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Volvo Cars sees declining sales in 'challenging' environment

Root says England 'learning on the job' in ODIs after 99 no against India

India launches first hydrogen-powered train in clean energy push

China's Moonshot AI chases 'DeepSeek moment' with much-hyped model

MEXC May–June Report: 750M+ USDT Futures Insurance Fund & 100% Asset Reserves

With climate ambitions in question, EU reforms carbon market

Petula Clark, 93, hopes real singers will survive the AI tide

Wilson keen to continue Wallabies captaincy as Schmidt era ends

Japan outlaws flag desecration despite critics

Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach

From coal pits to wind turbines, Polish miners rise to the occasion

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

Trump says US 'taking over' Hormuz as fighting with Iran flares

The United States is "taking over" the Strait of Hormuz and will be paid for protecting it, US President Donald Trump declared on Monday, as Washington and Tehran once again fought over the vital waterway.

Yemen government says attacked Sanaa airport, reviving dormant conflict

Yemen's internationally-recognised government said it struck Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport on Monday, its biggest flare-up in years with the rebels, who blamed the authorities' Saudi backers for the attack and threatened retaliation.

Three Britons among foreign Spanish wildfire victims

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

EU sanctions target Russian state-backed messaging app

The European Union on Monday announced sanctions against the company behind Russia's state-backed messaging app Max, which it said had been used to help clamp down on dissent.

Switzerland, Britain conclude 'modernised' free trade deal talks

Switzerland and Britain have concluded negotiations on an upgraded free trade agreement, Bern said Monday, saying the deal would boost legal certainty for businesses in both countries.

Oil prices surge on US-Iran attacks, tech shares tank

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.

Taliban says 'no oppression' of Afghan women after dress crackdown

Afghanistan's minister in charge of vice and virtue defended on Monday the crackdown on women's dress code in the western city of Herat, saying it protected "dignity" and dismissing criticism as propaganda.

Counter-terror police take lead of probe into UK politician's killing

Anti-terrorism police have taken charge of the investigation into the killing of veteran British right-wing politician Ann Widdecombe after fresh evidence emerged, the interior minister said Monday.

Commander of Ukraine's French-trained brigade arrested in murder probe

The commander of Ukraine's scandal-hit "Anne of Kyiv" army brigade has been arrested as part of a murder probe, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.

'Outstanding' India thrash England in historic first women's Test at Lord's

Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma shared the last four wickets as India completed a 270-run thrashing of England to win the first women's Test at Lord's on Monday.

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