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Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons

Russian occupiers in Luhansk Oblast limit numbers at funeral processions and insist that mobilised soldiers be cremated

Wastewater study finds 18 new psychoactive drugs: A testing program shows a string of new psychoactive substances in widespread use across the globe. Scientists believe criminals are developing substances slightly altered from illegal drugs to stay ahead of the law

Khartoum branch of Sudan Central Bank in flames

Cuba cancels May Day parade because of fuel shortages

Tasmanian neo-Nazi group’s disturbing acts exposed: Activists have uncovered a series of alarming stunts carried out by members of the Tasmanian cell of a disturbing far-right hate group

Exxon scrambles to save investments before Colombia bans fracking

Turkey's President Erdogan back on campaign trail after illness

Tokyo plan likened to putting 'skyscrapers' in Central Park

Russia promises ‘harsh’ response after Poland seizes Warsaw building

Scientists in India protest move to drop Darwinian evolution from textbooks | Science

Sudan fighting: No talks until bombing stops, Hemedti tells BBC

'Death zone' queues feared on Everest as Nepal grants record climbing permits

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, the first after a dearth of such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro

Jack Teixeira: How are US security clearances handled?

Zelensky to Yle: War in Ukraine cannot end like WWII did for Finland

Father challenges BP at meeting after son's death

Hugh Grant claims the Sun burgled his flat to obtain private information

Sudan crisis: Ceasefire extended but fighting continues

Russian court demands Finland reopen Allegro train line

Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, U.S. Navy says

Czechs put Russian Patriarch Kirill on sanctions list over Ukraine

Navalny denounces 'absurd' trial, as new charges emerge: Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said that he was facing extremism allegations in a new court hearing — charges that could land him up to 35 years in prison

Nazi camp guard Josef Schütz dies at 102

Mayor Marries 16-year-old Teen and Promotes Mother-in-Law to Secretary of Culture - Brazil

Trinity College to rename Berkeley Library over slavery links

Home Secretary Suella Braverman claims people arriving in the UK on small boats have 'values at odds with our country'

For the first time, scientists detect seismic waves rippling through Mars' core

Kenya starvation cult explained in 60 seconds

Older Americans weigh in on President Joe Biden's age

Human Rights Watch report: Iran’s security forces repressing widespread protests have unlawfully killed, tortured, sexually assaulted, and disappeared children as part of a pattern of serious violations

Bank of England economist says people need to accept they are poorer

EU agrees to deploy Moldova mission to counter foreign interference

China releases map of Mars that names geographical features

Beijing says don’t ‘hype up the so-called China threat narrative’ after Australian criticism

UN chief criticizes Russia at UN meeting chaired by Lavrov

China Says Chatbots Must Toe the Party Line

Sudan crisis: UK citizens 'abandoned' as evacuations fail to materialise

Iranian Woman Dies After Fight Over Forced Hijab Rules

Netherlands opens embassy in Moldova in response to war in Ukraine

European Union’s collusion with fishing lobbies is damaging the Indian Ocean tuna, say critics

Anti-Kremlin protesters staged a rally in Paris on Sunday, urging the EU to slap sanctions on the socialite wife of the Russian deputy defense minister, who they accuse of bypassing sanctions

Russia outraged by US denying visas to Russian journalists: “We will not forget, we will not forgive”

Paris, Kyiv, Baltic states dismayed after China envoy questions Ukraine sovereignty

Zelenskiy bans Russian placenames to reinforce Ukraine’s national identity

Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in southern France to denounce plans to build a new highway they say will pollute, add to global warming and threaten biodiversity.

Japan prepared to shoot down North Korean spy satellite rocket if necessary, minister says | CNN

Hit TV drama sparks calls for reform of Egypt’s oppressive guardianship law

Afghanistan has become a terrorism staging ground again, leak reveals

Zelensky imposes sanctions against 40 individuals, 382 legal entities

Alejandro Toledo: Peru ex-president to be extradited from US

Royal Navy task group heads for the Baltic for Sweden's largest military drills in more than 25 years

Russian army launches campaign encouraging men to join

Millions of Iranian Schoolgirls at Risk of “Deliberate” Poisoning, Group Warns

NATO General Secretary on Ukraine's counter offensive: Ukrainian army will liberate even more territories

Uganda’s president has rejected a horrific new anti-gay bill as he thinks it's not extreme enough.

