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Tokyo, Taipei lead heavy losses as Asian markets suffer fresh tech rout

Japan imperial rules tweaked, but still no woman emperor

US strikes Iran as Tehran warns of Mideast reprisals

Fact Check: Trump's primetime speech rehashing election claims

China's Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country

Defence and minerals: inside Pakistan's lobbying push in Washington

India's space sector takes off as private rocket readies launch

Trump revives election fraud claims ahead of US midterms

Taiwan lawmakers to remove legal hurdles for Starlink to operate

India's private space industry shoots for the stars

Tokyo, Taipei lead tech losses as Asian markets suffer again

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

Norway receive heroes' welcome in Oslo after World Cup exit

Around 90,000 people welcomed back Norway's players to Oslo on Monday after they returned home from making a historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals.

France and Spain prepare to duel at World Cup

The World Cup held its breath Monday on the eve of the first semi-final that pitches France's fearsome attack against a technically gifted Spain team.

Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris

France on Monday battled two fires that scorched over 1,300 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of arson.

Pickford backs England to keep cool in tense Argentina World Cup semi

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is confident his team will keep their cool in the heat of Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against Argentina.

Five Britons among foreign Spanish wildfire victims

Five Britons, three Belgians and one national each from France and Spain are among the 13 victims of one of the deadliest Spanish wildfires in recent times, authorities said on Monday.

Oil prices surge on US-Iran attacks; tech shares fall

World oil prices surged Monday as a fresh flare-up between the United States and Iran rattled investors, while a selloff in chipmakers sent South Korea's stock market plunging.

Ukraine allies pledge more air defence, pressure Russia

Ukraine's allies on Monday at a Paris summit announced more air defence support for Kyiv and exercises of the force to be deployed after a ceasefire in efforts to increase pressure on Russia to end the war.

Thomas Tuchel: England's World Cup mastermind

Thomas Tuchel was hired by England as head coach with a simple brief: win the 2026 World Cup.

'Until the end': The tireless, traumatic search for Venezuela quake victims

Ten days after Venezuela's twin earthquakes reduced his high-rise apartment building to rubble, Miguel Baez gave up hope of finding his mother, brother and niece alive.