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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

Nicolas Maduro was captured in a raid by the US military

Head-of-state defence

Venezuela's Maduro seek immunity from US drug charges

The German Aerospace Centre's humanoid robot TORO at the EUREF-Campus in Berlin, Germany

Lack of 'political will and funding'

Europe bids to be robot superpower like US, China

Fed Governor Christopher Waller is among those who have signalled their concern at rising inflation in recent months

Tackling high prices

US Fed official joins growing group open to rate hike if inflation rises

Buyers are being misled about expected energy costs with plug-in hybrids as well as the pollution they create, the International Council on Clean Transportation says

False expectations

Study shows plug-in hybrids polluting far more than expected

The EU in July told Meta to change its platforms' 'addictive' design

Following agreement in US

EU lawmakers demand Brussels force Meta to 'protect' European children

When asked how long the latest Iran strikes would last Donald Trump said 'I don’t think too long'

Ahead of presidential elections

Nigerian opposition lobbyist tapped for White House-linked role, firm says

China is the world's biggest emitter, responsible for over 30 percent of global greenhouse gases

China emissions fell in Q2 as Iran war pared oil use: analysis

Surging borrowing costs complicate Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's efforts to hammer out a 2027 budget

10-year OAT bonds

France sells bonds at highest rate since 2008 amid deficit worries

Gloria Steinem spent decades traveling across the United States and around the world advocating for women's rights

Lived 'true to her independent spirit'

US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92: foundation

George Clooney's photograph of AFP photographer Tiziana Fabi, which she said was good enough that AFP should consider hiring him

Venice film festival

Clooney turns AFP photographer in jokey red carpet switch

Putin announced a "partial mobilisation" of reservists in 2022, prompting an exodus of draft-age men from the country

No need to mobilise

Putin denies plan for new Russia military call up

Carlos Queiroz led Ghana to the World Cup knockout phase before defeat by Colombia in the last 32

Queiroz reverses resignation to stay as Ghana coach

Rescue personnel search through the debris left by a mudslide in the area around the destroyed Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, in China’s western Tibet region on September 2, 2026.

Hundreds still missing

Grief on Chinese internet as wait for Tibet flood news drags on

Caruana Galizia's murder prompted angry protests and a campaign for justice

Assassinated journalist

Caruana Galizia: 'one-woman WikiLeaks' who exposed Malta's shady side

Taiwan's extreme heat drill, held under heavy rain, was already postponed due to a typhoon

Testing emergency response

Heavy rain puts a dampener on Taiwan 'extreme heat' drill

Mubarakiyah market is located in the heart of Kuwait City

Kuwait's Iranians under pressure since start of war

A container ship on the Rhine sails past Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG in Duisburg

Europe's economic powerhouse

German growth prospects brighten as economy defies Mideast turmoil

Health authorities have advised Malaysians to limit outdoor activity and wear haze-rated masks in affected areas

Three-day operation

Malaysia starts cloud seeding to help clear toxic haze

The Goethe Institute is a cultural organisation that promotes the study of the German language

Amid spiralling tensions

Russia to close branches of Germany's Goethe Institute

OpenAI founder Sam Altman at a G20 meeting in North Carolina

Training models on copyrighted works

US govt sides with OpenAI in New York Times copyright lawsuit

Kenya Wildlife Service aims to relocate 30 crocodiles this week

Kenya steps up crocodile hunt as rising lakes fuel conflict

Palau's President Surangel Whipps (R) presides over the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' plenary meeting in Koror

Sparked condemnation

Palau urges 'unified' Pacific response to China missile test

Eng Schülerin leet sech wärend enger Amoklaf-Übung an enger philippinnescher Schoul op de Buedem.

Amid recent attacks

Philippines holds drills to safeguard students from armed intruders

Students stage a protest in the city center a day after the 81st Indonesian Independence Day in Jakarta on August 18, 2026

Inundated social media

Indonesia protesters targeted by coordinated disinfo

American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died at 70

American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70

Family members register their information with Nepali police personnel to give blood samples for DNA testing to help identify their missing relatives

Clinging to hope

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists

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