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Stocks rise and oil slips as traders eye Iran threat, Nvidia results

Lego net profit up 32% in first half, 'stronger than expected': CEO to AFP

India in command despite Sooriyabandara half-century

German GDP growth revised upwards, defying Iran war turmoil

Hyundai reaches tentative deal with workers after strike

STARTRADER Adds 30 U.S. Stock and ETF CFDs as 2026 Product Expansion Accelerates

Trees 'giving up': climate change hammers historic English gardens

Trees 'giving up': climnate change hammers historic English gardens

Malian songbird keeps age-old sounds alive at 88

Namibia paves way for phosphate mining in the Atlantic Ocean

Canada to announce response to Trump's new tariffs

Six months into Iran war, Hormuz traffic way down, sailors stranded

Stocks stagger and oil rises as traders eye Iran threat, Nvidia results

Netanyahu got his Iran war, but maybe not his desired result

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Turkey sentences Erdogan critic Kavala to life in jail

A Turkish court Monday sentenced leading intellectual and rights campaigner Osman Kavala to life in jail on highly controversial coup plot charges that had already seen him locked up without a conviction for more than four years.

Crew of first private flight to ISS set for splashdown

Three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut are set to splash down Monday off the Florida coast after spending two weeks aboard the International Space Station.

Stocks and oil slide China lockdowns, rate hike fears

Stock markets and oil prices slumped Monday on growing concern that lockdowns in China aimed at fighting a worsening Covid outbreak could further harm a world economy battling decades-high inflation.

Some male spiders catapult away after sex to avoid death

Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex.

What we know about mystery hepatitis strain in children

An unknown, severe strain of hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks, with at least one child dying of the mysterious disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

UK regulator probes 'sexist, misogynist' article about top MP

Britain's press regulator on Monday said it had received a slew of complaints over a newspaper article likening a leading woman opposition MP to the femme fatale character in "Basic Instinct".

Man City can write another chapter in European history, says Guardiola

Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City cannot compete with Real Madrid's European pedigree but says they can write a new chapter in the club's history in their Champions League semi-final against the Spanish giants.

Twitter shares rise on reports it will accept Musk takeover bid

Twitter shares rose Monday following reports the company is poised to accept Elon Musk's takeover offer, a dramatic shift after the board organized a "poison pill" to ward off the billionaire entrepreneur's hostile buyout bid.

'The war will end, I made a wish': voices of Kharkiv's children

Since the war began two months ago, Alina, Alex, Daniel, Kiril and Lilia, all aged between eight and 14, have been sleeping in an underground car park in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.

Singaporeans hold vigil for Malaysians facing execution

Hundreds of Singaporeans held a candlelight vigil on Monday to protest the looming execution of two Malaysians convicted of drug offences, as the United Nations urged the city-state to spare them.

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