A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences left prison on Tuesday ahead of his transfer to France, officials told AFP.
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet President Donald Trump on a visit to the United States this week, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday.
China said Tuesday it would impose tariffs on imports of US energy, vehicles and equipment, firing a return salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
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Nepal has hiked the cost of an Everest climbing permit by a third, arguing it will help tackle pollution and boost safety on the world's highest mountain, the tourism chief said Tuesday.
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OpenAI chief Sam Altman inked a deal with tech giant Kakao in South Korea on Tuesday as the US firm seeks new alliances after Chinese rival DeepSeek shook the global AI industry.
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Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Ankara on Tuesday for talks with Turkey's leaders on rebuilding his land and the volatile issue of Kurdish fighters near the countries' border.
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To reach Paris's Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche before getting a foggy glimpse of the 15-metre (50-foot) monument in a mountain hamlet in Kyrgyzstan.
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From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soy beans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing -- analysts say China has plenty of options if it wants to reply to fresh US levies.
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Politics
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump will discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister becomes the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the US president's return to power.
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A new Prague museum dedicated to the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha will offer "art for everyone" when it opens this month, ultimately housing his giant Slav Epic masterpiece after decades in storage, his great-grandson told AFP.
US President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on neighbors Mexico and Canada for a month Monday -- but China remained in the firing line for levies that are putting the global economy on edge.
Apple on Monday called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store.
Asian equities bounced Tuesday, while the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar rallied after Donald Trump said he would delay the imposition of stiff tariffs on imports from the US neighbours, soothing trade war worries for now.
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Technology
France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a "wake-up call" for Europe as it struggles with AI challenges from the United States and China.
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Hundreds of people protested in New York Monday against President Donald Trump's executive orders restricting treatment for transgender children, and reports that a local hospital group consequently cancelled appointments for two trans youths.
US speed star Lindsey Vonn will make her return to the World Ski Championships in Saalbach -- her ninth -- after coming out of retirement.
When Neymar left Brazil aged 21 in 2013, bound for Barcelona, he set off to establish himself as a footballing great, seemingly destined to be remembered as his country's greatest player since Pele.
Johan Eliasch has told AFP that if elected Olympics chief he would offer an essential quality in a "divisive world" -- that of "hope" -- and also the hard-headed business sense to significantly increase the revenues of a "phenomenal brand."
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