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Organised crime suspect Daniel Kinahan extradited from Dubai

Organised crime suspect Daniel Kinahan extradited from Dubai

Irish government jet flies alleged drug trafficker back to Dublin to face charges...

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Turkey’s cyber law shifts sweeping powers to presidency

Turkey’s cyber law shifts sweeping powers to presidency

Move raises concern about ‘absolute digital obedience’ among social media and gaming platforms...

6 days ago
France faces budget showdown as presidential election looms

France faces budget showdown as presidential election looms

Minister David Amiel urges opposition to help cut deficit and not leave mess for next leader...

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Deadly protests in Kashmir test Pakistan’s military rulers

Deadly protests in Kashmir test Pakistan’s military rulers

Dozens killed in worst violence in region in decades...

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Iranian missile targets UAE tanker despite talks to reopen strait

Iranian missile targets UAE tanker despite talks to reopen strait

Latest attacks launched as Iran said it was close to finalising deal with Oman to manage shipping through Hormuz...

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Greg Abel finally puts Buffett’s cash pile to work

Greg Abel finally puts Buffett’s cash pile to work

Berkshire Hathaway chief ends more than three-year selling streak as he ploughs a net $20bn into stocks...

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Landmark crypto bill stalls in US Senate despite $225mn spending push

Landmark crypto bill stalls in US Senate despite $225mn spending push

Lobby struggles to pass top priority in Congress as lawmakers spar over legislation...

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US Senate narrowly confirms Todd Blanche as US attorney-general

US Senate narrowly confirms Todd Blanche as US attorney-general

Vote follows tense fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about installing an ally of President Donald Trump...

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Spain reinstates border controls on Italy as tensions rise over migrants

Spain reinstates border controls on Italy as tensions rise over migrants

Move widens rift between Pedro Sánchez’s government and rightwing Italian premier Giorgia Meloni...

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US economy unexpectedly sheds 23,000 jobs in July

US economy unexpectedly sheds 23,000 jobs in July

Lacklustre figure prompts traders to scale back bets on Fed rate rises...

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Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s legal crusader goes off script

Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s legal crusader goes off script

The US attorney’s relationship with the president is on thin ice after her office rejected claims of vandalism at the Re...

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Iran’s oil exports stall and Kharg Island idles under US blockade

Iran’s oil exports stall and Kharg Island idles under US blockade

US naval blockade appears to be halting tankers from carrying Tehran’s crude...

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US euro sale to prop up yen blindsided ECB

US euro sale to prop up yen blindsided ECB

Christine Lagarde and Scott Bessent spoke only after Washington’s historic intervention...

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The curious case of the Japanese government bond yields

The curious case of the Japanese government bond yields

Maybe not as high as you think...

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Parents haggle with private schools over fees as VAT pushes up costs

Parents haggle with private schools over fees as VAT pushes up costs

Financial advisers say families now band together to negotiate a group discount for their children as 20% tax rate bites...

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Court tells Meta to pay extra $567mn penalty to tackle social media harm to children

Court tells Meta to pay extra $567mn penalty to tackle social media harm to children

Tech group to appeal after New Mexico judge finds company to be a ‘public nuisance’...

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Jane Street in talks to shift its $11bn in debt to investors including Pimco

Jane Street in talks to shift its $11bn in debt to investors including Pimco

Private credit deal would allow the secretive trading firm to make further investments in AI...

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Uefa doubles down on World Cup boycott in effort to oust Infantino

Uefa doubles down on World Cup boycott in effort to oust Infantino

Europe’s football governing body reiterates threat despite Fifa ditching plan to sell stake to external investors...

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AI creates first synthetic viruses

AI creates first synthetic viruses

Genomic language model has huge potential to redesign organisms such as bacteria...

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Trump allowed to delay release of financial details in $10bn BBC defamation case

Trump allowed to delay release of financial details in $10bn BBC defamation case

US court agrees with emergency stay requested by lawyers acting for president’s investment trust...

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Russia targets Maga influencers ahead of German state vote

Russia targets Maga influencers ahead of German state vote

The ‘Matryoshka’ campaign is seeking to amplify inflammatory English-language posts, officials say...

