Most Taiwanese can visit China with no need to worry and can come “in high spirits,” the Chinese government said, condemning Taiwan for warning its citizens not to go following a threat from Beijing to execute “diehard” separatists.

A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money-laundering under cases linked to the Panama Papers and “Operation Car Wash” scandals, the country’s judicial branch said in a statement on Friday.

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• Colombia top Group D with six points, with Brazil now second on four

Brazil’s Vinicius Junior scored twice in his side’s 4-1 Copa America victory over Paraguay in a Group D clash in Nevada on Friday, bouncing back from a lacklustre display in his first game of the tournament.

Colombia, who have qualified for the quarter-finals, top Group D with six points after two matches, with Brazil in second on four points. Costa Rica are third with one point and Paraguay, who are bottom with zero after two defeats, have been eliminated from the competition.

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• World No 1 pulls out of next week’s Aramco Team Series
• Korda says she is recovering after being bitten in Seattle

Nelly Korda has withdrawn from an upcoming Ladies European Tour golf tournament in England after being bitten by a dog in Seattle.

The world No 1 golfer announced Friday that she will be unable to compete in next week’s Aramco Team Series tournament at the Centurion Club, near Hemel Hempstead on London’s outskirts, where she was set to defend her title.

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South Korea’s military released a video on Friday that it said showed a North Korean missile abnormally spiraling early in flight and exploding.

Britain’s Princess Anne, King Charles III's younger sister, has been discharged from hospital, Buckingham Palace said Friday, after a five night stay due to a minor head injury believed to have been caused by a horse.

The six US astronauts aboard International Space Station rush to their spacecrafts in case of emergency departure

A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into nearly 200 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in orbit, US space agencies said.

There were no immediate details on what caused the breakup of the Resurs-P1 Russian Earth observation satellite, which Russia declared dead in 2022.

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Company says in court filing Musk is entitled to vast payout because shareholders voted in his favor earlier this month

Tesla is claiming Elon Musk won his legal battle over his $56bn pay package because shareholders voted for the compensation, despite a judge rescinding it earlier this year, according to court filing made public on Friday.

The company’s filing comes two weeks after Tesla shareholders voted to ratify the 2018 package of stock options. Tesla held the vote following a January ruling by a Delaware judge to void the compensation because Musk improperly controlled the negotiation process and the company misled shareholders about key details.

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Georgia’s parliament gave its initial approval to a set of bills containing sweeping curbs on LGBTQ rights, including bans on LGBT “propaganda” and nonheterosexual people adopting children.

China expelled former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe from the ruling Communist Party over alleged corruption Thursday, the latest sign of a secretive crackdown sweeping the country’s elite.

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• 57-year-old Australian left Argentina role in December
• Previous jobs include Leinster, Waratahs and Wallabies

Leicester Tigers have appointed Michael Cheika as their head coach ahead, the Premiership Rugby club said on Thursday. The 57-year-old is taking over from his fellow Australian Dan McKellar, who parted ways with the club last week.

Cheika was previously head coach of Argentina for two years before stepping down in December. He led the team to fourth place at last year’s Rugby World Cup.

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• Jamaican has withdrawn from trials due to achilles tear
• 31-year-old had defended 100m and 200m titles in Tokyo

The five-time Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has withdrawn from the Jamaican trials due to an achilles injury and will not defend her 100m and 200m titles at the Paris Games in August.

The Jamaican, who will celebrate her 32nd birthday on Friday, is one of the greatest sprinters of all time and was the first woman to win a back-to-back Olympic sprint double when she retained both titles in Tokyo three years ago. She also won gold with the relay 4x100m squad.

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North Korea’s claim that it successfully held a test to develop multiple warhead missiles was rejected by South Korea as “deception” to mask a failed launch.

The Georgian capital Tbilisi erupted in celebration on Wednesday after the national side completed a stunning victory over Portugal that propelled them into the last 16 of the European Championship in Germany.

