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Olympic champion Axelsen out of Indonesia Open with ankle injury

Olympic champion Axelsen out of Indonesia Open with ankle injury

Olympic men's badminton champion Viktor Axelsen pulled out of this week's Indonesia Open with an ankle injury, weeks before he defends his title at the Paris Games.

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'Enemy within': Trump rhetoric rings alarm bells

'Enemy within': Trump rhetoric rings alarm bells

The language sounds like something from an authoritarian state or the US anti-communist purges of the 1950s, but Donald Trump is increasingly focused on one target: "the enemy within."

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Israel denies Netanyahu to address US Congress over Jewish holiday

Israel denies Netanyahu to address US Congress over Jewish holiday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Tuesday denied American media reports that he will address the US Congress on June 13, amid mounting pressure to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas.

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TikTok fails 'disinformation test' before EU vote, study shows

TikTok fails 'disinformation test' before EU vote, study shows

Wildly popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed Tuesday, flouting its own guidelines and raising questions about its ability to detect election falsehoods.

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China lunar probe takes off from Moon carrying samples

China lunar probe takes off from Moon carrying samples

A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported.

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Japan's emperor and empress to pay three-day state visit to UK

Japan's emperor and empress to pay three-day state visit to UK

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Britain at the end of June, spending three days as guests of King Charles III, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday.

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Kenya finds seven more bodies as cult massacre exhumations resume

Kenya finds seven more bodies as cult massacre exhumations resume

Kenyan investigators found seven more bodies on Monday as exhumations resumed in a forest where hundreds of victims of a doomsday starvation cult were buried in mass graves, police said.

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New Haitian prime minister sworn in

New Haitian prime minister sworn in

Garry Conille was sworn in as Haiti's prime minister on Monday, promising to "deliver" for the impoverished Caribbean nation grappling with overlapping security, humanitarian and political crises.

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Israel's Netanyahu to address US Congress on June 13: US media

Israel's Netanyahu to address US Congress on June 13: US media

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the US Congress on June 13, media reported Monday, amid mounting pressure for the American ally and Hamas to agree to a permanent ceasefire.

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'Superstar' Mbappe makes 'dream' move to Real Madrid

'Superstar' Mbappe makes 'dream' move to Real Madrid

Kylian Mbappe signed a five-year deal to move to Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday and called the move a "dream come true".

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