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A smelly ice cream ad tempts few London commuters

Commuters walk past a Magnum ad at King’s Cross Station in London on March 17.
Commuters walk past a Magnum ad at King’s Cross Station in London on March 17.

Projectile hits near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, no damage or injuries reported

Russian forces take control of two more Ukrainian villages, defence ministry says

Around 4.9 million children under five died in 2024, says UN

Displaced Palestinian children gather at a tent camp in Gaza City, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
Displaced Palestinian children gather at a tent camp in Gaza City, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo

Russia's Rosatom condemns strike on territory of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant

Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US carrier Ford, deployed in war with Iran, to go to port temporarily after fire

FILE PHOTO: The world's largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arrives in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, December 1, 2025.   Seaman Abigail Reyes/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The world's largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arrives in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, December 1, 2025.   Seaman Abigail Reyes/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Ilia II, patriarch who led Georgian Church out of the Soviet Union, dies at 93

A person holds a phone with an image of Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II outside the hospital where he was admitted, in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
A person holds a phone with an image of Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II outside the hospital where he was admitted, in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Britain’s Starmer tells Zelensky ‘focus must remain on Ukraine’ amid Iran war

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (from left), NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte  and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on March 17.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (from left), NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte  and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on March 17.

France and Germany to discuss troubled fighter project, sources say

FILE PHOTO: A scale model of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS / SCAF), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, is seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A scale model of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS / SCAF), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, is seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

Four dead after scaffolding collapses at Vienna building site

Firefighters working at the site of the scaffolding collapse in Vienna, Austria, on March 17.
Firefighters working at the site of the scaffolding collapse in Vienna, Austria, on March 17.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.