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Japan to approve abortion pill – but partner’s consent will be required

BTS: 'K-Wave' arrives at White House with anti-Asian hate summit

Russia’s Navalny says he faces new criminal case, up to 15 more years in jail.

Ruins of a 3,400-year-old city have been exposed from the Tigris river in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Ukraine’s giant seed bank at risk of being lost as war rages

EU struggles to resolve Russian oil ban proposal differences

Brazil’s Lula holds double-digit advantage over Bolsonaro: Poll

Ukraine launches major counter-offensive against Russian occupiers in Kherson

Russian troops "ready to kill" generals directing offensives, Ukraine says

Lithuanians crowdfund $5.4m for combat drone to Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine war is Putin’s death warrant, says wife of jailed politician

French Open: Rafael Nadal wins to set up Novak Djokovic quarter-final in Paris

Boris Johnson 'will announce return of imperial measurements to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee': Shops could soon be allowed to sell products in pounds and ounces after UK's break from EU

Israeli nationalists chant racist slogans in Jerusalem march

Poll shows Lula ahead by 21 percent over Bolsonaro: Polling suggests that Lula could win without a second round of voting.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits frontline in first official appearance outside Kyiv since invasion

Saudi $2B investment in Jared Kushner’s fund signals openness to Israel

Russia scraps army age limit and a bike ride from hell

Ukraine aide says any Moscow deal not worth 'broken penny', Zelenskiy says Russia officials powerless.

Ukraine war: Putin urged to hold 'direct, serious negotiations' with Zelensky

Russians banned from sending supply vehicles to the frontline - Ukrainian Intelligence

'Welcome to hell': Ukrainian airborne fighting Russia in Donbas woods

Iraq passes law making contact with Israel punishable by death

Japan opens up to foreign tourists after two years

Russia faces biggest debt test yet after US ban on payments

Ukraine round-up: Donbas town falls as ex-reporter urges Russians to turn off TV

''We don't have food'': African leaders meet as humanitarian crises grows

Ukraine fighting to keep control of town of Lyman

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to sign on to ‘game-changing’ security agreement, US expresses concern

Texas shooting victims: Relatives of children speak of their heartbreak

WHO condemns Russia's aggression in Ukraine in rare vote, rejects Moscow's counter-proposal

Abba: All four members of the Swedish band reunite ahead of Voyage concert

Police in Kyrgyzstan said Thursday they were investigating reports that a Ukrainian flag was planted atop a mountain named in honor of Russian leader Vladimir Putin

Patriotic Millionaires Demand Higher Taxes For The Rich At World Economic Forum To Fight Poverty And Inequality

‘The promise was a lie’: How Indonesian villagers lost their cut of the palm oil boom, to the tune of $100s of millions every month

Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

Russia pushed closer to brink of default after U.S. payment license expires

Severodonetsk: Battle for key road as fighting reaches Ukraine city

Estonian minister: Russia should be barred from WHO decision-making process

Texas shooting: Two people killed in attack at primary school

Yoon says era of appeasing N. Korea is over in CNN interview

Chinese police leak reveals human cost of Uyghur incarceration

We'll do everything to ensure Ukraine wins this war: European Commission

Growing vegetables in seawater could be the answer to feeding billions

Ukrainian court orders ex-president's arrest in absentia on treason charge

Southern Baptist Convention vilified sex abuse survivors - report

Russian Diplomat To UN In Geneva Resigns Over War In Ukraine

Alexey Navalny calls out world leaders who 'hypocritically' benefited from Russian energy as Putin's 'grip on power grew stronger'

Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable - WHO

Baptism of fire for France's new government

Ukraine peace deal: Kyiv rules out ceding land to Russia

Ukraine must decide its own future, says Poland's president

WHO chief: The Covid pandemic is 'most certainly not over'

Zelensky says Russia has blocked Ukraine from exporting 22M tons of food products

Russia's war dead abandoned by the Kremlin are piling up in Ukraine's refrigerated train trucks

U.S. may boost Ukraine's defense with Harpoon missiles - Naval News

Australian Greens hail ‘best result ever’ with dramatic gains in lower house and Senate

Zelensky: Only diplomacy can end Ukraine war

North Korea did not respond to Biden's offer to send over COVID-19 vaccines as the hermit country deals with a surge of cases

Ukraine Needs Full EU Candidacy Not "Compromise", Zelensky Asserts

Legal smoking age in England could be raised to 21 – report | Smoking

Ukraine war: What might tip the balance?

