- A display of diplomatic clout, stamina and geopolitical ambition has helped quell concerns among some China observers about the 72-year-old president's vitality, linked to sporadic absences and - so far unknown - succession plans.
- Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family's once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock.
- On this episode of the Reuters World News podcast health editor Michele Gershberg describes the "high octane" Senate grilling of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and how senators attempted to drive a wedge between Kennedy and President Trump on vaccine policy.
- Meanwhile, Florida's plan to eliminate vaccine mandates would make inoculations optional for several million school-age children and college students, a move that experts said will accelerate declining immunization rates and put more people at risk of diseases such as measles across the country.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack, in a warning to Kyiv's allies as they discuss measures for its future protection.
- Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK kicks off a conference the Brexit veteran hopes will underline the growing popularity and sway of a party enjoying a double-digit poll lead over the Labour government.
- A viral French X account has tapped into rising generational tensions in France, where squeezed millennials rallying under the slogan "Nicolas foots the bill" say that better-off baby boomers should do more to fix the country's huge deficit.
- The Rwandan-backed rebel group M23, Congolese Armed Forces and other armed groups committed serious rights violations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that may amount to war crimes, the UN Human Rights Office said.
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Giorgio Armani, Silvana Armani and Pantaleo Dell'Orco during Milan Fashion Week. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo |
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Afghanistan's widening humanitarian funding gap |
Difference between actual aid contributions and amounts U.N. says are required |
shook Afghanistan this week, killing more than 2,000 people, displacing thousands more and razing more than 6,700 homes, authorities say. Dwindling resources at global aid agencies have hampered rescue and relief efforts in an isolated country already hit by poverty and hunger. In our new feature, the Chart of the Week, U.N. data shows that shortfall in funds for Afghanistan has swelled this year, as Trump has . |
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A woman walks into the ocean as a sea lion makes its way to the beach in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake |
A selection of our top photography from around the world this week. |
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