Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Fabio Wardley tells BBC Sport how he went from playing for Ipswich Town's academy to becoming WBO heavyweight champion.

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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal "created history together" and praises the atmosphere and energy of the Emirates Stadium crowd, as Arsenal beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate to reach their first Champions League final in 20 years.

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Wessel Nijman emulates his Michael van Gerwen as he continues his superb form in the Players Championship with victory in the 14th tournament of the year.

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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill believes Hearts are in a strong position to become regular title contenders in the Scottish Premiership.

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Everton's Thierno Barry effectively gained from being offside when Manchester City's Marc Guehi teed him up to score on Monday. Is the law fair? And were the game's other big decisions correct?

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World number one Aryna Sabalenka believes players will boycott a Grand Slam "at some point" because of the ongoing dispute over prize money.

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The UK government says it is in "discussions about supporting potential bids" to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the 2040s.

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Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny will leave a lasting legacy after announcing he will hang up his boots at the end of the season.

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Emma Sing, Ellie Kildunne and Mia Venner comprise a new-look back-three combination for England's Women's Six Nations game against Italy on Saturday.

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An Everton fan is arrested by Merseyside Police during his side's match with Manchester City for allegedly racially abusing Antoine Semenyo.

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Britain's Emma Raducanu withdraws from the Italian Open because of the post-viral illness that has kept her off the WTA Tour for two months.

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Jon Rahm will be eligible for next year's Ryder Cup in Ireland after striking a deal to continue playing on the DP World Tour.

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Morgan Gibbs-White has enjoyed an impressive resurgence in 2026, so is the Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder now the leading contender for the number 10 role with England at the World Cup?

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Napoli will turn Man Utd striker Rasmus Hojlund's loan into a permanent move, West Ham winger Crysencio Summerville is being monitored by a number of clubs and Chelsea consider appointing Xavi Hernandez as their next manager.

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BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Miami Grand Prix.

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Watch Chris Kane's goal in Dunfermline Athletic's 1-0 Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final first-leg win against Arbroath.

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Mark Chapman, Charlie Adam, Shay Given and Rory Smith discuss Manchester City’s 3-3 draw at Everton, focusing on how dropped points could impact their Premier League title challenge.

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The vice president’s first trip to the early caucus state saw him defending the White House’s response to a sputtering economy with an eye towards his own presidential ambitions.

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The president successfully ousted a majority of the Republican state senators who blocked his redistricting effort last year.

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So far, his chosen candidates in several May primaries are struggling to dominate their fields.

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Madison Sheahan’s loss to former state Rep. Derek Merrin brings relief to Republicans concerned about her electability against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.

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Two-time major champion Bryson DeChambeau said if LIV Golf dissolves he plans to focus on growing his YouTube channel.

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Arsenal's stout defense and a timely goal from Bukayo Saka propelled them over Atlético Madrid and into their second ever UCL final.

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Here's what league insiders are talking about as the NBA's conference semifinals begin.

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Fantasy expectations and analysis on Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink and others returning from injury.

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A chaotic opening round means it's a wide-open field. Here are the players leading the charge as Round 2 begins.

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Here's a list of the top picks in the event taking place in Buffalo on June 26 and 27.

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How do all of the teamd stack up after free agency and the draft? Here are our early rankings for next season, plus one spot each roster got better.

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The Angels' slugger is showing glimpses of his former MVP self, but will it last? He thinks so. Here's why.

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Nail the transfer portal? Miss a big recruit? Find a top coordinator? All are part of our offseason evaluations.

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The American Football Coaches Association is recommending changes to the college football calendar that would end the season by the second Monday in January, while also pushing for increased access to the College Football Playoff.

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Nathan MacKinnon scored a goal and assisted on two more as the Colorado Avalanche rolled through Minnesota's newest netminder, Filip Gustavsson, on their way to a 5-2 win over the Wild on Tuesday, securing a 2-0 lead in the second-round playoff series.

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Tigers manager A.J. Hinch questioned the actions of his own pitcher, Framber Valdez, after the left-hander hit Trevor Story with a pitch following back-to-back Boston Red Sox home runs Tuesday night in Detroit.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs, who this week announced sweeping front office changes, won the lottery Tuesday for the first pick in the NHL draft, a victory at a critical time for a franchise that failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2016.

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A jury found former New England Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs not guilty on charges of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault and battery on Tuesday.

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Cade Cunningham scored 23 points, Tobias Harris had 20, and the Pistons beat the Cavaliers 111-101 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their second-round series.

