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Trump helps enflame anti-LGBTQ feeling from Hungary to Romania

Hungarian Nikoletta Bogadi's life was turned upside down when one of her four children came out as gay and another one as transgender.

Trump tariffs torch chances of meeting with China's Xi

With his storm of tariffs on Chinese goods, US President Donald Trump has torched ties with Beijing and likely wrecked any hope of meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping in the near term, analysts say.

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UN nuclear chief to view soil removed from Fukushima

The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, 15 wounded

A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash landed Monday at the Toronto airport, officials said, flipping upside down and leaving at least 15 people injured but causing no fatalities.

Shakira resumes world tour after Lima hospital stay

Colombian pop star Shakira said her concert in Peru Monday will go ahead a day after she called off another performance because of a sudden hospitalization.

Mexico says to sue Google if it insists on using 'Gulf of America'

Mexico will take Google to court if it insists on changing the Gulf of Mexico's name to "Gulf of America" for Maps users in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday.

European markets rise ahead of Ukraine war talks

European markets rose on Monday as defence stocks surged ahead of a meeting between European leaders to address Washington's shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine.

Stock markets start week on mixed note

Markets fluctuated on Monday as investors assessed the global economic outlook while US President Donald Trump pushes ahead with his trade war.

S. Korea says DeepSeek removed from local app stores pending privacy review

South Korean authorities said Monday that DeepSeek would not be available from local app stores pending a review of the Chinese AI startup's handling of user data.

Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar

Armed with a slingshot, Taiwanese bounty hunter Wu Cheng-hua bends sideways and aims his lethal weapon up at a green iguana, one of tens of thousands in the crosshairs of a government cull.

Japan 2024 growth slows despite stronger fourth quarter

Japan's economic growth slowed sharply last year, official data showed Monday, although the rate for the fourth quarter topped expectations.

Most Asian markets start week on positive note

Asian markets mostly rose Monday as investors assessed the global economic outlook while Donald Trump pushes ahead with his trade war.

New 'Captain America' crushes competition in N.American theaters

Marvel and Disney's new superhero film "Captain America: Brave New World" easily dominated the North American box office this weekend, earning an estimated $100 million in the biggest opening of the year, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

Claudel bronze sculpture goes for $3 mn at France auction

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin was auctioned off in France Sunday for more than $3 million.

Bilbao v Espanyol match halted early after racist chanting

Athletic Bilbao missed out on the chance to close the gap on the top two in La Liga as they were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Espanyol on Sunday in a match that was temporarily stopped because of racist chanting.

Cryptocurrency promoted by Argentina's Milei crashes

Argentina's President Javier Milei admitted making a mistake on Saturday after promoting a cryptocurrency whose value soared and then crashed, with his office announcing an "urgent investigation".

Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

A flood of presidential trade policy announcements has kept US automakers on edge since Donald Trump returned to the White House last month.

LIV Golf to stay in Adelaide till 2031 with Norman designing new course

LIV Golf on Sunday extended its agreement with Adelaide until 2031, with new chief executive Scott O'Neil calling the Australian tournament "the embodiment" of everything the Saudi-backed league represents.

Late trains, old bridges, no signal: Germany's infrastructure woes

Running late and vastly over budget, a mammoth rail project stands as a monument to what critics say is Germany's glaring failure to tackle long-standing infrastructure woes.

Trump tariffs loom large in South Korea's 'steel city'

Smoke billows from chimneys as factories churn in South Korea's steelmaking heartland, now under threat from Washington's swingeing new tariffs on the port city's largest export.

Jessica Chastain tackles US-Mexico politics in new film 'Dreams'

Academy Award-winning US actor Jessica Chastain on Saturday said her latest movie, about a Mexican ballet dancer who longs to move to the US, was "undeniably political" as it premiered at the Berlin film festival.

France PM vows to help probe boarding school paedophilia allegations

France's prime minister Saturday vowed to help investigate allegations of decades of sexual abuse at a Catholic school, after the left accused him of lying to parliament earlier this week when he said he was unaware of the case.

Spanish tourist hotspot Malaga to ban horse-drawn carriages

A pair of tourists admire the shimmering Mediterranean from their horse-drawn carriage on the seaside promenade in Spain's southern port of Malaga -- a postcard image whose days are numbered.

OpenAI board rejects Elon Musk-led buyout offer

OpenAI's board chairman on Friday said it has unanimously rejected an Elon Musk-led offer to buy the hot artificial intelligence company for $97.4 billion.

Protests in NY as 'transgender' and 'queer' scrubbed from rights website

The National Park Service has scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the website of a monument to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a foundational moment in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, igniting protests in New York City on Friday.

Ukranians mark Valentine's Day with tears

All Natalia has for Valentine's Day is the grave of her husband, Vassyl, a Ukrainian soldier killed at the front and now buried in the western city of Lviv.

M23 fighters, Rwandan troops enter DR Congo's Bukavu: Sources

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said.

Fears of attack mount in Bukavu as M23 seize key airport

M23 fighters on Friday pushed on towards another regional capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting shops and businesses to close and frightened civilians to flee, as African leaders urged an immediate ceasefire in the escalating conflict.

'New sheriff in town': Vance lambasts Europe in Munich speech

US Vice President JD Vance launched a withering attack Friday against European policies on immigration, populist parties and free speech, echoing President Donald Trump whom he called Washington's "new sheriff in town".

US retail sales battered by severe weather in January

US retail sales plunged by the most in almost two years in January -- a bigger drop than forecast and one that follows an unexpected uptick in inflation that President Donald Trump has vowed to tame.

Vance, Germany lock horns over far right

US Vice-President JD Vance Friday urged Germany's mainstream political parties to drop resistance to cooperating with the far right, hours after Berlin rejected American "meddling" ahead of its election.

'New sheriff in town', Vance tells Europe

US Vice President JD Vance launched a withering attack Friday against European policies on immigration, populist parties and free speech, echoing the views of President Donald Trump, whom he called Washington's "new sheriff in town".

US retail sales see biggest drop in nearly two years on harsh weather

US retail sales plunged by the most in almost two years last month as cold weather hit the country alongside wildfires in California, data showed Friday, reflecting broad declines while President Donald Trump returned to office.

Global stocks buffeted by tariff threats and data

Stock markets diverged and the dollar dipped Friday as traders tracked US President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement, economic data and earnings.

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