Business
Roll-out begins for passport-free airport e-gates
The system uses facial technology to check travellers against immigration and passport information.
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Iraq begins high-stakes security balancing act as US troops withdraw
Iraq marks national 'Sovereignty Days' as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.
World
Malaysia begins sending back Rohingya refugees despite safety warnings
About 1,500 refugees are to be sent back in the first phase, despite criticism from rights groups.
World
Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription.
Politics
Pope Leo XIV begins four-day pilgrimage to France
The pope has landed in Paris, where he and President Macron will navigate the rules of religious state visits in secular France. Leo's trip will mix pilgrimage and politics on questions of morality and human existence.
World
DR Congo begins Ebola vaccination trials for frontline health workers
DR Congo is rolling out vaccine trials for health workers at the centre of the country’s Ebola crisis.
Politics
Early in-person voting begins in the 2026 US midterm elections in Virginia
Virginia leads the way for in-person voting, reflecting a nationwide trend towards casting ballots before Election Day.
Health
UK begins trials of Ebola vaccine developed in just eight weeks
The UK medicines regulator has given approval for an experimental vaccine to be tested on healthy adults.
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