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How much is climate change to blame for heatwaves in South Asia?

Mariupol civilians leave besieged Azovstal steelworks

Indian director Rajamouli scores a global hit with new film RRR

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s family file $400m suit against gov’t

Sri Lanka hikes price of medicines 40% amid economic crisis

Palestinians slam Israeli rejection of appeal over Gaza killings

Exxon Mobil profits surge despite $3.4bn hit from Russia exit

Dexter Jackson: How it feels to be pardoned by the US president

Putin’s ‘middle finger’ to the UN sends clear message to the West

Tensions high on borders of Moscow-backed Transnistria region

Why is the world losing its forests?

Boom to gloom: Cathie Wood’s Ark headed for its worst-ever month

In worsening gang fighting in Haiti, 20 dead, thousands displaced

Happy meal? McDonald’s price hikes offset woes in Russia, China

Ukraine war: UN chief admits Security Council has failed

S Korean activist claims 1 milllion anti-North leaflets launched

Brazil probe violated ex-President Lula’s rights, UN panel finds

Trump appeals contempt ruling, $10,000-a-day fine

Bitcoin is now official currency in Central African Republic

Sarajevo court charges Bosniak ex-leaders with war crimes

US calls for weapons as Russia grinds Ukraine down

Vatican trial places Pope Francis, aides at centre of London deal

Melissa Lucio: First Texas execution of Hispanic woman stayed

US Supreme Court considers ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy dispute

Ros Atkins on… Finland, Nato and Russia

What will Twitter’s future look like under Elon Musk?

Why are Sudan's Janjaweed on the attack again in Darfur?

Champions League: Manchester City vs Real Madrid – Live

Cuba accuses US of trying to exclude it from regional summit

Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn

Russia claims it prevented ‘murder’ of pro-Kremlin journalist

Ukraine: Facing the Russian Army on the frontline in Donbas

Ukraine urges UN to mediate corridor from Mariupol’s Azovstal

US President Biden accepts Bennett invitation to visit Israel

France election: 'Many voted to build a barricade against the far-right', says Macron

Opposition liberals surge ahead in Slovenia election: Exit poll

Emmanuel Macron to be re-elected in French election: Projections

15 soldiers, 6 civilians killed in attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso

Explosion at Nigerian illegal oil refinery kills more than 100

Turkey closes airspace to Russian planes flying to Syria: FM

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events on day 59

Female artists dominate the Venice Biennale for first time

Are COVID-19 measures being lifted too soon?

Russia’s Sarmat and China’s YJ-21: What the missile tests mean

Hamas holds rally in Gaza over Israeli raids at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Somalia: At least six killed in Mogadishu attack near beach

US-Cuba tensions persist after high-level migration talks

Marjorie Taylor Greene: I did not call for violent capitol insurrection

Sri Lanka to receive World Bank aid as economic crisis deepens

US top court rules Puerto Rico not entitled to welfare programme

China’s Xi says talks, not sanctions, should resolve disputes

Florida adopts new US election map in likely boost to Republicans

Florida lawmakers vote to revoke Disney’s perks

Mariupol: Satellite images suggest mass graves dug near besieged city

‘All Salvadorans at risk’: Inside El Salvador’s gang crackdown

Timeline: Week eight of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Russia releases video of intercontinental ballistic missile launch

‘Massive obliteration’ if Russia fails to take Ukraine’s east

US begins training Ukrainians on howitzer artillery: Official

Ukraine war: Holocaust survivor aged 91 among Mariupol's civilian dead - reports

US, European allies pledge weapons for Kyiv amid Russian advance

UK’s Johnson apologises for COVID ‘Partygate’ scandal

Le Pen, Macron prepare for crunch French election duel

Russia says Ukraine war enters new ‘phase’

Ukraine war: Kyiv's allies pledge more weapons to help win war

‘Seismic waves’: IMF cuts global growth forecast over Russia war

Pakistan: Six sentenced to death for lynching Sri Lankan national

Egypt cuts TikTok influencer sentence to three years

Apple staff make bid for first union at a US store

US to train Ukrainians on howitzer artillery systems in next days

Kenya’s Jepchirchir, Chebet win Boston Marathon titles

Peru’s imprisoned ex-president Fujimori hospitalised – again

Palestinians mark prisoners’ day amid Jersualem tensions

Ukraine round-up: Ukraine defies Mariupol deadline as Kharkiv shelled

EU seeks recovery of funds from French candidate Le Pen: Report

Myanmar’s military government grants amnesty to 1,600 prisoners

Ukraine war: Mariupol defenders will fight to the end says PM

Mariupol ‘entirely’ taken, Russia says urging remnants’ surrender

UK's Rwanda refugee plan against nature of God, says archbishop

Russian oligarch’s super yacht arrives in Turkish waters

Man City apologises for fan chants during Hillsborough silence

Russian warship: Moskva crew 'shown for first time since sinking'