Villa Aurora: US 'princess' evicted from Rome villa with Caravaggio mural

NATO stands with you, Ukraine will prevail - Stoltenberg

U.S. preparing to position troops in case of Sudan embassy evacuation

SpaceX Starship: What happened during Elon Musk's rocket launch

Military intelligence: Russia moving to strategic defense after "failed" offensive

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival in next month's election has confronted a Turkish political taboo by speaking out about being an Alevi -- a group targeted by decades of discrimination and violent attacks

‘Patriots for Patriots’: American-Made Missile System Arrives in Ukraine

Germany Moves To Ban Most Oil And Gas Heating Systems From 2024

Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists

Russia Is Importing Western Weapons Technology, Bypassing Sanctions

Russia warns South Korea against arming Ukraine in ‘unfriendly stance’, threatens retaliation involving North Korea

Pakistan: Lorries crushed and buried in deadly landslide

Despite their 2015 pledge to limit global warming by slashing carbon emissions, big countries' commitments so far still fall short of meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement, monitors say

Secret Service nabs toddler who squeezed through White House fence

Poland strengthens security measures along border with Russian exclave Kaliningrad

Japan's population drops by half a million in 2022 | CNN

Ukrainian troops say Western military officers have been FaceTiming with them to teach them how to use weapons coming without instructions

Alabama shooting: 3 teenagers and a 23-year-old among victims

Shot 5-year-old girl in head: Prisoners from Wagner confess to killing children in Bakhmut and Soledar

FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese 'police stations' in New York

Italian police scoop up 2 tons of cocaine bobbing in sea

Former Indian lawmaker killed live on TV while in police custody | CNN

Thousands Turn Out for Anti-Government Protest in Prague

India could buy Russian crude past cap if Opec+ cuts boost costs: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sudan: Fighter jets, gunfire and explosions shock Khartoum

France seeks to reassure Taiwan over Macron’s controversial remarks

Israeli protests of legal overhaul show no signs of slowing

Boy’s Suicide in Poland Spurs Backlash Against State Media Tactics

Ban on homegrown cannabis plants in Quebec upheld in unanimous Supreme Court ruling

Deadly Russian Missile Strikes Rock Ukrainian City, Leaving 8 Dead

Reports of gas attacks on Iranian schools resume as students vow to continue education

Collaborator sentenced to 11 years in prison for aiding Russian military

Sudan: At least three civilians reportedly killed as heavy fighting sparks fears of 'all-out civil war'

France ready to provide €2 billion in financial assistance to Ukraine

Why alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira had top secret access aged 21

Ukrainians said to pull back in Bakhmut as Moscow launches new push

Finnish embassy in Moscow receives letter containing unknown powder

Kenya chess: Male player dons disguise to compete as woman

Germany calls on China to avoid 'horror' in Taiwan Strait | German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned China against using force in Taiwan and discussed Ukraine during strategic talks in Beijing. China warned against interference in matters concerning Taiwan.

18,000 cows killed in Texas dairy farm explosion

Ukraine places Xiaomi on list of international sponsors of war

Joe Biden in Ireland: President says 'I'm at home'

Russian mine exploded near Ukraine nuclear plant, operator says

US adds Swiss ‘facilitators’ and firms to Russian sanctions list

Jack Teixeira: Leader of online group behind US military document leaks is national guardsman

Polish media claims France is blocking EU decision on financing ammunition supplies to Ukraine

Macron praised in China for 'brilliant' Taiwan comments

Kenya-UK defence deal: MPs amend rule over prosecuting UK troops

Germany says China fanning flames with Taiwan maneuvers | Germany has accused China of ratcheting up tensions with its recent military drills around Taiwan. Berlin's comments came immediately ahead of a top-level diplomatic visit to Beijing.

Pentagon leaks: US thinks UN head Guterres too accommodating to Moscow, files suggest