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Canadian diplomats are scrambling to mend a deteriorating relationship with its largest trading partner after senior US officials maintained the rhetorical barrage first unleashed by Donald Trump at the G7 meeting in Quebec. Foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland...

Hundreds of migrants stranded on board the Aquarius rescue vessel in the Mediterranean will be transferred to Italian ships and taken to Spain, the French charity SOS Mediterranée has said. The 629 migrants, including pregnant women and...

Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, according to researchers. The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and in some cases as wide...

A little feminism goes a long way in parts of rural India where the number of women who die in labour has been cut by 90 percent. The message is written on a poster, hung between...

Berlin’s clubbing scene has long taken a creative approach to issues of space, setting events in former power stations, drained swimming pools and public toilets. Now its main airport is joining the list of alternative venues....

Doctors have begun a trial of a simple saliva test that aims to spot the top 10% of men who are most at risk of developing prostate cancer. One in eight men develop prostrate cancer at some point in...

Germany’s Heiko Maas will host the foreign ministers from Russia and Ukraine on Monday, as talks aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict resume for the first time in 16 months. Maas has warned that talks will...

President Donald Trump said “excitement is in the air” in Singapore ahead of his meeting with Kim Jong Un. North Korean state media heralded the summit as “a changed era” for Washington and Pyongyang. Preparations for...

Spain’s new prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said the Aquarius may dock in Valencia. With 629 people on board, it has been waiting for a secure place to dock amid a diplomatic standoff between Italy and...

Ministers must come clean to households about the higher energy bills they face if the UK continues to deter new onshore windfarms, the government’s top climate change adviser has said. Lord Deben, the chair of the...