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Kevin Warsh to stick with lean Fed messaging despite market backlash

Kevin Warsh to stick with lean Fed messaging despite market backlash

US central bank chair remains confident that sweeping reforms will win over key investors...

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Ares scales back blockbuster private credit vehicle after valuation pushback

Ares scales back blockbuster private credit vehicle after valuation pushback

Wall Street firm sought to complete €1bn continuation fund but failed to get buy-in for pricing from investors...

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Gianni Infantino admits ‘mistakes’ over failed $20bn Fifa investment plan

Gianni Infantino admits ‘mistakes’ over failed $20bn Fifa investment plan

President seeks to move on from saga that undermined world football’s governing body...

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Big US hedge funds hit by wave of cyber attacks

Big US hedge funds hit by wave of cyber attacks

Point72 and Citadel among firms targeted by audio phishing schemes...

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JPMorgan poaches M&A banker Amy Lissauer from Bank of America

JPMorgan poaches M&A banker Amy Lissauer from Bank of America

Executive will lead activism defence practice at biggest US lender...

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Iran says it has reached agreement with Oman on Hormuz shipping route

Iran says it has reached agreement with Oman on Hormuz shipping route

Islamic republic is determined to retain a degree of control over the chokepoint...

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Israel launches strikes on Lebanon in new flare-up

Israel launches strikes on Lebanon in new flare-up

Israeli military issues first evacuation order in over a month amid renewed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the regio...

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High-stakes Michigan Democratic Senate primary too close to call

High-stakes Michigan Democratic Senate primary too close to call

Fewer than 20,000 votes separate centrist congresswoman Haley Stevens and progressive challenger Abdul El-Sayed...

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China launches global tax hunt going back decades

China launches global tax hunt going back decades

Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows...

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Citadel surges 6% after swoop on Situational Awareness

Citadel surges 6% after swoop on Situational Awareness

Ken Griffin’s flagship fund bought billions of dollars of AI stocks from Leopold Aschenbrenner’s firm...

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Russian bombardment kills 17 in Kyiv

Russian bombardment kills 17 in Kyiv

Ukraine warns Patriot interceptor stocks are running low as retaliatory 40-day air campaign expires...

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Banks to offload $15bn of debt for Anthropic data centre backed by Google

Banks to offload $15bn of debt for Anthropic data centre backed by Google

Bond sale could free up lending capacity as mega AI deals stretch Wall Street financing limits...

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Musk’s SpaceX unnerves investors with lavish spending plans

Musk’s SpaceX unnerves investors with lavish spending plans

Shares in AI to rockets group slide even as it says its quarterly revenues nearly doubled...

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Trump administration refunds $100bn in ‘liberation day’ tariffs

Trump administration refunds $100bn in ‘liberation day’ tariffs

US customs officials repay about 60% of the levies that were struck down by the Supreme Court...

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US cannot ‘stay isolated’ from Chinese EV competition, warns Lucid CEO

US cannot ‘stay isolated’ from Chinese EV competition, warns Lucid CEO

Carmaker’s new boss predicts industry ‘shakeout’ and announces $1.4bn cost-cutting programme...

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US diesel prices overtake Biden-era average in blow to Trump

US diesel prices overtake Biden-era average in blow to Trump

Cost for fuel that powers industrial America set to remain elevated even as crude falls...

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Trump’s pick for US attorney-general clears key Senate hurdle

Trump’s pick for US attorney-general clears key Senate hurdle

Todd Blanche’s nomination narrowly passed by committee after he agreed to scrap the president’s $1.8bn ‘slush fund’...

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Oil falls after Bessent says deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz is imminent

Oil falls after Bessent says deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz is imminent

Brent drops 4% and US stocks hit record high as Iranian and Omani negotiators agree on temporary shipping arrangement...

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Fifa executive criticises Infantino’s ‘reproachable’ stake sale plan

Fifa executive criticises Infantino’s ‘reproachable’ stake sale plan

Comments from secretary-general Mattias Grafström add to pressure on Fifa president...

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