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Skull anatomy shows the boy or girl would have been severely disabled, yet survived until the age of six

A Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of six, according to a new study whose findings hint at compassionate caregiving among the extinct, archaic human species.

Recent examination of a human fossil unearthed at the Cova Negra archaeological site in the Spanish province of Valencia found traits in the inner-ear anatomy which indicated Down syndrome, in the earliest-known evidence of the genetic condition.

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In a sudden announcement Wednesday, Kenya’s president William Ruto withdrew a controversial finance bill that sparked violent protests and a deadlly government crackdown.

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NATO allies on Wednesday selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as NATO’s next boss, as the war in Ukraine rages on its doorstep and uncertainty hangs over the United States’ future attitude to the transatlantic alliance.

Chess players from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are introducing children traumatised by violence to the joys of playing the board game

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Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as trans, among others, as suffering from mental disorders, the country’s health ministry announced after weeks of backlash.

The World Health Organization and other outside scientists said the spread of a dangerous, deadly strain of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently.

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said not enough Americans were studying STEM fields, and the U.S. should recruit international students from India, not China.

New York's Nassau County passed a law banning women's and girls' sports teams from using facilities unless they exclude transgender women and girls from playing.

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into the military, a new blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that could lead to the collapse of his increasingly fragile governing coalition.

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The ICC issued warrants for Sergei Shoigu, Russia's ex-defense minister, and general Valery Gerasimov for alleged crimes committed during the Ukraine war.

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party said Tuesday it had withdrawn support from two parliamentary candidates “as a result of ongoing internal enquiries,” relating to alleged bets placed on the timing of a July 4 national election.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he had replaced the commander of the Joint Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Lt.

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into the military, a new blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that could lead to the collapse of his increasingly fragile governing coalition.

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U.S. auto dealers grappled with an ongoing cyber attack-led software outage on Monday, with some reverting to manual paperwork as car industry technology provider CDK worked to restore systems used by more than 15,000 retail locations.

Deepening cooperation between Russia and North Korea could create an uncomfortable situation for China, which is close with both countries.

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Deepening cooperation between Russia and North Korea could create an uncomfortable situation for China, which is close with both countries.

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Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, has started updating its nuclear doctrine.

A fire broke out at a lithium battery factory in South Korea on Monday, killing at least 16 people and leaving five others missing, local fire officials said.

Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil,” Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Monday after China threatened death for Taiwan separatists.

French interior minister says the vote could bring civil unrest and worse less than a month before the Paris Olympics.

Tourists who have booked a hotel on Capri will be allowed back onto the Italian island as the local administration works to secure water supplies after damage to the aqueduct on the mainland deprived it of running water.

The death of an Indian farm laborer in a gruesome accident has put a spotlight on the conditions of migrant agricultural workers in Italy.

At Euro 2024, France's football players including Kylian Mbappe and Marcus Thuram are taking a stand against the far-right of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's Rassemblement National after President Macron called a snap election.

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The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing the firm’s large U.S. customers, including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments.

The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing the firm’s large U.S. customers, including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments.

During a panel discussion between students and the Pope, Acebedo Rivera told the Pope that his use of homophobic slurs has caused "immense pain."

Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said.

A Russian-American woman arrested earlier this year while visiting family in Russia went on trial for alleged treason on Thursday after authorities accused her of raising money to send to the Ukrainian army.

A nationwide electricity outage struck Ecuador on Wednesday, leaving the nation of some 18 million in the dark, including the capital’s subway system.

Hundreds of visitors have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat.

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A pro-tax Austrian heiress has given away $27 million of her inheritance.

Investigators in Russia have and charged three people after more than 120 people in Moscow and dozens in other cities fell sick with suspected food poisoning.

Putin appoints relative after firing four deputy defense ministers.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International said on Monday that it would suspend online sales on Swedish Match North America’s ZYN.com nationwide as the Zyn nicotine pouch maker responds to a subpoena from the District of Columbia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war Cabinet, an Israeli official said.