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The Thunder routed the Lakers on Tuesday night to open their Western Conference semifinal series.

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Armed with some Python and a white-hot sense of injustice, one medical student spent six months trying to figure out whether an algorithm trashed his job application.

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Your mom never gets you a thoughtless gift, so you shouldn’t get her one, either. Here’s every cool gift WIRED writers would give their mothers.

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Whether you’re going off-grid or safeguarding against blackouts, these beefy, WIRED-tested batteries can keep the lights on.

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In 1990, three former Apple employees launched a company that epitomized the Silicon Valley dream. What they invented looked like an iPhone—more than a decade earlier. The device never came to be.

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Murena's /e/OS tablet offers an iPadOS- and Google-free, privacy-friendly tablet experience, but you'll have to pay for it.

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UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.

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The new Lifestyle Ultra Speaker, Ultra Soundbar, and Ultra Subwoofer introduce a cozier look.

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The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure than third-party sites.

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The voice actors from the original film have returned for the sequel—and not everyone is happy about it.

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Courts may restrict access to the popular abortion medication mifepristone in the United States. Telehealth providers have backup plans in place.

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OpenAI’s president wrapped his testimony on Tuesday by revealing a fiery meeting with Musk in 2017 and subsequent efforts to remove several board members.

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Reduce unnecessary plastic waste and petroleum-based neoprene at your local break with the best sustainable wetsuits, sunglasses, and more.

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From tinned fish to baked goodies, you can deliver the best-tasting treats to their door—even if you don’t live close by.

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The host of Chicken Shop Date joined WIRED’s Big Interview podcast to talk about turning down bad deals, beating the algorithm, and the importance of being over-prepared.

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Education minister confirmed a temporary ban would be made permanent after author pleaded guilty to child exploitation offences. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflationThe federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk is that if you keep handing out money to households, what you’ll actually do is fuel inflation.This is a government that cuts taxes. We’ve cut taxes already and we will cut taxes again, we made that clear and we made that public.The issue is, the budget won’t be pumping a lot of extra stimulus in the economy, in fact overall we’ll be winding back spending in the budget. Continue reading...

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Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blastAn explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 26 people and injured 61, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.The blast occurred in the city of Changsha, in Hunan province, on Monday afternoon, China’s official news agency Xinhua said. China Daily said the plant was operated by the Huasheng Fireworks Manufacturing and Display Co in the Changsha-administered, county-level city of Liuyang. Continue reading...

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Louise Arbour will serve as Canada’s representative of King Charles and carry out ceremonial and constitutional dutiesCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has appointed a former supreme court justice and war crimes prosecutor as the country’s new governor general, saying her appointment would reflect the importance of global institutions.Louise Arbour, a celebrated jurist, served as United Nations commissioner and prosecuted war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, will serve as Canada’s representative of King Charles III. Continue reading...

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Authorities investigate leak of 2.9 million voters’ details, adding to turmoil over push for independence referendumAlberta separatists have delivered more than 300,000 signatures to elections officials in western Canada, in support of their attempt to force an independence referendum in Canada’s oil-rich province.But the effort stumbled immediately as a separatist-linked group posted the personal data of nearly 3 million residents online in one of the largest data breaches in Canadian history, fomenting fears of a possible political interference crisis. Continue reading...

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Police suspend ‘extensive’ six-day air and ground search in Nova Scotia, citing ‘no new information’Teams in eastern Canada have called off an “extensive” six-day air and ground search of a rugged park for a missing Australian hiker.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said this week it had suspended operations after an effort involving dogs, 100 people, aircraft and ground crews yielded “no new information” in the whereabouts of Denise Ann Willams. Continue reading...

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Property prices are still rising at the entry level and as borrowing costs increase, the home ownership dream is even further out of reachFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe third Reserve Bank rate hike in a row has delivered a blow not only to mortgaged homeowners, but also to those hoping to break into the property market like Dani Hunterford and her husband.They have been saving for a deposit but have been left frustrated as another rate hike appears to put their homeowning dream out of reach again. Continue reading...

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Exclusive: Company pushes for lower excise and claims threats warrant secrecy, while critics say it has ‘no interest in public health or safety’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe tobacco giant Philip Morris told a secret Senate hearing that soaring trade in illegal cigarettes would wipe out legal products in Australia as soon as 2030, claiming executives’ identities should be kept secret because of threats from organised crime.Labor criticised Coalition MPs for allowing the company to give evidence to an inquiry on illegal tobacco in a closed-door session in Canberra on Monday, ending more than 15 years of precedent under a World Health Organization (WHO) agreement. Continue reading...