Ukraine conflict: Missile strike on cultural centre 'evil' - Zelensky

Solar panels will become mandatory on all new EU buildings

Goodbye, American soft power: McDonald’s exiting Russia after 32 years is the end of an era

Russian Hypersonic Missiles Underperforming in Ukraine Conflict, NORTHCOM Says - USNI News

France's mustard shortage leaves sour taste

Zelenskyy about the missile strike on the cultural centre in the Kharkiv region: Absolute evil and fools choose such targets

unbelievable presentation by HSBC AM global head of responsible investing: 'Who cares if Miami is six metres under water in 100 years?'

"Nato's door remains open," Biden tells Finland, Sweden as Turkey blocks talks.

As NATO member, Finland will commit to Turkey's security, Finnish president says.

UK is stockpiling 'thousands' of monkeypox vaccines and drugs as UK cases rise to nine

Your data's auctioned off up to 987 times a day, NGO reports

Californian court declares law requiring women on boards unconstitutional

MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend

Mariupol: The 80 days that left a flourishing city in ruins

Grenoble approves wearing of burkini in public swimming pools. City measure for swimmers ‘to be able to dress how they want’ also means men can wear long shorts and women can bathe topless

Russia is sending a ragtag group of soldiers to fight in Ukraine because of 'significant resourcing problems,' UK intel says

EU rushes out $300 billion roadmap to ditch Russian energy

Russian soldier pleads guilty in first war crimes trial of Ukraine conflict

Harrods Will Stop Selling Luxury Goods to Customers Living in Russia

Buffalo shooting: Biden rebukes 'poison' of white supremacy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Gives Emotional Cannes Opening Night Speech: ‘The Dictator Will Lose’

Mariupol: Key moments in the siege of the city

The number of people reported as disappeared in Mexico is at a record high of 100,000; almost all the disappearances have occurred since 2007

Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine's wheat

Twitter boss hits back on Musk doubts over fake accounts

West will not allow Russia a 'diktat peace' in Ukraine, says Germany's Scholz

Shireen Abu Aqla: Christian leaders condemn violence at reporter's funeral

Some Taiwanese Youtubers on CCP payroll: intelligence chief

EasyJet offers £1,000 bonus as airlines battle to recruit staff

Ukraine war: Russia's invasion not going to plan, Nato says

A Russian billionaire acted as a 'straw owner' to hide true owner of $1 billion worth of superyachts, including one linked to Vladimir Putin, a report says

Switzerland releases 3 billion of frozen Russian funds

Romania supports accession of Sweden, Finland to NATO: Foreign Minister

Thousands in Tunisia protest against president, demand democratic return.

UK and Norway sign a joint security, sustainability and prosperity” declaration

Hungary's new president condemns Putin's 'aggression', plans trip to Warsaw

Hungary's new President Katalin Novak condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said her first trip would take her to Poland, in an apparent gesture to mend relations with Warsaw.

Blistering heatwave sweeps South Asia as mercury in Pakistan soars to 50C

Portugal blocks sale of Russian Billionaire Abramovich mansion,

G7 criticises India decision to stop wheat exports: Germany | "If everyone starts to impose export restrictions or to close markets, that would worsen the crisis," German agriculture minister Cem Ozdemir said at a press conference in Stuttgart.

Mao Zedong scroll thieves jailed in Hong Kong

Japan accepted 74 refugees in 2021, highest on record

Dozens die as blaze guts office building in India capital Delhi

Female student killed by mob at Nigeria school over blasphemy claims

Clashes at Al Jazeera journalist's funeral procession

Putin has a military rebellion problem on his hands, reports say

More than $7 trillion has been wiped out from the stock market this year

Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka's new prime minister faces uphill battle

Russia could cut gas supply to Finland on Friday

Siemens to leave Russia due to Ukraine war, take hefty charge

Ukraine: The BBC has seen evidence of possible war crimes committed by Russian soldiers

Ukraine shuts off Russian pipeline amid talk of annexation

Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records

Ukraine war: Don’t underestimate Russia cyber-threat, warns US

Russia Heading for Defeat in Ukraine—Former Chinese Ambassador

Quentin Sommerville: BBC on patrol with the soldiers pushing Russia back

Czech Senate recognizes Russian crimes in Ukraine as genocide

Ottawa weighing ballistic missile defence as part of North American defence upgrades

UN approves Czech Republic to replace Russia on rights body

Belarus says it is moving additional troops, anti-aircraft defense units, and artillery towards its borders with Poland and Lithuania in response to the buildup of forces by "the US and its allies".

