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Argentina’s Senate has narrowly approved key state overhaul and tax bills proposed by the country’s president Javier Milei, delivering an initial legislative victory to the libertarian leader in his efforts to enact his promises of radical change. Senators voted 37…

Noah and Kristen Dweck have seen a number of black bears around their home in Vermont but this was a first: a bear relaxing on their hammock. Mr Dweck took a video on his phone of two young bears in…

Russian forces have launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people on Wednesday, a day before the leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine’s biggest backers were to discuss how to slow Moscow’s offensive. Ukrainian authorities…

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others have been indicted at a court in Bangladesh on charges in a two million dollar-plus (£1.57 million) embezzlement case. Yunus, 83, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit…

Malawi’s government has said vice president Saulos Chilima will be honoured with a state funeral after his death in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus Chakwera had already announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday,…

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than Britain’s King Charles, said he went without “lots of things” as a child, including Sky TV, when asked if he was in touch with the struggles of…

A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their roles in the fatal shooting of investigative reporter Peter R de Vries. The brazen attack in Amsterdam in 2021 sent a shockwave through the Netherlands. The shooter, getaway driver…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been offered additional private security by the UK Home Office after a milkshake and other objects have been thrown at him during campaigning for the British general election. A cup and another object were…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs in the balance.…

French singer-songwriter Francoise Hardy has died at the age of 80, her son has said. The musician was a fixture of pop culture in the 1960s and a muse to stars such as Bob Dylan and Sir Mick Jagger. She…