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Iraq marked its longest post-election deadlock on Wednesday as infighting among Shi'ite and Kurdish groups in particular prevents the formation of a government.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg threw out an appeal from state-owned RT France against a broadcast ban.

Turkey on Wednesday formally opened a joint coordination centre for Ukrainian grain exports under a UN-backed deal.

France is on track to experience its driest July on record, the national weather service said Wednesday.

Indonesia on Wednesday launched road tests for two types of biodiesel containing 40% palm oil.

Piles of discarded unwanted clothes have been washing up on the beaches of Accra, creating an environmental catastrophe.

Tunisians began voting Monday on a constitution seen as a referendum on President Kais Saied.

Vanilla Vida could prove to a be lucrative venture, producing what has become the world's most precious spice after saffron.

Every summer, great whites move up the Atlantic coast of the United States, toward New England, their number peaking between August and October.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday holds a meeting of ministers aimed at dealing with a growing number of issues shadowing preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics almost two years to the day before the sporting extravaganza opens in the French capital.

Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners, state media said Monday, in the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics arrived the previous day in Edmonton for a six-day visit.

Vietnam's hand-made rubber sandals, the famously rugged footwear of the Viet Cong, have travelled vast distances over the decades.

An unmarried woman in China has lost a court challenge seeking to freeze her eggs, highlighting concerns about a lack of technology options for Chinese people who consider delaying parenthood.

The number of Australians admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 hit a record of about 5,450 on Monday, official data showed, as the spread of highly contagious new Omicron sub-variants strains the healthcare system nationwide.

Two people were shot dead and five others wounded by gunfire at Los Angeles park on Sunday after shooting broke out at an informal car show in the community of San Pedro, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed village on Fiji's Coral Coast within a few years.

The centuries-old mines stirring Japan-South Korea tensions

China swelters under record heat

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that there were early signs that new COVID-19 cases were falling, even as hospitalisations jumped to their highest level since March.

Droupadi Murmu sworn in as India's first tribal president

A 26-year-old pregnant woman managed to deliver her baby minutes before she died after being mowed by a truck in the Firozabad city of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Aerospace has turned the page on an unprecedented pandemic demand shock with dozens new orders at its largest air show in three years - only to face mounting worries over supply chains and reminders that its future hinges on decarbonisation.

A man climbed on stage and tried to stab U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin on Thursday as he gave a speech in his run for New York governor, the candidate and authorities said.

Five months on, anger and despair prevail in Donbas

Europe's thirst for oil and gas to replace sanctioned Russian supply is reviving interest in African energy projects that were shunned due to costs and climate change concerns, industry executives and African officials said.

Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp

Urban traffic congestion eased in the weeks after Germany made public transport almost free, data show, suggesting an experiment by Europe's largest economy to combat its addiction to cars may be having some success.

Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.