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Chris Minns’ chief of staff launched legal action to avoid giving evidence. Since the court ruled in his favour, others are doing the sameFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWitnesses are refusing to appear before New South Wales parliamentary inquiries due to a recent court ruling, in a move labelled as having a “completely unacceptable” impact on public interest investigations.In December, the NSW court of appeal ruled that provisions of the Parliamentary Evidence Act allowing for arrest warrants were invalid on the basis that they impaired the court’s institutional integrity. Continue reading...

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Home affairs minister Tony Burke says government continues to refuse to help the group of 13Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome of the Australian women linked to Islamic State fighters face arrest and criminal charges on their return from Syria this week, with the government and federal police promising a hardline response when the group touches down.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed that the government was aware that four Australian women and nine of their children had begun the journey home, after more than a decade of planning by a joint Asio and Australian federal police counter-terrorism taskforce. Continue reading...

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Kennedy has made—and continues to make—many false claims about SSRIs.

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Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.

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DHS targeted a man who hadn't entered the US for years for criticism of ICE operations.

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The Dutch road authority will ask other EU regulators to approve the driver assist.

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"You're a man who needs to control his fate. But you cannot control this."

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We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California.

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SEC alleged Musk's late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million.

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State says chatbot claimed to practice medicine, gave invalid license number.

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Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026.

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Elon Musk argued the journals show the moment when OpenAI abandoned its mission.

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Daemon Tools users: It's time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat.

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Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.

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The hugely popular prediction market was shut down by U.S. regulators in 2022 and re-opened in Panama, where it has benefited from tax and legal benefits for years.

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In Ohio, where a Democrat hasn't won an election for governor in 20 years, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton could be in for a tight race this fall.

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State officials allege a Character.AI bot claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and provided a fake state medical license number.

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Five major publishing houses and the bestselling author are suing Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly training its Llama generative AI models on millions of copyrighted materials.

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Hantavirus is typically spread through contact with rodent feces, urine or saliva. But cases on the MV Hondius cruise ship point to an unusual means of transmission.

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The brothers and their parents were taken into federal custody earlier this year during a required immigration check-in. The story caught the ear of a country music icon.

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Hebrew Union College, the oldest Jewish seminary in the United States, was established in 1875 in Cincinnati by the founder of Reform Judaism in North America. The college has other campuses, but its rabbinical program in Cincinnati will shut down and graduate its last four students at the end of the first week in May.

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May 5 is International Day of the Midwife. This year's theme is "one million more" — reflecting a shortage of midwives.

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.

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Fuel is airlines' second-largest expense, and getting even costlier due to the U.S. war with Iran. Airlines are looking for ways to cope, starting by hiking checked baggage fees for most fliers.

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Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly requested Xbox console features, reducing the price of Game Pass, and moving Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox, Sharma is reorganizing the Xbox platform team at Microsoft today. The changes will see […]

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Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history" when training its Llama AI models, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In their suit, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, Hachette, […]

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OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has "significant improvements in factuality across the board." The company claims that, based on "internal evaluations," GPT-5.5 Instant produced "52.5% fewer hallucinated claims" than its […]

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Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it's "testing" DMs on the web now, but plans to make the feature "available to more people soon." In your DM page on the web, you can see your inbox and […]

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The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running […]

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Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on Tuesday. The move follows Sharma's reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team - where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox - to the Xbox […]

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Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would apply to people in the US who purchased all models of the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 15 Pro between June 10th, 2024 and […]

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Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant's ability to interpret and act on requests. The upgrade will also make Gemini for Home better […]

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On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon wrapped in bacon, scrambled eggs, and orange juice), strapped into the Freedom 7 rocket, and blasted off into space, becoming the first American astronaut to do so. Shepard's historic flight - and the first crewed […]

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Iron ore rose to the highest since October 2024 as China’s markets reopened after a five-day holiday.

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Metal exports from China, especially aluminum, are getting a significant lift from the war in the Middle East, which has cut regional supplies while boosting demand for clean-tech products as fossil fuel prices soar.

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Samsung Electronics Co. reached a $1 trillion market valuation after shares in the world’s largest memory maker more than quadrupled over the past year on booming demand for the chips used in artificial intelligence.

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Small investors own fewer stocks directly, pour money into the market via mutual funds.

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Traders are swiftly unwinding bearish positions against Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.’s Hong Kong-listed shares as the focus shifts to the battery giant’s growth outlook following a $5 billion share sale.

