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The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) of the women's national basketball association (WNBA) in the United States is a seismic moment in sports history. The deal, agreed in mid-March 2026 after 17 months of negotiations, reportedly includes a salary cap increase, significantly higher minimum salaries, revenue sharing, and charter flights. It is considered a huge step

Japan on Wednesday said that it was "regrettable" that a member of the Japanese military was arrested over the suspicion of breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, as relations between the two Asian nations move from bad to worse. The alleged incident took place on Tuesday morning, leading to a lodged protest by Beijing later

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Long lines for fuel were reported from major cities in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana  Authorities say adequate stocks of petrol and diesel available India is heavily reliant on the Strait of Hormuz, with transit heavily disrupted in the vital waterway due

A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms liable in a child safety lawsuit, saying it knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed its knowledge of child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms. Meta owns several social media platforms including Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram and Threads. The landmark decision comes after nearly a seven-week trial

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's hopes for a third term were further complicated on Tuesday, with her left-wing bloc winning the election yet failing to secure a majority. The bloc, which includes the Social Democrats, the center-right Venstre and Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen's Moderates, took 84 seats in Denmark's 179-seat parliament. The right secured 77 seats

A massive whale remains stuck in shallow water just off Germany's Baltic Sea coast, after rescuers failed the latest attempt to save the animal, authorities said on Tuesday. The roughly 10-meter (32-foot) marine mammal was unable to free itself during the high tide overnight, a police spokesman said. Rescuers on Tuesday tried to free the whale by

After the first round of the French municipal elections in mid-March, the leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, spoke of an "historic victory" that would serve as a springboard for the 2027 presidential election. But the results of the second round of local elections, held on Sunday, have put a damper on that.

As the rich Arab states of the Persian Gulf are targeted by Iranian drones and missiles, protracted economic disruption brought on by the Iran war could threaten the hundreds of billions of dollars in remittances sent home every year by millions of South Asian foreign workers in the region. Most of them come from India

Skip next section Thank you for following our coverage March 25, 2026 Thank you for following our coverage We are closing this blog on all the latest headlines, videos, backgrounds and analyses on the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider repercussions regionally and worldwide on March 24. You can still follow our rolling coverage

On Monday and Tuesday, Lebanese and Israeli civilians once again woke to explosions as fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group continued. "The situation is catastrophic," Sukaina Hemadah, a 37-year-old mother in Beirut, told DW. Since her house in in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik was demolished by an earlier Israeli air strike, she