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New Zealand lawmakers Maureen Pugh (C), Duncan Webb (3rd R), Laura McClure (3rd L) and David Wilson (2nd R) took part in the trip

'Disappointing'

China bans New Zealand lawmakers over Taiwan trip

The rupiah hit its weakest level on record against the dollar

'Costly populist programmes'

Indonesian rupiah falls to record low against US dollar

Heavy gunfire shook Somalia's capital overnight and smoke rose over the city on Thursday

Ahead of anti-government protests

Somalia capital rocked by gunfire and fighting overnight

Fiji's environment ministry rejected an Australian billionaire's plan to import and burn waste from the region.

'Waste colonialism'

Fiji rejects Australian billionaire's 'Pacific ashtray' garbage plan

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party members and lawmakers cheer as they watch television screens broadcasting the results of exit polls for the nationwide local elections at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 3, 2026

Keeping power in check?

South Korea ruling party fails to flip Seoul in blemish on local poll results

South Africa's white enclave of Orania was established in 1991 as apartheid was being dismantled

South Africa's closed white enclave attracting Afrikaner youth

Tinuke Odunfa, the interior designer of the gallery, aimed to modernise the space and present Nigerian history in an an 'immersive' environment

'Touch them gently'

Nigerian museum revamp brings treasures within reach

Tasmanian devils can live up to six years in the wild

Escape from wildlife park

Tasmanian devil thwarts Australian search team

Usher hold ballot boxes during an UN General Assembly meeting for the election of the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York City on June 3, 2026.

Non-permanent member elections

Germany fails to gain seat on UN Security Council

Morning Roundup

Tripartite talks continue, deadly accident, and Red Lions lose to Italy

A forest near Qargha lake in Paghman district, Kabul province

After wartime deforestation

From poplars to pistachios, Afghans rediscover the value of trees

This picture taken on June 3, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 4, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front R) inspecting the newly-inaugurated nuclear materials production factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

Ramping up production

N. Korea's Kim vows 'exponential' boost in nuclear forces

Hong Kong has bypassed Switzerland as number one in global wealth management

Amid toughening regulation

Overtaken by Hong Kong in global wealth management, Swiss keep cool

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.

Despite fragile ceasefire

US House votes to curb Trump on Iran war as talks stall

Using a chart titled 'Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers,' US President Trump compared the scale of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the height of three famous buildings, including New York's Empire State Building

Removed from reality

'Our pool is bigger than skyscrapers': Amid war, Trump touts Washington projects

Brano Jakubovic (à gauche) et Vedran Mujagic, membres du groupe de hip-hop bosniaque "Dubioza Kolektiv", jouent au football à Sarajevo le 2 juin 2026

Standout anthem

"I am from Bosnia" -- Bosnia's first World Cup success

Morocco's policy of persuading dual nationals like Achraf Hakimi (L) to play for them has paid rich dividends

Morocco's dual-national scouting policy pays rich dividends

Jonas Vingegaard (L) and Tadej Pogacar (R) have only faced each other once since last year's Tour de France

One month to go

Favourites keep apart in lead up to Tour de France

Smoke billows from the Saint Petersburg Oil Terminal in northwestern Russia on June 3

'Real' escalation risk

Ukraine strike kills 3 in Russian-occupied Crimea

A farmer harvests potatoes at a farm in the community of Caritamaya, near Lake Titicaca

Disillusioned by Lima

In Peru's highlands, hopelessness shapes a bitter presidential runoff

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at the CERN particle physics lab in Switzerland

Inventor of World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee calls for AI to preserve 'original values' of web

Laura Kamila Rojas is a soloist with the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC)

'Out of reality'

Show must go on for ballerinas in crisis-hit Cuba

Protesting teachers toppled towering statues of football players on Mexico City's main promenade June 2, 2026, ahead of the World Cup

Mexico protesters storm government building days before World Cup

A freshly installed FIFA World Cup 2026 sign hangs over the entrance at Kansas City Stadium

Explicit ban on reusables

World Cup fans barred from bringing water bottles into stadia

Many of the dead were foreigners who came to New Delhi for medical treatment, local media reported

Over 40 hospitalised

New Delhi hotel blaze kills 21, including foreigners

Malicious actors are capitalizing on desperate fans seeking bargains outside accredited channels for sale of tickets for FIFA 2026 World Cup

Exploiting fan excitement

Authorities warn of World Cup ticket, merchandise scams

Experts carried out a trial run using a dummy Bayeux Tapestry last month to practise for the real thing

'Nothing left to chance'

Bayeux Tapestry to be moved in secret to British Museum: minister

An artist rendering provided by NASA of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission

NASA ends mission after loss of Mars probe

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