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Djokovic ready for Wimbledon 'fireworks' as Putintseva eyes another scalp

Djokovic ready for Wimbledon 'fireworks' as Putintseva eyes another scalp

Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic has his sights set on reaching a seventh successive Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday.

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June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor

June hottest on record, beating 2023 high: EU climate monitor

Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves.

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Shadow campaign: Global influence op targets Qatar in wartime

Shadow campaign: Global influence op targets Qatar in wartime

Shady websites calling for a boycott of Qatar, a New York billboard targeting the Gulf state's rulers, and a Vietnamese outfit floating hundreds of slander-ridden Facebook ads -- all elements of a sprawling influence operation vilifying the country as it mediates between Israel and Hamas.

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'Rust' shooting looms over historic Western movie ranch's legacy

'Rust' shooting looms over historic Western movie ranch's legacy

Decades before Alec Baldwin and the "Rust" shooting, the dusty acres of Bonanza Creek Ranch helped put New Mexico on the map as a stunning, homespun location to film Westerns.

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Animal crossing: Highway bridge aims to save California's cougars

Animal crossing: Highway bridge aims to save California's cougars

Hollywood stars aren't the only celebrities who live in the hills around Los Angeles -- Southern California's mountain lions also make their homes there and are sometimes almost as famous.

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Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?

Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?

Western leaders are celebrating 75 years of NATO with an elephant in the room -- will Donald Trump, who could again be the US president within months, blow the alliance up?

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In Bukele's El Salvador, shrinking space for sexual diversity

In Bukele's El Salvador, shrinking space for sexual diversity

Hand in hand, Fiorella Turchkeim and Andrea Ordonez attend a makeshift mass for LGBTQ people in the garage of a house in El Salvador's capital.

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Tokyo governor Koike sweeps to third term

Tokyo governor Koike sweeps to third term

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike won a landslide victory to secure a third term, official election results showed Monday, in a rare triumph for a woman in Japan's male-dominated politics.

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South Korea Samsung workers start strike: union chief

South Korea Samsung workers start strike: union chief

Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three day general strike Monday, the head of a union representing tens of thousands of employees told AFP, after talks with management broke down.

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France seeks way out of political 'fog' after far right defeat

France seeks way out of political 'fog' after far right defeat

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority.

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