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India hopes Mahakumbh will bring in investors, but economists are sceptical Uttar Pradesh state has pumped in millions for the 45-day festival, which is largest gathering of Hindus every 12…

US Senate blocks bill sanctioning ICC over Israeli arrest warrants UN experts have warned that US sanctions over Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest warrant would erode international order. Senate Minority Leader Chuck…

Caroline Kennedy sends letter to US senators calling RFK Jr a ‘predator’ The former ambassador denounces Trump’s cabinet nominee as preying ‘on the desperation of parents of sick children’. Caroline…

Exhausted Palestinians arrive in Gaza City to no homes, killed family Thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza for the second day, walking kilometres to reach home. Rifaat Jouda…

News Danish PM says received European backing against Trump’s Greenland push Mette Frederiksen says ‘no reason to believe that there is a military threat to Greenland or Denmark’. French President…

Switzerland releases, deports Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada’s executive director says his offence was ‘being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine’. Ali Abunimah was detained ahead…

Trump fires US federal prosecutors involved in probes of his behaviour The move breaks with federal norms against punishing civil servants for actions taken under a different administration. President Donald…

Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledges non-citizens deported from US to Mexico The Mexican president announced more than 4,000 people were sent to her country during Donald Trump’s first week back in office.…

UN chief expresses ‘concern’ over Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid Experts say Trump administration’s order to halt foreign assistance will ‘cost many, many lives’. A spokesman for UN chief…