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Getty Images Pop superstar Rihanna has given birth to her third child, a girl, with partner A$AP Rocky. The baby has been given her father’s stage name – except for a letter. Rocki Irish Mayers was born on 13 September, the singer announced in an Instagram post, sharing a snap of her cradling her daughter…

Denmark’s Aalborg airport in the country’s north has been closed after unauthorised drones were seen in its airspace, according to local authorities. Three other smaller airports in the country’s southern region – Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Skrydstrup – also reported drone activity, but were not closed. The incident comes after the country’s Copenhagen airport was forced…

Watch: Colombia’s President accuses Trump of “act of tyranny” in BBC interview US airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea are an “act of tyranny”, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro told the BBC in an interview where he also called for criminal proceedings against US officials if investigations find Colombians were killed in the…

Harry Sekulich and Clizia Sala Getty Images Claudia Cardinale, the Tunisian-born Italian star of The Leopard, 8 1/2 and Pink Panther, has died at the age of 87. She had a six-decade long career, rising to fame during the golden age of Italian cinema, and was directed by greats such as Federico Fellini and Luchino…

Watch: Typhoon Ragasa’s path of destruction before landfall in China Typhoon Ragasa has made landfall in southern China, where nearly two million people have been evacuated in preparation for its arrival. It comes after authorities said at least 17 people had been killed and more missing in Taiwan after a lake burst on Tuesday, causing…

Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent Commander Reid Wiseman: “We’re going to the Moon… it’s going to be amazing!” The commander of Nasa’s next mission to the Moon said that he and his crew would “see things that no human has ever seen”. Reid Wiseman told a news conference that it was likely that his spacecraft would fly…

Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the 85-year-old. Official results show that he won 57% of the vote, compared to the 33% of President Lazarus Chakwera, 70. Chakwera, a pastor before entering politics, conceded defeat ahead of the final result being declared,…

Dozens of women in Greenland have heard Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, formally apologise for a scandal that involved thousands of Inuit women being forcibly given contraceptive coils, as part of a controversial birth control programme during the 1960s and 70s. “Dear women. Dear families. Dear Greenland. Today there is only one right thing to…

Reuters Mohammed Hajjaj said his relatives were killed when a shelter for displaced families was struck More than 80 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, most of them in Gaza City, local hospitals said. Women and children were among at least 20 who died when a strike hit a…

The White House has unveiled a new “Presidential Walk of Fame” near the Oval Office, featuring framed portraits of past US presidents. Notably absent is a portrait of President Joe Biden, whose portrait was replaced with an image of an autopen signing his name. President Donald Trump has previously claimed Biden used an autopen to…