Unilever flags price hikes as Iran war costs stack up
Unilever expects price rises to increase in the fourth quarter and next year, it said on Wednesday as it aligns with other consumer goods makers that have said they will ...
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Social media giants face thousands of US lawsuits
Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s YouTube, TikTok parent ByteDance and Snap are facing thousands of lawsuits brought by US states, school districts and individuals alleging the companies intentionally designed their platforms ...
Wawrinka brings career to a close in Basel
Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka played the final match of his career in front of home fans on Tuesday, bidding farewell to the sport following a 7-5 7-6(2) defeat ...
Netanyahu holds on as Israel election ends in deadlock
Benjamin Netanyahu won the support of an unexpectedly clear majority of Israeli Jews in an election billed as a major turning point in his nation’s history, apparently ensuring he ...
NBA champions New York Knicks finally win a game
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 13 of his game-high 27 points during a decisive third-quarter run as the host New York Knicks rallied past the Detroit Pistons 111-97 on Tuesday for their first win ...
Fourth-tier Fleetwood stun Arsenal in League Cup shootout
Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town beat 10-man Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the League Cup last 16 on Tuesday, pulling off a major upset at Highbury Stadium.
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Iran weighs new Qatar-brokered deal to end war
Qatari mediators presented Iran with a new draft deal on Sunday to end the war with the US and Israel, and Tehran is expected to send a response to the ...
68 dead in Spain’s second major train crash this year
At least 68 people died when two Spanish high-speed trains collided on Wednesday, with rescuers scouring the wreckage for more bodies after Spain’s second fatal rail crash this year and ...
Healey seeks to steer UK through ‘difficult moment’ with low-key budget
British finance minister John Healey is set to announce a cautious budget plan on Wednesday as he tries to avoid piling more bond market pressure on the new government of ...
Europe’s Gen Z takes to the streets in wave of anger
Maya Gourdel, a 19-year-old student in Brussels, sits at a desk writing slogans against those running her country: “If we burn, you burn with us!” The slogan, taken from the 2012 ...
UK’s Healey says he will help households by scrapping fixed gas charges
British finance minister John Healey said he would help most households with their gas bills by enabling those who use the least to pay less as part of his first ...
Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for US after losing to Lula
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election, three sources said, with the US State Department due to grant him ...
US Justice Department sues Maryland school district over transgender policies
The US Justice Department sued a public school district in Maryland on Tuesday over transgender policies that it alleged violated federal law, the latest attempt by President Donald Trump’s ...
Israel election deadlock leaves Netanyahu’s future uncertain
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot offered competing claims to lead Israel after Tuesday’s election, with Netanyahu calling for a right-wing government and Eisenkot saying voters had ...
Israeli exit polls show deadlock, point to setback for Netanyahu
Israel’s wartime election appeared deadlocked on Tuesday, exit polls showed, with Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc running neck and neck with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp, leaving neither ...
Hacking attempts against US Federal Election Commission system triggered outage
The US Federal Election Commission’s website has been targeted by a hacker or hackers, disrupting the agency’s electronic filings system a week before the November 3 elections, according to ...
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro headed to the US after losing election
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election and refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand over ...
UK comedian Brand told police he never had non-consensual sex
British comedian and actor Russell Brand told police that he had never engaged in any non-consensual sexual activity despite encounters in countless locations and scenarios, a London court was told ...
First lady Melania Trump says Ukraine-Russia ceasefire expanded within Kherson
US first lady Melania Trump said on Tuesday that a localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia has been expanded beyond Oleshky to allow safe passage for humanitarian supplies.
“Timing was ...
Qatar says Iran needs to show good intentions for mediation efforts to succeed
Iran needs to show good intentions for mediation efforts to succeed, mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, after a delegation from the Gulf Arab country visited Tehran earlier this week in ...
Four UK men on trial accused of raping or assaulting drugged woman
Four British men went on trial on Tuesday for raping or sexually abusing a woman who had been advertised online, drugged and filmed by her then-husband, with prosecutors warning the ...
Leaders of Norway and Finland call Putin in break with previous European stance
The leaders of Finland and Norway called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to urge him to end the war in Ukraine, breaking with a longstanding practice among Western European ...
Carrick stays on as Man United boss, takes training after crisis talks
Michael Carrick remained in charge of Manchester United on Tuesday and led training at Carrington, giving the under-pressure manager and his players another opportunity to revive a season that has ...
Turkey may make acquisitions, sign deals for further hydrocarbon exploration by year-end
Turkey may reach agreements to make acquisitions or further explore for hydrocarbons by the end of the year as part of its target to produce 1 million barrels of oil and ...