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IEA chief says 'ready' to release more oil reserves if needed
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Maybach: Between Glory and a Turning Point
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Iran, Israel trade strikes as diplomats work behind the scenes
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German business morale falls as war puts recovery on ice: survey
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Labubu maker Pop Mart's shares fall 23% despite surging earnings
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ECB won't be 'paralysed' in face of energy shock: Lagarde
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Iran hits targets across Middle East after Trump signals talks progress
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McEvoy says best is to come after breaking long-standing swim record
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Japan PM asks IEA to prepare additional 'coordinated release' of oil
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Goat vs gecko: A tiny Caribbean island faces wildlife showdown
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Japan PM asks IEA chief to prepare additional 'coordinated release' of oil
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Hungary's hard-pressed LGBTQ people say Orban exit is only half battle
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Belarus leader visits North Korea for first time
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'No heavier burden': the decades-long search for Kosovo war missing
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Exotic pet trade thrives in China despite welfare concerns
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Iran fires missile salvo after Trump signals progress in talks
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BTS concert drew 18.4 million viewers, says Netflix
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OSCE's 'chaotic' Ukraine evacuation put staff at risk: leaked report
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Top WTO official sounds fertiliser warning over Middle East war
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France and Brazil weigh up World Cup prospects in glamour friendly
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Italy hoping to end World Cup pain as play-offs loom
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Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough
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Verstappen's Japan GP win streak under threat as Mercedes dominate
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Crude tumbles, stocks rally on hopes for Iran war de-escalation
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Sinner powers past Michelsen to reach Miami quarter-finals
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Gauff outlasts Bencic to reach Miami semi-finals
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'Hero' Australian dog who saved 100 koalas retires
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Underdogs chase World Cup berths in Mexico playoff tournament
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Pope heads to tiny Catholic Monaco
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Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon
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Artemis 2 Moon mission: a primer
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It's go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off
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Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen, tenacious and tough on migration
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OpenAI kills Sora video app in pivot toward business tools
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Danish PM's left-wing bloc wins election, but no majority
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Brazil court grants house arrest for jailed Bolsonaro
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Sinner downs Michelsen to reach Miami Open quarter-finals
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Advantage Arsenal in women's Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea
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Garner dreams of World Cup glory in bid to replicate England under-21 success
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New Mexico jury finds Meta liable for endangering children
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Huge crowd in Buenos Aires marks 50 years since Argentina's coup
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Oil, stock trading spiked before Trump's Iran remarks
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Colombia military plane crash death toll rises to 69
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Trump adds Columbus statue, walkway in latest White House makeover
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Danish PM's left-wing bloc leads election, but no majority
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Toronto unveils upgraded World Cup venue after fan scorn
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Beerensteyn goal gives Wolfsburg edge over Lyon in women's Champions League
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Gang crackdown carried out without 'abuses,' Guatemalan defense chief says
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Afghanistan releases detained US citizen
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Danish PM's left bloc leads election, but no majority
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US regulators greenlight contentious $8 bn Skydance-Paramount merger
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US regulators let Skydance acquire Paramount Global
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Trump, Fed chief Powell bicker during tense central bank visit
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Trump tours Fed, ramping up war on central bank
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First half net profit plunges 22% at French luxury group LVMH
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American Airlines shares fall on weak forecast
American Airlines shares tumbled Thursday as the carrier projected a third-quarter loss due to lingering weakness in the US leisure market.
Trump to tour Fed as war on central bank chief ramps up
Donald Trump is due to visit the US Federal Reserve Thursday as the president escalates his pressure on its chairman Jerome Powell over the central bank's management of the economy.
EU-US trade deal hopes buoy stocks
Stock markets mostly extended gains Thursday as optimism grew that the European Union could soon strike a trade deal with the United States, following the Japan-US agreement.
EU turns up pressure with Trump trade deal 'in reach'
With the contours of a hard-fought EU-US trade deal taking shape, the European Union is flexing its muscles in a bid to squeeze concessions from US President Donald Trump in the run-up to his deadline of August 1.
ECB holds rates with US tariffs decision on horizon
The European Central Bank held interest rates steady Thursday as policymakers waited to see whether the eurozone would be hit by higher US tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.
ECB to hold rates with US tariffs decision on horizon
The European Central Bank looked set to keep interest rates unchanged Thursday as policymakers waited to see whether the eurozone would be hit by higher US tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.
India's Modi and UK PM Starmer ink trade deal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised Britain's "unique bonds" with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday.
Pharma giant Roche sees income soar in first half
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche on Thursday posted better-than-expected net income for the first half of 2025 amid strong sales of asthma and breast cancer treatments.
Nestle struggles amid weak China market
Nestle said Tuesday its net profit fell in the first half of the year as the Swiss food giant behind Nespresso coffee capsules and KitKat chocolate bars struggles to turn around its fortunes amid sluggish consumer spending in China.
Deutsche Bank posts bumper profits, shares soar
Deutsche Bank on Thursday reported its highest second-quarter profit since 2007 and said it was on track to meet annual targets, sending shares in Germany's biggest lender soaring.
Markets extend gains on US trade deal hopes
Stock markets extended the week's gains Thursday on optimism other countries will follow up Japan's US trade deal with ones of their own, with speculation building that the European Union is on course.
TotalEnergies net profit drops as oil prices fall
TotalEnergies said Thursday its net profit plunged in the second quarter despite increased output as global oil and gas prices dropped.
BTS agency HYBE raided over alleged fraud trading
HYBE, the agency behind K-pop superstars BTS, was raided by police on Thursday in connection with alleged fraudulent trading involving its founder Bang Si-hyuk, investigators said.
US Osprey makes emegency landing in Japan
A US Osprey military aircraft made an emergency landing on Thursday in northern Japan, the latest in a string of mishaps and accidents involving the controversial tilt-rotor plane.
Atletico cash in on Real Madrid's Bernabeu concert woes
Mired in legal setbacks, Real Madrid are losing the lucrative star-studded concerts for which their costly Bernabeu stadium revamp was designed -- and cross-town rivals Atletico are cashing in.
Columbia University to pay $200 mn in clash with Trump
Columbia University said Wednesday it will pay $200 million to the US government after President Donald Trump threatened to pull federal funding over what he said was its unwillingness to protect Jewish students.
Germans reluctant to open wallets despite easing inflation
The cost-of-living crisis may be easing in Germany but that has not sparked a shopping frenzy just yet in a country where, as a recent survey suggests, people fear inflation more than war.
Proof of life: tracking elusive Amazon group to save their land
A ceramic pot and the shell of a turtle, once hunted for its meat, are the most recent traces of an Indigenous community thought to live deep in the north Brazilian Amazon.
ECB expected to hold rates as more Trump tariffs loom
The European Central Bank looks set to keep interest rates unchanged on Thursday while the introduction of higher US tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump hangs in the balance.
Australia lifts trade barriers on US beef
Australia said Thursday it would lift trade barriers on beef from the United States, removing a major point of friction between Canberra and the Trump administration.