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AI startup urges optimism from Europe despite safety fears

Italy winemakers hail bumper harvest but cut output

'Godlike, invincible': Japan hails 11-year-old Games history-maker

Kyiv shoppers feel the pinch from Russian strikes

Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check

Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloning

Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan's capital unlivable

Curtain falls on the romance of India's single-screen cinemas

Internationals keep Presidents Cup lead with late fightbacks

Smells like teen spirit as US thrash Peru 4-1

Tuchel to 'keep pushing' England to reach Spain's level

Cavy chaos: Hundreds attend New Zealand's biggest guinea pig show

Alcaraz saves match points to keep Europe ahead in Laver Cup

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Stocks rise as SK hynix boosts AI trade

Global stock markets rose on Friday as investors digested a wave of corporate announcements and as tech sentiment was lifted ahead of the Wall Street debut of South Korean chip titan SK hynix.

Volkswagen sales slide further as carmaker weighs mass job cuts

Volkswagen on Friday said that a slide in sales accelerated in the second quarter, as the crisis-hit German auto group reportedly considers cutting up to 100,000 jobs worldwide.

England bowl against India in historic first women's Test at Lord's

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and elected to field against India on Friday as Lord's finally played host to its first women's Test in the ground's long history.

Gagan Gupta, man on a mission to industrialise Africa

From timber and textiles to minerals, Indian entrepreneur Gagan Gupta has spent the past 15 years working to industrialise Africa.

Eleven dead, 19 missing as wildfire roars through southern Spain

Eleven people were killed including four suspected to be British, and 19 were missing after a wildfire tore through a rugged area of southern Spain, authorities said Friday.

Eleven dead, 19 missing as Spain wildfire roars through southern Spain

Eleven people were killed including four suspected to be British, and 19 were missing after a wildfire tore through a rugged area of southern Spain, authorities said Friday.

EU tells Meta to change Facebook, Instagram's 'addictive design'

Meta must change Facebook's and Instagram's "addictive design" or face a heavy fine, the EU warned on Friday.

Man nearly sucked out of 'detached' window on Ryanair flight

A man was nearly sucked out the window of a Ryanair flight when it "detached" mid-air en route to Germany, with other passengers pulling him back inside, witnesses and officials said.

EasyJet accepts rival takeover bid from US investor Apollo

British no-frills airline EasyJet said Friday it had accepted a £5.7-billion ($7.7-billion) takeover offer from US private equity firm Apollo, topping a rival bid by American investor Castlelake.

Record visitors, record taxes: Vienna cashes in on tourist boom

As Vienna grapples with smashed record after smashed record for tourist numbers, a plan to more than double its visitors' tax has worried hotel owners fearful of killing the Austrian capital's golden goose.

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