Netherlands opened its Keukenhof garden in Lisse for the 2026 spring season, welcoming visitors to an eight-week display featuring around seven million flowers.

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Celeste Rivas Hernandez's decomposed remains were found last September in an abandoned vehicle registered to him.

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Cameroon saw thousands of faithful gather on Wednesday 16 April at Bamenda’s airfield, where Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open‑air Mass and called for a “decisive change of course” towards peace.

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Lebanon and Israel entered a 10-day truce early Friday, as the army reopened a single lane on the damaged Qasmiyeh Bridge in the south after Israeli strikes hit the key crossing linking Tyre to the wider region.

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Denis Sassou-N’Guesso was sworn in on Thursday to a fifth term as president of the Republic of the Congo.

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According to findings at the scene, the vandals sawed off the bronze legs of Herzl's statue, which stands about seven meters tall, in an attempt to topple it.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to several survivors, including 40-year-old Elon Zizer, who survived after being shot numerous times while shielding his children.

The report further said that the Transportation Ministry, the Consumer Protection Authority, and the Competition Authority failed to act effectively to moderate airfares. 

“My daughter feels she was treated like she was nothing,” one of the soldiers' fathers said. “Even if there was a breach of orders, where is the proportionality?"

After years of criticism and lawsuits, Meta is ending a major contract with the Kenyan outsourcing company Sama. The move will see more than 1,100 people lose their jobs, Sama said in a statement.

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The firing was declared an operational success and even served as a basis for developing new artillery fire responses while fighting, the military wrote in a press release.

While there was no significant movement between the blocs, in the opposition, Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar! party lost one seat to the Democrats.

According to videos circulating on social media, the civilians who fled north at the start of Israel's war with Hezbollah are trying to make their way back south via the Litani's central bridge.

"As the security situation continues, we will continue to adapt our responses sensitively and in line with what emerges from the field,” Kisch said.

The study also floated the possibility that the turtles had been hunted for “their taste or for an assumed medicinal value.” 

Independence is not isolation. It is the only way to ensure that “Never Again” remains a promise Israel can keep by itself.

As Israel celebrates 78 years, the question remains: What kind of Jewish state are we becoming? A reflection on Zionism, identity, and unity on this Independence Day.

Both countries also recognize that Hezbollah’s activity “must be curtailed,” as Lebanon’s security forces are the only ones authorized to bear arms.

The meeting, which was not publicly announced by either leader, was confirmed by the Israeli embassy to the French outlet Le Parisien. It was unclear what the pair discussed.