Firefighters battle wildfires on Greece’s Chios island for second day
Dozens of firefighters battled to tame wildfires fanned by strong winds on the Greek island of Chios in the northeastern Aegean Sea for a second day on Monday as authorities ...
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Diplomacy ends, missiles begin: US pounds Iran nuclear sites
In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe’s top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva.
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Stablecoins gain ground with corporates as US legislation takes shape
As the US stablecoin bill, known as the GENIUS Act, advances in the Senate, a once-niche corner of the crypto industry is gaining rapid traction among global corporates.
Stablecoins, a ...
Adobe brings AI-image generation app to phones, adds partners
Adobe Inc. has released its first dedicated artificial intelligence smartphone app that includes AI models from the company and partner firms, in a bid to tap into a growing trend ...
Alcaraz beats Lehecka in Queen’s final to send Wimbledon statement
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz edged powerful Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 to claim his second Queen’s Club title and send out a powerful statement ahead of his Wimbledon ...
US strikes against Iran not aimed at regime change, Pentagon chief says
The U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites were not a preamble to regime change, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that Washington sent private ...
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Gulf states on high alert after US strikes Iran’s nuclear sites
Gulf states, home to multiple U.S. military bases, were on high alert on Sunday with their leaders calling on all parties to exercise maximum restraint following U.S. strikes ...
Ukraine fighting 10,000 Russian troops in Kursk region, Ukrainian commander says
Around 10,000 Russian soldiers are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, about 90 square kilometers (35 square miles) of which is controlled by Ukraine, Ukraine’s top military commander said.
“We control about 90 ...
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World awaits Iran’s response after Trump says US ‘obliterates’ nuclear sites
The world awaited Iran’s response on Sunday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. had “obliterated” Tehran’s most sensitive nuclear sites, joining Israel in the biggest Western ...
Airlines keep avoiding Middle East airspace after US attack on Iran
Airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East on Sunday after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, with traffic already skirting ...
Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble
With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had ...
Texas startup sells plastic-eating fungi diapers to tackle landfill waste
Could baby poop and fungi work together to tackle landfill waste? That’s the idea behind a new product launched by an Austin, Texas-based startup that sells disposable diapers paired ...
Ferrari to delay second electric model to 2028 due to weak demand
Ferrari (RACE.MI), opens new tab has delayed plans for its second fully-electric model that was due out in 2026 to at least 2028, because of a lack of demand for high-performance ...
UK fashion group ASOS names new finance boss
British online fashion retailer ASOS (ASOS.L) has named Aaron Izzard, director of group finance, as its new CFO as the current finance boss, Dave Murray, will be stepping down ...
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US forces bomb Iran nuclear sites, Trump says Fordow gone
U.S. forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trump said late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it does ...
Lehecka ruins script to beat Draper in Queen’s semi-final
Jiri Lehecka downed Britain’s Jack Draper to ruin the script at Queen’s Club on Saturday, winning a gripping semi-final 6-4 4-6 7-5 to become the first Czech man ...
Thunderstruck: After heat, Club World Cup weathers storms and threat of lightning
From stifling heat to thunderstorms, the Club World Cup has been at the mercy of the extremes of the American summer, with the threat of lightning now forcing players to ...
‘Recovering’ Giorgio Armani to miss fashion show for first time in his career
Giorgio Armani will not attend his group’s two shows at Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week as he is currently recovering at home, a company statement said on Friday, ...
Hot-air balloon crash in Brazil kills at least eight people
At least eight people were killed after a hot-air balloon carrying 21 passengers crashed on Saturday in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, local and state officials said.
The tourism ...
Trump says deal with Harvard possible ‘over the next week or so’
US President Donald Trump said his administration has been working with Harvard University and could announce a deal “over the next week or so” to resolve the White House’s ...
Pro-Palestinian activist Khalil walks free after US judge orders release
Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil walked out of a Louisiana immigrant detention center on Friday, hours after a judge ordered his release, a major victory for rights groups that challenged ...
Erdogan says Israel attacks aimed to sabotage Iran nuclear talks
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Israel’s attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations, ...
Cyprus arrests individual on suspicion of terror-related plot, police say
Police in Cyprus have arrested an individual on suspicion of terror-related offences and espionage, authorities said on Saturday.
The individual appeared before a district court on Saturday, which ordered an ...
Astronomers locate universe’s ‘missing’ matter
The universe has two kinds of matter. There is invisible dark matter, known only because of its gravitational effects on a grand scale. And there is ordinary matter such as ...