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Ahead of its 80th anniversary, Royal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off across the English Channel on the eve of D-Day, a momentous point in the fight against Nazi Germany for someone who was "only a kid". Olivia Chan has more.

Claudia Sheinbaum, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist, will become Mexico's first female president after winning a landslide election victory and promising to continue the work of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Sean Hogan reports.

A celebratory goodbye occurred at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Sunday, (June 2) as veterans prepared to depart for France to participate in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory (June 2) to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph.

Hundreds of millions of European Union citizens will be able to vote on June 6-9 to choose the 720 members of the next European Parliament. Young Europeans reflect on past promises and future hopes for the bloc, two decades since most of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe joined the EU in 2004. Ilan Rubens has more.

Indian shares set records, the rupee gained and bonds yields dropped in Monday (June 3) opening trade as exit polls pointed to a third term and sizeable mandate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with investors eyeing public spending to maintain economic momentum. Gabe Singer reports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked his Philippine counterpart on Monday (June 3) for Manila's participation in a high-level peace summit later this month, describing it as a "very strong signal" towards achieving peace in his war-torn nation.

Mexico's ruling party declared Claudia Sheinbaum the winner of the presidential election by a "large margin" after polls closed on Sunday, putting her on course to be the country's first woman president. Gabe Singer reports.

North Korea said on Sunday (2 June) it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practice if anti-North Korean leaflets are flown over again from the South. Gabe Singer reports.

President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa's political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week's election confirmed his African National Congress had lost its majority for the first time. Angela Johnston reports.

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday (June 2) that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden, though he described it as flawed and in need of much more work. Alex Cohen has the story.

Mexican voters experienced long lines on Sunday (June 2) to cast ballots in a historic election expected to make leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party candidate, the country's first woman president.

Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskiy's unscheduled appearance at Asia's biggest security conference, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, dominated proceedings on Sunday (June 2). He thanked Washington for allowing Kyiv to use the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in the Kharkiv region, but added that it was not enough.

Parts of southern Germany remained submerged on Sunday (June 2) after heavy rain in recent days caused severe flooding, especially in the states of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Surveillance video obtained by Reuters shows the moment a building collapsed onto a street in southern Istanbul on Sunday (June 2) as people waited to board a bus nearby. Rescuers dug through rubble to search for survivors, footage released by the city's fire department showed.

North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday (June 2), in Pyongyang's latest move to rile its rival neighbor. Vanesse Chan reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday (June 1) there could be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas was destroyed, casting doubt on a key part of a truce proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel itself had made. Angela Johnston reports.

Mexico is preparing voting polls for Sunday's (June 2) general election, which is now the bloodiest in its modern history, with the assassination of 37 political candidates. Julio Cesar Valentin, who heads a mission of international electoral observers in the region, said it is the responsibility of the state to make sure electoral processes are free from violence.

Protesters in Paris marched on Saturday (June 1) demanding a ceasefire in Gaza as the conflict in the region is about to enter its eighth month and prospects for peace remain dim.

Indians voted in the summer heat on Saturday in what is the final phase of the world's biggest election. An early exit poll summary by the NDTV news channel projected that incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance will win a majority in the general election. Lauren Anthony reports.

South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid on Saturday, as voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed the African National Congress's (ANC) share of the vote to 40%. Alice Rizzo has more.

Donald Trump's near-certain appeal of his historic conviction on criminal charges in New York faces long odds, says legal experts such as Abbe Smith of Georgetown Law.

India voted on Saturday (June 1) in the final phase of a long-drawn general election, held in record summer heat in many parts, as both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his challengers said they would win the polls centred mostly on inequality and religion.

President Joe Biden welcomed the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Friday (May 31), congratulating the team on their back-to-back Super Bowl wins.

President Joe Biden said on Friday (May 31) the guilty verdict in Donald Trump's hush-money trial proved 'no is above the law'.