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Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay

The Wagner fighter had been celebrating his homecoming in a village in the Irkutsk region when he was shot and killed by an acquaintance.

North Korea is poised to deploy additional IT workers abroad to sustain its cybercrime activities, which fund its notorious weapons program.

Ukraine claimed the company's managers "are not concerned about the fact that by paying substantial taxes to the state budget of Russia, the company contributes to the supply of the aggressor's army."

Belarus and Russia on Thursday signed an agreement that outlines procedures for storing Moscow's nuclear weapons in the country.

Japan will place additional sanctions on Russia after the Group of Seven (G7) summit the country hosted last week agreed to step up measures to punish Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday.

Djokovic eyes history at French Open as Swiatek launches title defence

At 100, Kissinger basks in US praise with no accountability

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner slammed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, saying that the program agreed to with the multinational lender is holding back the country's economy.

More than 13,000 people were denied a vote in English local elections this month because of the government's new identification law, with those in poorer areas most impacted, according to a Reuters survey of local authorities.

From Yale to jail: Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers 'general'

Russia signaled on Thursday that if demands to improve its grain and fertilizer exports are not met then it will not extend beyond July 17 a deal allowing the safe wartime export of the same products from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports.

The U.S. on Thursday said Russian mercenary force Wagner Group may be working through Mali and other countries to hide its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and accused it of supplying a Sudanese paramilitary with surface-to-air missiles.

Only half of Germans believe the ruling government coalition will hold until the end of its legislative period, a survey showed on Thursday, as arguments among the three parties over climate policy and budget intensify and voter support withers.

Sudan's warring parties trade blame over truce breach

The United States has long asked Ukraine not to use U.S.-provided military equipment to carry out attacks inside Russian territory, the top U.S.

US debt crisis: Biden vows 'no default'

Militia leader gets 18 years in prison over US Capitol attack

Zurich city limits: Tina Turner's quiet life on the lakeside

As 'Blue Helmets' turn 75, chief laments UN divisions

France charges five military personnel over 2021 Channel migrant boat tragedy

Three killed, including two police, in Japan gun and knife attack

As the water lapped against ruined appliances in Ihor Medunov's kitchen, he recalled the dozens of birthdays he has marked in his Ukrainian riverside village, most of which is under several feet of water.

US lawmakers head home as catastrophic default looms

When Eric Gaillard first went to photograph the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, it was a smaller, more intimate affair - the kind of place where you could see the greats from Hollywood's Golden Age like Lauren Bacall or Ava Gardner wandering alone on the esplanade or having fun on the beach without bodyguards.

As rains failed, Tunisian farmers watched their crops wither this spring, harvesting early to salvage some as animal feed and piling costs on a state struggling to afford wheat imports with bakeries running out of bread.

A group of Chinese hackers who recently triggered a multi-nation alert have been conducting a cyberespionage campaign against military and government targets in the United States, researchers said on Thursday.

Japan central bank chief admits 'big gap' on women officials

Egyptian women facing jail for falling into debt face social stigma, and if they have been freed from prison struggle to rebuild their lives, NGO workers say, despite support from civil society groups and some state help in securing early releases.