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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most number of seats in the country’s national election after his political party failed to win a majority on…

An explosion at a chain home improvement store in north-eastern Romania has injured at least 13 people, four seriously, authorities said. A mobile intensive care unit was dispatched to the scene in the town of Botosani, in Suceava county, emergency…

Paris Olympics organisers have unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. The rings, made of recycled French steel, will be…

Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, the city’s judiciary said, deepening worries over the city’s rule of law under Beijing-imposed national security measures. The judiciary said that Jonathan Sumption and Lawrence Collins, who both serve as…

A woman claiming to have inspired Richard Gadd’s hit TV series Baby Reindeer is seeking at least $170 million (€156 million) in a lawsuit filed against Netflix. Fiona Harvey has accused the streaming platform of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional…

Poland’s military says a soldier who was stabbed last month from behind a barrier at the border with Belarus has died. It said earlier the soldier was stabbed in the chest by a migrant who reached through the bars of…

A New York architect previously accused of killing four women and leaving their corpses scattered along a coastal highway has been charged over the deaths of two more women. Rex Heuermann, 60, is to appear before a judge to face…

Spain is to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister has announced. It is the first European country to take the step after South Africa filed…

SpaceX’s Starship has blasted off from Texas on a fourth test flight for the rocket that Nasa and Elon Musk are counting on to get humanity to the moon and Mars. The world’s largest and most powerful rocket — almost…

French President Emmanuel Macron has awarded 11 US veterans with the Legion of Honour, France’s highest distinction, during commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. “You came here because the free world needed each and every one of you, and…