The plane that carried the Iran team to Mexico avoided US airspace, tracking sites showed

Days away from start

Iran's World Cup team blast US visa row on arrival in Mexico

Leo saluted the faithful from his popemobile, bathed in sunshine and adoration

'We want to see the pope!'

'Joy, faith, love': giant crowd flocks to pope's Madrid mass

Rishabh Pant (left) and Shubman Gill put on 169 for the fourth wicket

Dream come true

Debutant Suthar takes three wickets as India dominate Afghanistan Test

Pyongyang has long insisted on its right to a nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes although they are forbidden under the terms of UN Security Council sanctions

North Korean leader's sister says nuclear programme 'line of no retreat'

A student enters a school on the first day of China's National College Entrance Examination, known as "gaokao"

12.9 million students

Millions of Chinese students sit for gruelling 'gaokao'

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have his parents with him when travelling with the India sqaud

'We have got high hopes of him'

Sooryavanshi, 15, to travel with parents on India cricket tours

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