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The first ever bottle deposit return scheme in southern Europe is helping the environment - and funding kids' bucket list trips.
In a scathing interview, French great Michel Platini accuses Infantino of always loving 'money and power'.
Han Hak-ja has been convicted on bribery charges after giving the former first lady several luxury gifts. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Nepal on Monday began mass burials for the hundreds of people killed in catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border last week, as authorities announced the death toll had climbed past 900 people. Officials in Nepal and neighbouring China are still searching for more than 4,000 missing people, including…
Declan Rice continues to star for Arsenal, who may add Julian Alvarez to ranks, but hosts Villa are sore from sales.
Novak Djokovic's pursuit of a 25th Grand Slam ends in a five-set defeat to unseeded Argentinian player Mariano Navone.
Arizona's Grand Canyon received rainfall of up to 1 inch triggering a flash flood which forced more than 60 people to evacuate. At least one person has died, with over a dozen missing.
Coral reefs make up just 1 percent of ocean coverage, but host a quarter of all life in the sea.
Popular tourist spots, including the Bright Angel Campground, the North Kaibab Trail and Phantom Ranch, home to a historic canteen and dormitories, remained closed on Sunday.
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Temporary burials of hundreds of the catastrophic flood victims have caused public outrage in parts of the country who accused authorities of not following Hindu burial rites and mismanaging the situation.
Survivors in Nepal’s Nuwakot district are digging through mud and debris for belongings left behind by flash floods.
The organisation is not officially anti-West, but Russian and Chinese leaders have used it to amplify their worldview.
Oil prices climbed on Monday morning as tensions flared once again in the Middle East and as investors weighed a potential US rate hike.
Besides a social media post from US President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “the biggest oil deal in world history” in Venezuela.
The name change even made its way to some government websites in Canada which pull map data from Google Maps. Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford made his position clear by erecting a billboard on the shore of the lake.
The US attacks on Iran are the first in around a month as the Trump administration had shifted its war objective to inflict maximum economic pain on Tehran. Washington says the strikes were aimed at preventing Iranian forces from disrupting global shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Hundreds gathered for a Zohran Mamdani lookalike contest in New York, with nine contestants vying for votes.
Footage shows Israeli military vehicles and personnel deployed across Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.
The US has launched its first strikes on Iran in a month, hitting sites on Larak Island. Iran hit back targeting bases h
Russia views NATO’s growing activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. NATO launched its Arctic Sentry mission in February to strengthen its presence in the region amid tensions with Moscow and US President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.
Failed uprising in Niamey exposed tensions in Niger’s military, and the role of the Africa Corps in suppressing unrest.
Near 50C temperatures are driving record electricity demand, disrupting water supplies and straining health services.
Washington has recently stepped up efforts to economically pressure Tehran amid the deadlocked truce talks.