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Jubilant lawmakers in Lusaka sang Zambia's national anthem on Friday after foreign lenders agreed to restructure part of the country's debt, a move that entrepreneurs said brought hope for the crippled economy.

The condemnation comes amid the tragedy surrounding the OceanGate submersible, which went on a trip to the Titanic wreckage.

The radical differences in how Beijing and Washington perceive the new geopolitical landscape are most pronounced in the South China Sea.

A leisure centre in Exmouth, southwest England, is using a small data centre to heat its indoor swimming pool, trialling an innovative solution that reduces its energy bills and carbon footprint.

"My whole life was in this house. Maybe in the future, it will be possible to either sell the house or make repairs.

A mystery Russian diplomat with a penchant for loungewear and cigarettes on Friday sparked a national security standoff between Canberra and the Kremlin, defying Australia's efforts to kick him off a messy building site near parliament.

The lord chief justice of England and Wales suggests using artificial intelligence to speed up the resolution of disputes and "enhance access to justice."

Suleman Dawood was reportedly hesitant to join the underwater Titanic expedition but went on the trip to celebrate Father's Day with his dad.

Russian emergency services discovered a suicide note after they found Soviet Russian nuclear physicist and thermonuclear bomb creator Grigory Klinishov dead.

Greece on Friday entered the final day of campaigning for Sunday's national elections, with conservative frontrunner Kyriakos Mitsotakis aiming to consolidate the gains he made in last month's inconclusive ballot.

"If our tactical nuclear weapons give us an advantage, maybe it's time? Maybe we simply need to batter them," Russian TV presenter and propagandist Vladimir Solovyov said.

Wild bison that once numbered in the tens of millions in North America before being hunted almost to extinction are once again thriving in a pocket of western Canada.

A "catastrophic implosion," such as that believed to have destroyed the Titan submersible, would have happened with incredible force and speed given the crushing water pressure on the floor of the ocean.

US President Joe Biden voiced confidence Thursday that he would meet Xi Jinping soon, as he refused to back down after angering Beijing by likening the Chinese leader to "dictators."

The Titan submersible was lost at sea and its passengers are dead, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed. Debris was located Thursday near the wreckage site of the Titanic, confirming the demise of the OceanGate sub and its five-man crew.

The United Nations has put Russian military forces and proxy armed groups on its "list of shame" over the killing and maiming of hundreds of children in its war against Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP Thursday.

Copper-rich Zambia, the first African country to default on its debt during the Covid pandemic, on Thursday secured a deal from creditors to restructure its debt at a global finance summit in Paris.

Equipped with sophisticated radars and long-range missiles, the Su-35s are reportedly beating the aging Su-25s.

A "debris field" has been discovered by an underwater robot searching near the wreck of the Titanic for a missing submersible with five people on board, rescuers said Thursday.

In 2017 alone, around 2.8 million people died due to workplace-related activities and an additional 374 million suffered non-fatal injuries.

The World Economic Forum's report did not include Russia in its 2022-2023 assessment.

The head of the Red Cross federation, the world's largest humanitarian network, is stepping down, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, following a row in Italy surrounding the Rome Pride event.

President Joe Biden on Thursday called religious freedom a "core principle" for India and the US, in a gentle nudge as he welcomed India's Hindu nationalist prime minister, Narenda Modi.

President Joe Biden aims to herald the start of a stronger U.S.-Indian relationship on Thursday by announcing a series of defense and trade agreements with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Washington attempts to counter China's global influence.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Ukrainian spies believe Russia was plotting an incident to release radiation from Europe's largest nuclear plant, an allegation denied by the Kremlin.

Katja and Ilia bought their French bulldog puppy Abby after being charmed by her scrunched-up good looks.

A total of 168 migrants were rescued on Thursday near Spain's Canary Islands, emergency services said, one day after migrant charities said they feared more than 30 migrants had died after their inflatable dinghy sank on the same route.

U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich lost his latest appeal in a Moscow court on Thursday against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage.

A total of 26 victims were burned to death, while the remaining others were either shot or stabbed.