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At a victory press conference, prior to her announcement as prime minister, El Mansouri was asked whether the state would need to make changes to accommodate her in Muslim religious ceremonies attended by the king, including Friday and Eid...

The chief executive of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down after a backlash over female staff being replaced by male colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group.Patrick Branco Ruivo, who has been director...

Christian Ehrhardt, who negotiated the administration’s controversial “third country” agreements, is the White House pick for ambassador to Cameroon. Source link

Hurricane Polo made landfall in Baja California overnight and is expected to make a second landfall on the mainland of Mexico on Tuesday.Polo slammed the Baja California Peninsula near Las Barrancas as a Category 2 hurricane, packing dangerous winds...

US President Donald Trump has ruled out any sort of joint venture with China in artificial intelligence (AI), arguing it would be tantamount to "giving away secrets" to America's main economic rival. Speaking at an event in Washington on...

Dutch police have arrested a suspected member of the ShinyHunters cyber-crime group that claimed to have stolen sensitive information on all FBI bureau staff - around 38,000 people.After the alleged attack last week, the group claimed to have every...

A Nigerian dancer has completed a 168-hour dance marathon in Lagos in a bid to set a new world record.Benjamin Daniel, known as "Ben Dancer", aimed to dance for seven days to break the Guinness World Records title for...

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has told the BBC's Today programme about the 16 months when he was detained in Russia. In his first UK broadcast interview, the Wall Street Journal correspondent said he realised he had been "lured into...

Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez reports on elevated airfares as industry analysts warn travelers could be stuck paying higher fares for months, even if fuel prices fall. Source link

The Malaysian government has started repatriating around 5,000 asylum seekers from Myanmar, under a controversial deal agreed with Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing.Three ships from the Myanmar navy departed from Malaysia on Tuesday carrying the first 1,476 returnees.Human...