Oil prices extended gains as a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remained distant, a day after the deadline for a truce expired. While soft US data this month has eased concerns that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates soon, traders still expect inflation to remain high for some time as the Middle East crisis drags on and crude stays
The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelling study published Tuesday. The research was released during a blistering northern hemisphere summer when extreme heat broke numerous records and contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands
Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, as top leaders attended a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who died last week at 97. Known for his decisive restructuring of the Chinese economy during a five-year premiership starting in 1998, Zhu was praised as "an outstanding proletarian
A total of 620 drones flew towards the Moscow region overnight, Russian officials said on Tuesday, reporting that several people were wounded and buildings were struck. With frontline fighting at a near standstill and talks frozen, Ukraine and Russia have significantly stepped up long-distance attacks, pushing the civilian death toll to its highest
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone posing as Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, several media outlets reported on Monday. According to Politico, which broke the story quoting anonymous sources, the British leader sent a "few messages" via an unspecified communication channel to a person he believed to
A Russian court on Monday sentenced prominent opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years in prison over his criticism of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. The 63-year-old is among the very few Kremlin opponents who remained in Russia after it launched a sweeping crackdown on dissent following the 2022 Ukraine assault. The court in Pskov, northwestern
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender. "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them," Trump told Fox News journalist Trey Yingst, referring to ongoing talks between Oman and Iran on control of the strait, while Washington
A jury trial set to begin on Tuesday could change Instagram and Facebook forever after a coalition of US states accused Meta of intentionally designing them to be addictive for children. In the landmark trial, 30 American states are seeking around $200 billion in damages against Meta. Meta previously claimed in court documents that the financial penalties
Pakistan authorities said Monday they detained 258 people, including 170 Vietnamese and 40 Chinese nationals, following a raid on an alleged "scam call centre" in the capital, Islamabad. "They were running a scam call centre in Gulberg Green, a housing society on the outskirts of Islamabad," an official from the Federal Investigation Agency, a Pakistani
US President Donald Trump said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back "inappropriate and hostile" military drills with South Korea, hours before the exercises began on Monday. Trump cited his "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as he said he was unhappy about the drills that were designed to prepare for a possible attack by Pyongyang
