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MENA temperatures rising twice as fast as global average: WMO

GENEVA: The Middle East and North Africa recorded their hottest year on record in 2024, with temperatures rising at twice the global average of recent decades, the UN weather agency said in a report.Heatwaves in the...

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Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse

The picture shows Bietschhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed. — AFP

Russia awaits Ukraine's response to proposed Istanbul talks

Ukrainian servicemen fire a mortar towards Russian troops at a frontline, in Donetsk region. — Reuters

UK PM Starmer warns Farage's 'fantasy' fiscal plans

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference, in London. — Reuters

Kremlin rebuffs Zelensky's call for meeting with Trump, Putin

Locals pay their last respects to children who were killed in Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine. — Reuters

EU proposes Black Sea maritime security hub

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas gives a press conference, in Brussels. — Reuters

Macron gives students a lesson in 'impulsive' superpowers

France's President Emmanuel Macron is greeted by flag waving students during a visit to the University of Science and Technology in Hanoi on Tuesday. — AFP

Russia pummels Ukraine in fresh night of strikes

Emergency workers extinguish fire of a private house that was destroyed in a Russian rocket strike, in Markhalivka, Kyiv. — Reuters

Fire cuts power to 45,000 in Riviera, sabotage suspected

A municipal police officer directs traffic after a power outage struck Southwestern France. — AFP

Cannes hit by power sabotage as film festival draws to a close

A dog named Thais sits on the desk with a Palme d'Or symbol before a photocall at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 24, 2025. REUTERS/Manon Cruz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Pope takes message of dialogue, unity to the Curia

Pope Leo XIV gets on the popemobile, at St Peter's Square in The Vatican. — AFP

Russia strikes Ukraine as more POWs exchanged

A local resident looks out of the window of his flat in a multistorey residential building, in Kyiv. — AFP

Power pylon vandalised in France's Cannes

Pedestrians cross a street as traffic lights no longer function

Russia and Ukraine begin biggest ever prisoner swap

Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are seen after a swap, at an unknown location in Ukraine. — Reuters

Merz vows to defend allies on Lithuania visit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (2nd L) and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda hold a joint press conference after talks in Vilnius. — AFP

Serbia needs 'real reforms' for EU accession: Kallas

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas answers journalists questions, in Brussels. — AFP
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