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US Vice President JD Vance did a briefing for reporters, after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's departure

'There is no active shooting'

Iran war is not a war, US VP Vance says

El Nino climate phenomenon is impacting operations at Panama Canal, through which five percent of global trade passes

Barely recovering

How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal

Senegal is heavily in debt

Senegal has an IMF loan, now what?

Hugging Face was co-founded by Clement Delangue, a serial entrepreneur

Hugging Face, the French start-up that became AI's warehouse

The US envoys' first visit to Kyiv will come following intensified Russian drone and missile attacks

'We have confirmation'

Zelensky hopes to host US envoys in Kyiv in 'coming days'

Nigeria has a big oil industry

Illegal oil-siphoning

37 people die from fumes during oil pipeline theft in Nigeria: NGO

A member of Likud party is pictured through a poster with an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling statoin during primary elections on August 17, 2026 in Jerusalem

Ahead of elections, Israel tests West's patience on West Bank violence

Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, addresses the African Water Forum in N’Djamena, Chad, on July 16, 2026

Joining small group of countries

DR Congo latest to promise moving Israel embassy to Jerusalem

The Tesla Cybercab prototype was unveiled in 2024

Competing with Uber and Waymo

Tesla to launch self-driving 'Cybercab' in Texas

Mladic died while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity

Amid EU concerns

War criminal Mladic's body returns to Serbia with military honours

Ein französischer Bürgermeister hat für Tigermücken ein offizielles Überflugverbot für seine Kommune erlassen.

Mayor orders flight ban

Tiger mosquitoes face prosecution in French town Saint-Just Saint-Rambert

Hissen Ibrahim Abdelmadjid, 15, suffered back burns

Independent fact-finding mission

UN's Sudan probe says foreign fighters fuelling conflict

Scientists warn El Nino will exacerbate the heat of a planet already warming from burning fossil fuels

El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns

France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron were welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France upon arrival at 10 Downing Street

At Downing Street

British, French leaders talk migrants, EU relations

Police intervened when demonstrators and foreigners clashed in Durban

Amid weeks of protests

Violence erupts at S.Africa anti-migrant protest

The floodwaters, carrying huge quantities of mud and rocks, rushed through river valleys with tremendous force

Desolate aftermath

Nothing left: Nepal flood survivors face loss and uncertainty

Ghanaian coffinmakers Derrick Anang and his brother Lawrence made a fish-shaped coffin, made in homage to a deceased fisherman

In Ghana, larger-than-life coffins tell the stories of the dead

Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against Cafe Basimta operating on Shabbat, the weekly Jewish day of rest, as secular activists stage a counter-protest in support of the cafe, in central Jerusalem, on August 15, 2026

Near ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood

Cafe at centre of Israel culture clash agrees to shut on Sabbath

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission in 2024 completed a flyby closer than planned to Mercury

High-risk manoeuvres

Spacecraft bound for Mercury begins 'tricky' arrival

A bomb-disposal robot was used after an explosives-laden drone was found near a plane overnight in Leipzig

Weak countermeasures

Europe struggles to respond as Russia escalates shadow warfare

This handout satellite image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/GOES shows Hurricane Lowell (L), Hurricane Karina (C), and a Tropical Storm Marie (R) over the Pacific Ocean on September 2, 2026, at 15:30 UTC

Climate change as contributing factor

Rare trio of Pacific hurricanes fueled by historic El Nino

The ALSU oil tanker was believed to be empty when it collided with the Tugberk Imamoglu

Indication of negligence

Initial expert report blames tanker for collision off Istanbul

Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb in 2017, sparking international outrage

Amid public outrage

Malta PM urges 'caution' after acquittal in journalist's murder

US trade has fluctuated widely since Donald Trump returned to the presidency and imposed sweeping tariffs

Imports for booming sector

US trade gap in July hits biggest in over a year on AI buildout

Isolated communities near the flood's epicentre remain cut off, with authorities and the UN working to get supplies into devastated areas

Amid utter destruction

Vast aid challenge after 'Himalayan tsunami' devastates Nepal

In Kyiv Jaishankar (L) said 'Every passing day of conflict only means more deaths and more destruction'

Calls for peaceful resolution

Ukraine, India discuss Black Sea, food security on FM's 'historic' Kyiv visit

Paris residents sweltered during a heatwave in June

Heatwaves, drought, and wildfires

France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister

Malkovich says he plans to carry on acting

Venice film festival

'No plans to retire', says 'acting god' Malkovich

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