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US TV host and writer Stephen Colbert attends the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights 'Ripple of Hope Awards Gala' in New York City, on December 9, 2025.

'Stand up to bullies'

US comedian Colbert says broadcaster spiked Democrat interview over Trump fears

Boniface Mwangi has announced a presidential run in 2027

Presidential candidate for 2027

Kenyan activist fears for life after police bug phone

Isabelle Huppert plays a vampire countess seeking a magical book

'Very raw and... biting'

Isabelle Huppert sinks teeth into Austrian vampire saga

French fashion designer Pauline Dujancourt admits to nerves and excitement as she prepares for her show at London Fashion Week

Pauline Dujancourt

French designer threads a path in London fashion week

Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag looks on as he holds his 'Doctor Honoris Causa' he received from the University 'Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music' in Budapest in February 2026

Master of miniature forms

Hungarian star composer Kurtag celebrates 100th birthday with new opera

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the country's presidency in 2028

Despite previous impeachment

Philippines VP Sara Duterte announces 2028 presidential run

The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been turned into a museum to rumba

'Cannot lose this music'

Congolese rumba, music caught between neglect and nostalgia

Russians are increasingly turning to culture and art to detach

'Very few things left to cling to'

'Close our eyes': To escape war, Muscovites flock to high culture

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg's job market paradox, Remich burns its straw man tonight, and Gwyneth Ten Raa hits the Olympic slalom

President Donald Trump has insisted the US needs Greenland for security reasons

Denmark king visits Greenland

An Indian firm is using AI to design intricate brooches and other jewellery which are then handmade by artisans

From months to weeks

Uncut gems: Indian startups embrace AI despite job fears

Afghan Rahima Alavi (L), who runs an embroidery boutique in Bamiyan, feels proud she can support her family

Afghan woman's boutique brightens Bamiyan

Fighting between rival forces has left civilians wounded in hospital in Akobo, South Sudan

825,000 at risk of acute malnutrition

Hungry, wounded, orphaned: South Sudan's children trapped in new conflict

Jose Jeri had served as Peru's seventh president in a decade until his impeachment

Seventh leader in 10 years

Peru Congress impeaches interim president after four months in office

Communist Cuba has been grappling with a severe fuel shortage for years, which has grown more acute since Venezuela ended supplies last month under pressure from Washington

Mixed reactions

How Latin American countries are responding to Cuba's oil crisis

Workers dismantle discarded monitors at 'Ecowork', an e-waste recycling facility in Ghaziabad, India

One man's trash...

Junk to high-tech: India bets on e-waste for critical minerals

Agriculture is the backbone of India's rural-driven economy, employing more than 700 million people

Struggling farmers find hope in India co-operative

The UK has some of the highest energy prices in Europe

40% higher than EU competition

UK manufacturers struggle under sky-high energy bills

Relatives holding portraits of those believed to to have gone missing while making the journey to Europe through Libya

Amid economic deterioration

'Pay or he dies', families told as more Egyptians risk Mediterranean crossing

The Cirebon-1 coal power plant in Cirebon, West Java

Growing frustration

Indonesia coal plant closure U-turn sows energy transition doubts

Rescuers were searching for ten people caught up in an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains

Ten skiers missing in California avalanche

Guatemala's president has ordered a security operation to crack down on street gangs

Following death of 11 officers

Guatemalan security forces deploy to gang-plagued capital

Britain leased the islands to the US for 50 years so that it could set up a military base

Regaining military presence?

US to discuss base with Mauritius as UK returns islands

Tilda Swinton was herself last year awarded the Berlinale's prestigious Honorary Golden Bear award

Despite statements on Iran, Ukraine

Dozens of film figures condemn Berlin Film Festival 'silence' on Gaza

The Mexican military demonstrated the equipment it will use against the threat of unauthorized drones in stadiums during the World Cup

Growing drug cartel drone use

Mexico prepares for possible drone threats during the World Cup

In a recent expedition to Antarctica, new cases of avian flu were discovered in Antarctic cormorants, kelp gulls, Adelie and gentoo penguins, and Antarctic fur seals, according to researcher Victor Neira

Could kill 100% of bird population

Bird flu ravaging Antarctic wildlife, scientist warns

Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior (L) accused Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni (C) of calling him a 'monkey'

Vinicius Junior

Racism allegations overshadow Real Madrid victory as PSG win in Champions League

Rain delayed the start of the Zimbabwe and Ireland match at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Tuesday

Bowlers, selectors under fire after Australia's T20 World Cup exit

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