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Vita Hydrokultur Opens £1.5m Series A Round to Scale Plant-Grown Skincare Ingredients

'Good energy' at Chelsea as Alonso kickstarts reign in Sydney

Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars 500% on debut as AI fuels shortages

Laxman hails 'very mature' Sooryavanshi, 15, after series win

Alonso says 'great signing' Rogers can rejuvenate Chelsea

Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars more than 500% on debut

Oil prices sink as US-Iran pause fuels fresh Hormuz hopes

Japan's 'King Kazu', 59, scores his first goal for four years

Indonesia central bank chief steps down early: govt

Film recounting bloody Punjab crackdown caught in India's crosshairs

Gaza teen triumphs despite war, loss and displacement

Putin's peace threshold

Saudi Arabia’s Costly Mirage

Latin America’s age trap

China's silicon reckoning

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Unexpected economic twist

Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss

Meta has tapped Indian fintech founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp, as the US tech giant seeks ways to monetise the messaging app's massive user base.

EU bets on digital euro to cut US tech addiction

The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to favour European firms over others.

Antetokounmpo joining Miami Heat in blockbuster: reports

Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo is joining the Miami Heat from the Milwaukee Bucks, multiple US media outlets including ESPN reported on Monday.

Fineanganofo rethinks Newcastle move after All Blacks call-up

Uncapped wing Fehi Fineanganofo said he hoped to get out of his contract to play for English club Newcastle to pursue a place at the 2027 World Cup, after being named in the All Blacks squad.

'Let's be realistic': Haaland cools Norway's World Cup expectations

Erling Haaland said Norway must be realistic about what they can achieve at the World Cup after qualifying for the last 32 on Monday with a 3-2 win over Senegal.

Stocks fluctuate after Wall St sell-off, crude holds losses on peace talks

Asian equities fluctuated Tuesday following a tech-led sell-off on Wall Street as investors again questioned a long-running AI-fuelled boom, while crude largely held losses that came on the back of positive US-Iran talks.

Lightning, downpour, a two-hour delay: bad weather hits the World Cup

Fans at the 2026 World Cup in North America had been warned there was a possibility that games could be disrupted by bad weather.

Ultra-reclusive Turkmenistan slowly opens up to tourists

From a gas crater dubbed the "Gateway to Hell" to the shimmering marble buildings of its capital, Turkmenistan is tentatively opening up to tourists after decades of isolation.

Two-goal Haaland fires Norway into World Cup last 32

Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 on Monday to punch their ticket to the last 32.

Marc Bloch, historian and Resistance hero, joins France's Pantheon greats

Historian and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who was tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, will enter the Pantheon on Tuesday in a rare tribute reserved for France's most revered historical figures.

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