Dam destroyed in Ukraine, flooding war zone (wrapup)
A torrent of water burst through a huge dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war ...
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Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for triple Meta’s top-line price
Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging ...
Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino logs first day in role
Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino has begun her role at the social media company, she tweeted late on Monday, about a month after Elon Musk named her ...
Spurs name Postecoglou as new manager
Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Celtic coach Ange Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
He becomes the first Australian to ...
Unions stage last-ditch effort to stop French pension overhaul
French unions are staging today Tuesday a 14th day of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age to 64, in what could be a final attempt to pressure lawmakers ...
Iran presents its first hypersonic ballistic missile, state media reports
Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported, an announcement likely to heighten Western concerns about Tehran’s ...
Muhammad scores on and off the pitch
By Richard Boxall
It has been an eventful few days for Cyprus Cricket Association chairman Muhammad Husain.
During the week he signed an agreement to continue and expand the partnership ...
Roland Garros bracing for Svitolina v Sabalenka clash (order of play)
Tension will be at its highest at the French Open on Tuesday when Elina Svitolina faces Aryna Sabalenka in front of a notoriously fickle Roland Garros crowd in the most ...
Smaller UK firms attractive targets for private equity buyouts
Even as higher costs of borrowing continue to choke dealmaking, fund managers and bankers believe smaller UK-listed firms remain attractive to private equity players flush with unspent funds of nearly ...
Eurozone business growth slowed in May as factories struggled
Eurozone business activity was shored up last month by the bloc’s dominant services industry offsetting a deepening decline in the manufacturing sector, according to a survey which also showed ...
UBS expects to seal Credit Suisse takeover as early as June 12
UBS (UBSG.S) expects to complete its takeover of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) “as early as June 12”, which will create a giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion ...
Ruud roars, Jabeur and Swiatek soar into French Open quarters
Casper Ruud continued his bid to reach back-to-back finals at the French Open by fending off Chile’s Nicolas Jarry in a 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5 fourth-round win on Monday as ...
Oil rises on Saudi plan to deepen output cuts from July
Oil prices rose by more than $1 a barrel on Monday after top crude exporter Saudi Arabia pledged to cut production by a further 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from July ...
Messi keen on rejoining Barcelona, says father
Lionel Messi, who last week played his last game for Paris St Germain, is open to making a return to LaLiga side Barcelona, the Argentine forward’s father said on ...
Cancer vaccines poised to unlock ‘new treatment paradigm’ with Merck/Moderna data
Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc MRNA.O and Merck & Co MRK.N (known as MSD in Europe) reduced the risk that the most deadly skin cancer ...
Germany launches $53 bln scheme to help stricken industry decarbonise
Germany is launching a programme that will make available tens of billions of euros for firms facing substantial energy costs, in a bid to help its challenged industrial sector fund ...
Apple expected to reveal mixed-reality headset at developer conference (Updated)
Apple Inc AAPL.O is expected to unveil a mixed-reality headset at its annual software developer conference on Monday, its first big move into a new product category since the ...
Russia says it thwarts big attack in Ukraine but Russian mercenary leader says some ground lost (Updated)
Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the south of Ukraine’s Donetsk region but Russia’s main mercenary leader said Russian forces had lost ...
US, India agree roadmap for defence industry cooperation
India and the United States have concluded a roadmap for defence industry cooperation for the next few years, the two countries said on Monday, a landmark move expected to bolster ...
Prince Harry’s lawyers say UK tabloid sowed ‘discord’ with Prince William (Updated)
Prince Harry’s lawyers accused a British tabloid publisher on Monday of sowing “the seeds of discord” with his elder brother Prince William, after the royal earlier failed to appear ...
Erdogan considering Erkan as Turkey cenbank chief, sources say
President Tayyip Erdogan is considering appointing Hafize Gaye Erkan, a senior finance executive in the United States, as governor of Turkey’s central bank, according to two senior officials with ...
India investigates rail disaster as trains crawl through crash site (Updated)
The official investigation into India’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades began on Monday after preliminary findings pointed to signal failure as the likely cause for a collision ...
UK’s Sunak says his immigration plan is working, reducing numbers
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday his plan to stop migrants arriving in small boats had reduced crossings by 20%, an update he hopes will ease criticism from his ...
Crypto giant Binance controlled ‘independent’ U.S. affiliate’s bank accounts
A senior Binance executive was the main operator for five bank accounts belonging to the giant cryptocurrency exchange’s purportedly independent U.S. affiliate, including an account that held American ...