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Jason Pang of JPMorgan Asset Management says that "higher oil for longer will translate into a more hawkish bias" among central banks in Asia. He also tells Bloomberg Television that "Malaysia, local, remains a good exposure for investors." (Source: Bloomberg)

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A gauge of Chinese tech shares surged to a record high, joining a broader artificial intelligence-related rally sweeping across Asian markets as investors piled into growth sectors.

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Asian currencies extended a rebound as the artificial intelligence trade gathered pace and sentiment improved on hopes of a peace deal between the US and Iran.

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India’s central bank is weighing a plan for state lenders to sell foreign-currency bonds, mulling a tool last used nearly three decades ago to draw capital inflows and shore up the beleaguered rupee, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Stocks climbed to a record after President Donald Trump signaled progress toward a final agreement with Iran, adding fresh momentum to markets already buoyed by a rally in technology shares. Crude oil declined.

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Oil fell a second day as US President Donald Trump said “Great Progress” has been made on a final agreement to end the war with Iran.

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It can be dangerous to stand in the way of a rally like this.

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Sydney-based fund manager Regal Partners Ltd. is on track to hit A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) in net inflows this year, as conflict in the Middle East spurs demand for investment strategies offering a hedge against inflation.

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Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin accumulation firm Strategy Inc. has survived yet another crypto market meltdown with some fresh financial engineering.

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Sydney-listed toll road operator Atlas Arteria Ltd. rejected a takeover bid from its biggest shareholder IFM Investors Pty, saying the bid was too low.

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President Donald Trump said he would pause a US-led effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if an agreement with Iran to end the war could be finalized. Bloomberg's Derek Wallbank breaks down the developments. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Global lenders to Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. are weighing multiple financing options for its proposed $12 billion acquisition of New York-listed healthcare company Organon & Co., according to people familiar with the matter.

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Gold extended gains after US President Donald Trump touted progress on a final agreement with Iran, reducing inflationary pressure and sending the dollar lower.

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Indonesia further tightened rules on dollar purchases to support the beleaguered rupiah after the currency slumped to a series of record lows.

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CapitaLand Group Pte and Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. are among possible bidders for the Marina One high-rise complex in Singapore’s central business district, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he was relaxed — even when the conversation turned to the rivals.

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The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX, and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

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ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.

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The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.

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The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

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The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.

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Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.

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PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5 billion in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.

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The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.

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According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.

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Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

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By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.

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VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.

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With Apple's latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they want to use for a host of tasks.

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As some of the biggest VCs in crypto start to consider funding AI startups, a16z crypto's new fund will stay the course.

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Lucid Motors pulled its guidance for the year, as it navigates swelling inventory and a companywide cost-cutting measure.

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Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems.

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The company is making a big bet that the swiping model is outdated and most matches never turn into actual dates. The company wants to fix that by redesigning profiles, changing how people interact, and focusing a lot more on getting users to meet in real life.

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SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers' agents use to a select few like Nvidia's NemoClaw.

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The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet.

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Spain's health ministry said the MV Hondius is expected to arrive within three to four days.

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The four women and nine children with links to Islamic State have spent years in a Syrian camp.

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Police officers are treating the death of Jo Shaw as a homicide.

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President Donald Trump raised hopes of an agreement between the US and Iran after days of escalation.

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The US and Iran's determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.

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Kim Ju Ae's evolving fashion is one of the signs that she is being groomed as North Korea's next leader.

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While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread.

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The upcoming local elections on Thursday and jet fuel shortages dominate Wednesday's papers.

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He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.

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Preston Davey was abused and murdered after being adopted by two men, a jury has been told.

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Cole Tomas Allen is now facing charges from a grand jury indictment, which supersedes his previous charges.

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Claims from last year said the tech firm’s advertising of Apple Intelligence fooled iPhone buyers.

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"Project Freedom", which began on Monday, will be halted because progress has been made toward a deal with Iran, the US president says.

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All the talk has been about Arsenal's Premier League title challenge - but is this now the Gunners' time to conquer Europe?

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Capt Raman Kapoor's ship is one of several to be stranded in the strait in the midst of the power struggle between the US and Iran.

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The director of public prosecutions has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly.

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The bombs started falling at 14:15 in the afternoon - bringing chaos and destruction across the country.

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A mesmerising mix of results are expected after candidates make their final pitches, our political editor writes.

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The Princess of Wales will go to Italy next week on her first official overseas engagement for more than three years.