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China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for...

France has seen 301 drownings since 19 June, a government minister has said, linking the sharp rise in deaths compared to last year to the prolonged heatwaves.Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari told France Inter radio the number of...

Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha has broken the men's half marathon world record, winning a World Athletics road race in Buenos Aires on Sunday in 56 minutes 51 seconds.The 29-year-old previously held the record with a time of 57:30, set in...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed a roadmap for peace talks.In a joint statement after five days of talks in Switzerland, they said they had pledged to "pursue negotiations towards comprehensive...

The governor of a Mexican state who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges abruptly stepped down from his role, one day after returning to office.Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha Moya said in...

More than 50 co-ordinated arson and incendiary attacks "aimed at creating unrest" have been carried out across Thailand's insurgency-hit south, the Thai military has said.Two people were injured, with a local government office building, a convenience store, and a...

The second edition of the World Humanoid Games kicked off in China on Saturday.The competition will run for five days and has already included a robot running faster than Usain Bolt's 100m sprint world record.Elsewhere at the event in...

Fedorov criticised bureaucracy in the UK and other countries supporting Ukraine for delays in supplying weapons.The UK is a longstanding supporter of Ukraine, spending £16bn supplying weapons since the war began. It was confirmed last week that British-made drones...

A humanoid robot has beaten Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China on Saturday.The robot, made by Beijing-based X-Humanoid, was able to run the 109 yards in 9.39...