A Taliban spokesman addresses a press conference in Kabul on June 29, 2024. - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will meet international envoys on June 30, in Qatar for talks presented by the United Nations as a key step in an engagement process, but condemned by rights groups for sidelining Afghan women. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP)

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions

Taliban authorities said Monday they would press the international community over economic sanctions as they attended a UN-hosted summit in Doha with special representatives to Afghanistan for the first time. The two-day
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Ecuador capital struck by magnitude 4.2 quake

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook Ecuador’s capital Quito on Monday, cutting off power in some neighborhoods but causing no immediate casualties or significant damage, the country’s geophysics agency announced. The epicenter of
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The photo taken on June 6, 2024 shows Corinne Wilson sticking a flyer in the hope of finding her adopted daughter Loulee's biological parents on a faded billboard with a slogan that reads "A daughter is like a slice of heaven, she'll take good care of you when you're old", which used to promote China's "one-child" policy in Dianjiang county, in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality. - Wilson, an American college student, was born in China but given away by parents fearful of violating the country's "one-child" policy, which punished families for having additional children until its abolition in 2015. (Photo by Matthew WALSH / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'CHINA-ADOPTION-POPULATION, FOCUS' BY CELIA CAZALE AND MATTHEW WALSH

China’s adopted children return from overseas to seek their roots

At an empty concrete lot in southwest China, Loulee Wilson scoops a handful of stones into a bag –- a memento from the site where she believes she was abandoned as a
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England's midfielder #10 Jude Bellingham celebrates with England's forward #09 Harry Kane after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between England and Slovakia at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Bellingham, Kane rescue England from shock Euro 2024 exit to Slovakia

England escaped an embarrassing last 16 exit at Euro 2024 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick before Harry Kane struck in extra-time for a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. The Three
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France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe, wearing a protective mask, looks on during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D football match between France and Poland at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 25, 2024. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

Mbappe finds face mask ‘horrible’ as France captain plays on with broken nose

France captain Kylian Mbappe admitted that playing with a mask to protect his broken nose was “absolutely horrible” as he prepared for Monday’s last-16 clash with Belgium at Euro 2024. “I didn’t
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