UN approves Czech Republic to replace Russia on rights body | AP News

Apple discontinues the iPod touch after 21 years

Putin demands action on Siberia forest fires threatening lives and economy

Joining Nato best solution for Finland's security, defence committee says

U.S. refutes claims that Ukrainian civilians are going to Russia willingly

The world’s plastic waste has been mapped from space for the first time ever

Ecuador prison riot: More than 40 inmates killed

Despite constant Russian bombardments, Ukrainian flag flying over Azovstal

Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions and may struggle to replenish their stocks, says UK Defense Ministry

Sri Lanka: Protesters take over streets as country faces economic crisis

A French appeals court on Monday upheld a conviction against former right-wing prime minister Francois Fillon for providing a fake parliamentary assistant job to his wife that saw her paid hundreds of thousands of euros in public funds

G7 to phase out Russian oil, U.S. sanctions Gazprombank execs over Ukraine war

Sri Lanka: The protests unifying a nation where ethnic fault lines run deep

Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa scales Mount Everest for 26th time, beating own world record

UK YouTuber Benjamin Rich quizzed and fined at Russian space centre

U2's Bono gives 'freedom' concert in Kyiv metro

The United States on Friday “strongly” opposed Israel’s plans to build new settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after Israeli officials said they would approve 4,000 new housing units in the West Bank.

UN: Nearly 25 million tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine

Ukraine war: Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol

Putin to send warning to West by flying ‘doomsday’ plane overhead Victory Day parade

Russia-Ukraine crisis: UNSC drops ‘war’, ‘invasion’ from first statement, terms it a ‘dispute’

Putin to send 'doomsday' warning to West at Russia's WW2 victory parade

Russia denies warship strike by Ukraine as Makarov rumors swirl

Ukraine hopes to boost export capacity by 50% in coming months

Zelenskiy calls on German chancellor to visit Ukraine on May 9

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a massive explosion destroyed a hotel in Havana, Cuba

Ex-officer jailed after rough arrest of woman with dementia

Amazon is taking legal action against four companies it has accused of deliberately flooding its shopping platform with fake reviews

Ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year as violence against media soars

Elad attack: Three dead in central Israeli city

Zelensky: Russia uses Nazi propaganda, Hitler comments to justify war

Jealous Depp kicked me over Franco 'affair' - Heard

Russian soldiers in Ukraine rebel against their generals

Vladimir Putin faces dissent as Russian servicemen challenge illegal war order

COVID led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported - WHO

Fiji seizes Russian oligarch’s $300m yacht at US request | Russia-Ukraine war News

Bee industry losses could surpass $1B this year due to massive die-off, Niagara beekeeper says

Fake news spreads in Russia over the massive transfer of Finnish tanks to the “border with Russia”.

Russian's largest shipping group forced to sell up to one-third of its ships to repay loans ahead of a Western sanctions deadline report says

Ahmadreza Djalali: Sweden alarmed by Iran's reported plan to execute doctor

Hungary will veto EU oil ban proposal - minister

Russia Violates Finnish Airspace as Helsinki Mulls NATO - The Moscow Times

Hungary will veto EU sanctions against Russia

Contact with Mariupol's defenders at Azovstal plant lost - mayor

Ukraine says it is 'ready' if Belarus joins Russian war effort

Multiple Mysterious Explosions Reported in the Sky Over Russia

People can now get contact info cut from Google search results

Finland and Sweden ‘can count’ on Germany for protection and NATO membership support

Dutch and Swedish dockers refuse to unload a tanker carrying Russia diesel because of ' international solidarity ' over the Ukrainain invasion . union leader says

Ukraine will win war and 'be free', Boris Johnson tells Kyiv parliament

Russian operations center and three ammunition depots destroyed in southern Ukraine

Amazon will pay US staff travel expenses for abortions and other treatments

Ukraine war: Germany woos India with G7 invite in bid to isolate Russia

EU divided over how to step away from Russian energy

Video Appears to Show Russian Convoy With Stolen Ukrainian Equipment

In shift, Germany could back immediate EU ban on Russian oil

Zelenskyy confirms start of evacuation from Azovstal: first hundred people on their way to Zaporizhzhia

Surface temperature tops 60°C in parts of north India, satellite images show

More than 380 women have been killed in Mexico this year. Activists say a cultural change is needed.

Ambassador Melnyk: Ukraine suggests that Germany should pass lend-lease law as US did

US sharing more intelligence with Ukraine for fight in Donbas