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After a prolonged, bitter contract dispute that included a poll in which 80% of University of Kansas professors, students, staff and students responding said they had lost confidence in the school’s leadership, chancellor Doug Girod and the faculty union have reached an agreement. While labor peace at the state’s flagship university is welcome, the problem […]

Saffron-robed Buddhist monks began a week-long peace walk across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, accompanied by a rescued stray dog that has become a celebrity in its own right.

US Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s policy vision – outlined during his Senate confirmation hearing – signals an extension of “America First” into monetary policy, Chinese analysts said. “Warsh’s policy proposals … mark a shift from acting as a ‘global central bank’ supplying unlimited liquidity worldwide to a new approach focused on tightly controlling the overall monetary spigot, prioritising domestic productivity and emphasising monetary sovereignty,” analysts at China...

In the spring of 2026, amid a fragile ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump continues to insist that the United States is untouched by disruptions in the Persian Gulf. “We don’t use it”, he has claimed, echoing years of “energy dominance” rhetoric. The numbers tell a different story. The United States remains a net importer of crude oil. Its refineries are engineered for the medium sour barrels that flow through the Hormuz Strait. And the global price shock triggered by the...

BBC Sport has highlighted some of the most interesting kits which will be seen at this summer's World Cup. Pick your favourites.

BBC Sport has highlighted some of the most interesting kits which will be seen at this summer's World Cup. Pick your favourites.

BBC Sport has highlighted some of the most interesting kits which will be seen at this summer's World Cup. Pick your favourites.

BBC Sport has highlighted some of the most interesting kits which will be seen at this summer's World Cup. Pick your favourites.

BBC Sport has highlighted some of the most interesting kits which will be seen at this summer's World Cup. Pick your favourites.

Pope Leo XIV is visiting one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons as his tour of Africa continues

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Japan on Monday has renewed worries on Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali, which sits on the same Pacific Ring of Fire. Hours after the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special advisory warning of a slightly elevated risk of a temblor with a magnitude of 8 or stronger in the coming days. It said there was a 1 per cent chance of a megaquake, compared with 0.1 per cent at other times. Monday’s temblor came just days after the Bali Meteorology,...

NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swathes of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.