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South Korea's BTS K-pop supergroup launched its global concert tour on Thursday with the first of three concerts at Goyang Stadium near Seoul. The tour will take the band to 34 cities across the world, setting a new record for the most tour dates by a K-pop artist. Tickets for the concerts in South Korea

Four people died off France's northern coast trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat early on Thursday morning.  The dangerous boat crossings trying to reach the UK tend to reduce in frequency during the harshest winter months, when the seas are dangerously rough and cold. But as the temperatures slowly start to

A slew of recent headlines have proclaimed that the Iran war marks the end of the so-called "Dubai dream," where foreigners seek a tax-free, luxury lifestyle in the United Arab Emirates.  "The unravelling of Dubai as a safe haven," US magazine the New Yorker wrote. "Could this be the end of Dubai?" a New York Times

German actor Mario Adorf was a phenomenon. On screen, he beat people up, shot and killed them. He was loud, he was rude and used foul language. And yet, in the end, he was beloved by all. Many other actors have been around for a long time, too, but who else can claim to have

The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion spacecraft spoke to the press from space for the first time since completing a lunar flyby that took them a record distance from earth. After becoming the first humans to directly observe the far-side of the moon, emotions are running high as the crew prepares to reenter the

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At the end of March, residents discovered a lifeless body in a remote, swampy area about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. It was "covered in blood," "wounded all over with a bladed weapon" and there were "two bullet holes in the head," a witness told the AFP news agency. The victim was Vigario

Amid the rhetoric and rabble rousing of JD Vance's promotional tour of Budapest in support of the "fantastic" Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the significance of one of the venues may have been lost on many. The US vice president addressed a pre-election rally on Tuesday at the MTK Sportpark in Hungary's capital, Budapest. The venue, opened in 2025

Skip next section India grants waivers to vessels carrying Iranian cargo — report April 9, 2026 India grants waivers to vessels carrying Iranian cargo — report The unnamed officials told Reuters the waivers were being given on a case-to-case basisImage: Francis Mascarenhas/REUTERS India recently granted waivers to allow vessels, carrying Iranian cargo, to enter its

A woman who sold the drugs that caused the 2023 death of Canadian-American actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jasveen Sangha, a 42-year-old dual British-American citizen dubbed the "Ketamine Queen," had pleaded guilty to five felony drug charges in September. She has been in custody since her arrest in August