Hungary’s Orban shows his distatse for EU’s von der Leyen
Hungary’s ruling party unveiled billboards vilifying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on Monday, the first time it has made her a personal target in a campaign similar ...
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Dollar beaten to over two-month low as Fed cut bets take charge
The dollar slid to a two-month low on Monday, extending a downtrend from last week as traders reaffirmed their belief that US rates have peaked and turned their attention to ...
Oil extends gains on expectations of further OPEC+ supply cuts
Oil futures edged higher on Monday, extending gains on expectations of OPEC+ deepening supply cuts to shore up prices, which have fallen for four weeks on easing concern of Middle ...
OpenAI appoints ex-Twitch boss as interim CEO; Altman joins Microsoft
OpenAI has appointed ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear to lead the startup, replacing Sam Altman who will join the company’s top backer Microsoft MSFT.O to lead a new advanced ...
Southgate will not gamble on player fitness at Euro 2024
England players hoping to compete at next year’s European Championship in Germany will have to ensure their fitness is up to the mark, manager Gareth Southgate warned, with UEFA ...
Spanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as price soars and shoplifting surges
In Spain, the world’s biggest olive oil producer, supermarkets are locking up bottles of the staple cooking oil as prices surge and theft increases.
One-litre bottles of extra-virgin olive ...
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called “an extension of myself” owing to his wife’s prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly ...
Argentine libertarian Milei pledges new political era after election win
Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president on Sunday, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a ...
Israel-Hamas hostage deal edges closer despite fierce fighting in Gaza
Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza’s largest refugee camp on Sunday, but despite the fighting U.S. and Israeli officials said a deal to free ...
GM snatches key Tesla gigacasting supplier
If you can’t beat them, buy them.
For years, a little-known company called Tooling & Equipment International (TEI) has helped Tesla (TSLA.O) push back the frontiers of “gigacasting”, ...
Top companies’ lobbying undermines their climate pledges, study finds
Glencore (GLEN.L), ExxonMobil (XOM.N) and Stellantis (STLAM.MI) are among companies lobbying for policies that conflict with their own pledges to cut carbon emissions, a study published by ...
Djokovic destroys Sinner to win record seventh ATP Finals
A ruthless Novak Djokovic destroyed home favourite Jannik Sinner to win the ATP Finals title for a record seventh time on Sunday — adding yet another milestone to his incredible career.
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Australia stun India to win sixth Cricket World Cup
Australia won a record-extending sixth 50-overs World Cup title after opener Travis Head smashed a magnificent century to fashion their six-wicket victory in Sunday’s final against the tournament’s ...
Verstappen is F1’s King of Las Vegas
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen sang “Viva Las Vegas” after racing to a record-extending 18th victory of the season and joining Sebastian Vettel in third place on Formula One’s ...
Italy’s transgender women thank pope for making them feel ‘more human’
The run-down beach town of Torvaianica is about 35 kms (20 miles) south of the Vatican.
But for transgender women who live there it had seemed light years away until a rapprochement ...
US official urges Israel to protect civilians in south Gaza
Israel should not embark on combat operations against Hamas in the south of Gaza until military planners have taken into account the safety of fleeing Palestinian civilians, a White House ...
Palestinian Red Crescent, UN agencies evacuate Al Shifa premature babies -statement
Ambulance crews of the Palestinian Red Crescent evacuated 31 premature babies from Shifa Hospital on Sunday in coordination with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination ...
Hamas battles Israeli forces in north Gaza, amid hopes of hostage deal (Updated)
Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza’s largest refugee camp on Sunday and at least 11 people were killed by an Israeli air strike on a house, ...
UK’s Hunt says won’t implement tax cuts that fuel inflation
British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday he would not implement tax cuts that would push up inflation, days before he announces a major budget update that is widely ...
Detained Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released on bail after year in jail
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who has been detained since his arrest last year for showing support to anti-government protests, was released on bail from Isfahan prison, Iranian human rights group ...
Jailed Russian nationalist Girkin warns of ‘sham’ presidential election (updated)
Pro-war Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who is in custody awaiting trial for inciting extremism, said on Sunday he wanted to run for president even though he understood the March election ...
Resurgent Australia stand between India and World Cup glory
India and Australia have faced off in some of the most engaging contests in recent times and a new chapter to their rivalry will be added when they contest 50-over ...
Microsoft introduces its own chips for AI, with eye on cost
Microsoft (MSFT.O) this week announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that – faced with the high cost of delivering artificial intelligence services – are bringing ...
Lenovo posts another revenue decline as PC demand remains slow
China’s Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK) on Thursday posted a 16 per cent fall in revenue for the three months through September, meeting market expectations, as supply for personal computers (PCs) ...