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Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:39:14 GMTMuch-needed rains revive Iraq's fabled Mesopotamian Marshes
Running through almost the entire Huwaizah Marshes, the returning water is dotted with patches of greenery, with buffaloes soaking in it or wandering slowly nearby, grazing on the lush grass.
Overhead, birds of many kinds flutter, their movements m...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:35:18 GMTFrench teen in straw licking case allowed to leave Singapore
The 18-year-old is accused of posting to social media a video of himself putting the straw he licked back into the dispenser on an orange juice vending machine.
Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien's clip went viral and triggered a backlash that led to ...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:57:12 GMTEU chief says Kremlin imposing 'digital Iron Curtain' on Russians
"With inflation increasing and interest rates skyrocketing, the consequences of Russia's war of choice are also being paid for out of Russian people's pockets," European Commission head von der Leyen told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg.
"So much so tha...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:53:09 GMTSouth Korean court hikes ex-president's sentence for obstructing justice
A lower court had handed Yoon the initial sentence in January after he was found to have used presidential security agents to block his own arrest.
Both Yoon and the prosecution lodged appeals -- he argued that the arrest warrants against him were ...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:51:11 GMTAdidas reports higher profits but warns of 'volatile' climate
The maker of Gazelle and Samba trainers said net profit attributable to shareholders came in at 482 million euros ($564 million) between January and March, up 13 percent from a year earlier.
Investors focused on the higher profit, and Adidas shares...
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:18:12 GMTKing Charles to stress UK-US cultural, trade ties in New York
It is the third day of a four-day state visit, clouded by tensions over the Iran war, that began in Washington with President Donald Trump warmly greeting the monarch and his wife Queen Camilla.
The New York leg will first see the royals take part ...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:08:13 GMTUS judge orders Purdue Pharma to pay billions ahead of bankruptcy
The criminal sentencing caps off years of legal battles and paves the way for Purdue and its former owners, the Sackler family, to pay more than $8 billion as part of a settlement.
Between 1999 and 2023, around 806,000 people died from opioid overd...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:38:14 GMT'Jurassic Park' star Sam Neill says cancer-free after gene therapy
The New Zealander, who starred as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park", revealed in a 2023 memoir he was "possibly dying" with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Neill, 78, said in a weekend interview he had lived with the blood can...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:32:22 GMTStarvation and drowning on the deadly Horn of Africa migrant route
Their faces drawn, their bodies emaciated, some had not eaten in days. A few withered acacia trees offer the only occasional shade in Djibouti's April "winter", when temperatures still hit 35C.
Jemal Ibrahim Hassan hoped to find work in one of the ...
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:38:13 GMTHungary's Magyar to push post-Orban EU reset on Brussels visit
While Orban often used trips to the city to showcase his opposition to the European Union, Magyar is looking to kickstart a new dawn of cooperation with Brussels that could start by unlocking billions of euros for Budapest.
Euphoric EU leaders fete...
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