Clashes erupt in India’s New Delhi during Hindu procession

Rain continues to hit South Africa’s flood-ravaged east

‘Unity and strength’: Why Finland and Sweden will join NATO

Arizona man arrested after dogs, cats and snakes found in home freezer

Raid on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque raises fear of new conflict

Twitter board takes action to fight Musk bid

China holds military exercises as US legislators visit Taiwan

‘Inhumane’: UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda sparks criticism

US delegation heading to Panama next week to discuss migration

‘An execution’: Patrick Lyoya’s family demands justice

Couple found dead as wildfire destroys New Mexico homes

New York subway shooting suspect ordered to remain in jail

Pakistan military rejects Khan’s claim US conspired to remove him

Death toll from South Africa floods rises to 341

Court convicts ISIL ‘Beatles’ member over beheadings

Former Trump aide appears before US House probe of January 6 riot

New York subway attack suspect arrested, faces ‘terrorism’ charge

France’s Le Pen backs ‘rapprochement’ between NATO and Russia

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises in US

Police arrest suspect in New York subway shooting 'without incident'

Jersey freezes $7bn of assets connected to Roman Abramovich

Trudeau welcomes use of ‘genocide’ to describe Russian war effort

‘Food diplomacy’: EU plans to counter Russia in MENA, Balkans

Is Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif up for his new job?

El Salvador says 10,000 arrested in sweeping gang crackdown

Photos: Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn subway train, 16 injured

Pressure mounts on Berlin as Kyiv snubs German president

Saudi Arabia rekindles ties with cash-strapped Lebanon

Russia ‘repositioning’ in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region: US

Ukraine round-up: Austria pessimistic after Putin talks

Italy signs deal with Algeria to increase gas imports

Austrian chancellor tells Russia’s Putin to end Ukraine war

Jailed Egypt activist Abdel Fattah becomes UK citizen: Family

Russia-Ukraine live news: War to slash Ukraine’s GDP 45 percent

French election: Macron pledges to create united France

Journey to pinnacle of Pakistani politics ends in recrimination

Austrian chancellor to meet Putin in Moscow

M23 rebels announce withdrawal from eastern DR Congo villages

Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif submits nomination to become new PM

Macron to face Le Pen in French election runoff: Projections

Pakistan PM Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote

What will be the fallout from Pakistan’s political crisis?

Imran Khan ousted from power as he loses key vote

More than 7.7 million facing food crisis in South Sudan

Ukraine will rise again - PM Boris Johnson

Zelensky: 'We are defending the right to live'

‘An abomination’: World reacts to deadly Kramatorsk attack

First black woman on US Supreme Court: 'We've made it'

‘We have come a long way’: Justice-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson

Gretchen Whitmer: Partial verdict in Michigan governor kidnap case

Palm Sunday church attacks: Egypt’s ‘worst day of violence’

Israel: Two killed, several wounded in Tel Aviv shooting

Ketanji Brown Jackson: US Senate votes to confirm judge to top court

Major power outage forces Puerto Rico to shutter schools, offices

Shock result in particle experiment could spark physics revolution

Infographic: Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and political turmoil

Ed Sheeran hits out at culture of 'baseless' copyright claims after court victory

Can Iran and the US finalise their nuclear talks?

The spectre of tactical nuclear weapons use in Ukraine

Police will not be charged in ‘no-knock’ killing of Amir Locke

Ukraine: As Russia faces ‘genocide’ charge, experts urge caution

Alleged militia leader on trial at ICC’s first Darfur case

Cardi B wins order forcing YouTuber to remove defamatory videos

US, UK, Australia to cooperate on hypersonic weapons under pact

War in Ukraine: 'I saw a Russian soldier shoot my father dead in Bucha'

US Treasury blocks Russian bond payments, raising risk of default

Tech leads gains on Wall Street, powered by Twitter

Curious owl inspects TV weather station camera

Sacramento shooting: One arrest made after six shot dead

‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe: UN

Germany to expel dozens of Russian diplomats

Iranian women denounce violence in film industry

Can the dire economic crisis in Sri Lanka be solved?

Sri Lankan cabinet resigns en masse as crisis deepens

Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers resign as crisis protesters defy curfew

Islamophobia rises in France as presidential election nears

Sri Lanka: Tear gas and water cannon used in Kandy

Ukraine’s president accuses Russia of committing ‘genocide’

Almost 300 buried in mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv: Mayor

‘Who’s talking climate change now?’ energy producers say

Imran Khan: Support for Pakistan PM despite likely defeat

Brazil: Floods and landslides kill eight, 13 missing

War in Ukraine: Street in Bucha found strewn with dead bodies

What’s next for Qatar after the World Cup draw?

Dozens of Ukrainian cultural sites damaged in Russian invasion

Tunisia: Crisis deepens as opp’n leaders summoned for questioning

Spare parts: Russia war sanctions hurt Cuba’s Lada drivers

Yemen’s warring parties agree to two-month truce, UN says

World Cup draw: Qatar to take on Ecuador in tournament opener