Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest amid Gaza protests
Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers' top-three to win the competition.
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At Cannes, Indian Filmmakers Show There Is More Than Just Bollywood
For the first time in 30 years at the Cannes Film Festival, an Indian film will compete for the Palme d’Or in the main competition, alongside new movies from Francis Ford Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos and Andrea Arnold.
How American carmakers lost ground in China
American automakers and their non-Chinese counterparts are fighting an existential battle, as local rivals in China outpace them.
More than 150 killed in Afghanistan flash floods, government says
Thousands of houses have been destroyed or damaged in the worst-hit northern province of Baghlan.
Flash floods kill hundreds and injure many others in Afghanistan, Taliban says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of people and injured a “substantial number,” a Taliban official said Saturday, without giving exact figures.
Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed at least 50 people on Friday, a Taliban official said.
Aukus expansion: Japan, South Korea want in on Pillar 2 – but trust is still a sticking point
His country’s “differentiated science and technology capabilities will contribute to peace and stability”, Shin said.
U.S. energy secretary to visit Saudi Arabia, UAE next week, officials say
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week to work on "climate co-operation" and other issues, two Biden administration officials told Reuters on Friday.