Rare sanctuary looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat

Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so.

Alternative shows counter Eurovision amid larger protest over Israel’s participation 

In an ornate Brussels concert hall, Bashar Murad, a Palestinian songwriter, stood before hundreds and delivered a mournful performance of Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It

Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and a minister quits

PM Keir Starmer, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham meet with school children at a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne U.K.

New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people

Residents flee their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in Port-au-Prince A new wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital forced hundreds to flee their

Group of top executives including Musk and Cook invited to join Trump on trip to China

Top executives from major U.S. tech, finance and industrial firms have been invited to join President Donald Trump on this week’s trip to China, according to a White

US and Iran are at an impasse ahead of Trump’s China trip

Downtown Tehran Iran and the United States reached an impasse again yesterday over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the

Asia braces for a second wave of energy shocks from the Iran war

Asia’s first defenses against energy shocks from the Iran war are running short and a more consequential second wave of impacts is beginning to hit. When

Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs 

An unstable ice block dangerously hanging over the key trail on Mount Everest, high travel costs and increased permit fees haven’t deterred hundreds of climbers from

Turner’s vision of news as global and continuous changed both the industry and society itself

Ted Turner is seen at his desk inside the CNN Center in 1982 When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, Beth Knobel, a future

Rubio arrives for audience with Pope Leo XIV to ease tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican yesterday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war

Two-time Macau GP winner declared unfit for NW200

Two-time winner of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix (2024 and 2025), Davey Todd has been declared unfit and ruled out of the North West 200

Norwegian police arrest a Chinese citizen on spying allegations

Authorities in Norway arrested a Chinese citizen on espionage allegations yesterday in connection with a purported effort to set up a receiver to collect sensitive satellite data, the

Hantavirus strain capable of human transmission found in cruise ship

An aerial view of the MV Hondius Dutch cruise ship anchored in the Atlantic off Cape Verde, Tuesday The cruise ship at the center of

Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage under tight security

Jewish pilgrims take part in a procession as they attend an annual pilgrimage at the Ghriba synagogue in the resort of Djerba The annual Jewish

Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million

Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company this week reached a $250 million settlement in

Yerevan hosts historic EU summit, charting course away from Russia

From left: Antonio Costa, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan Armenia

Suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship kills 3 people

A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened

A European lawmaker is sentenced in a fraud case involving Czech populist leader Andrej Babiš

A Czech court on Monday convicted a former associate of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of fraud and handed her a three-year suspended sentence and a fine.

Royal recruits boost volunteers as country builds up its military reservists

Members of the Dutch 10th Infantry Battalion Guard Security Corps National Reserve in Havelte Their faces daubed with camouflage, the troops emerge almost silently from

Downing Street vows to tackle antisemitism as police probe double stabbing attack

Members of the community watch as forensic officers search the area after two people were stabbed in London’s Golders Green neighbourhood The British government yesterday

Soaring oil prices ease and markets rise

Oil futures fell yesterday while Wall Street rose even as stalled U.S.-Iran talks raised doubts over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a

The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in seven years is to land in Caracas

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela is scheduled to land today in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, seven years after the U.S. Department

King Charles highlights US-UK bond during busy day of diplomacy

King Charles III toasts with President Trump during a State Dinner in the White House State Dinner King Charles III marked the 250th anniversary of

Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Escobar

Hippos wallow at a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles Park A long the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision.

Organized crime: Europol task force nets 280 arrests as ‘violence for hire’ spreads across Europe

An international task force formed to crack down on violence as a criminal service has led to 280 arrests in its first year, the European Union’s police

US energy blockade leaves Cuban farmers struggling to feed a nation

Farmworkers travel in an ox-drawn cart in Minas, Havana province Eduardo Obiols Sobredo struggles to feed Cubans young and old, a task even harder now

Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on a Swift concert in Vienna

The defendants hide their faces behind file folders on their way to the courtroom in the District Court in Wiener Neustadt A man accused of accused

Congo creates paramilitary mining guard backed by US, UAE

Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya (2025) Congo yesterday announced the creation of a paramilitary guard to secure its vast mining operations,

Gunmen attack orphanage in northern Nigeria and abduct 23 pupils

Gunmen raided an orphanage in north-central Nigeria and abducted 23 pupils, authorities said yesterday. Fifteen have since been rescued. The attack took place in an “isolated area”

EU considers helping with Mideast energy infrastructure to bypass conflict zones 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks with the Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday A  painful fuel

Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump unharmed

Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, in Washington (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White

Analysis Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl

The Chernobyl nuclear plant is seen in an aerial view, showing the damage from an explosion and fire on April 26, 1986, that sent a radioactive plume over Europe

The Gates Foundation is reviewing its Epstein ties

The Gates Foundation is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the organization confirmed yesterday , as chairman Bill Gates faces mounting scrutiny

Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks, condemns capital punishment

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate the Holy mass at the Malabo stadium, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa

Israeli defense minister says Israel is ready to resume war with Iran

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said Thursday that Israel is prepared to resume war with Iran and is awaiting a “green light” from the United States, according to

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