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Telstra CEO Pay Rises 11% to $6.8m Despite Triple-Zero Outage and 1,200 Job Cuts
Australia's largest telco lifts full-year profit 2.7%, increases mobile prices, announces a $1bn buyback and cuts 1,200 ...
ANZ Reports 12% Drop in Home Loan Applications After Housing Tax Changes
ANZ is the third major Australian bank to flag weaker mortgage demand after negative gearing and capital gains tax chang...
White House Moves Ahead With Voluntary Frontier AI Cybersecurity Testing
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and Nvidia met with officials, but the evaluation benchmark remains classified and no ag...
UNAM Applicants Say Scheduling Failures Are Blocking Them From the Control Exam
Two days before the Aug. 12–19 control exam, some of the 58,783 UNAM applicants say they still cannot get an appointment...
Taiwan Throttles Mobile Internet to 256 Kbps in Seven Cities During Invasion Drill
The 30-minute slowdown in Taipei and six other areas was part of Han Kuang civil-defense exercises simulating a Chinese ...
Google DeepMind's Leadership Shake-Up Tests Its Scientific Independence
A CEO-to-chair move, key departures and missed model deadlines leave Google's flagship AI lab defending its London-roote...
Drought Fire Bans Leave French Pyrotechnic Firms Counting a Lost Summer
Prefects across France have cancelled August 15 fireworks over fire risk, hitting summer-dependent pyrotechnic businesse...
Auto Stocks Are Cheap: What the Renault, Stellantis, Tesla and BYD Valuation Gap Really Shows
European carmakers are trading at steep discounts while Tesla and GM rally. An eToro analyst explains why EV, battery an...
Solar Eclipse Draws Tourists and a €350m Boost to Spain and France
Spain puts the economic lift at almost €350m as Iberia adds special flights and Biarritz fills up; certified eclipse gla...
Thrown-Away Lottery Ticket Still Pays Out: British Woman to Receive €14 Million
A 46-year-old British lottery player will receive about €14 million after her winning ticket was mistakenly declared wor...
Venezuela’s Oil Recovery Is Real, but U.S.-Controlled Revenue Keeps It Opaque
Output has roughly doubled since 2020 and six international majors are back, yet analysts say billions in oil revenue re...
Kushner and Iger Agree to $12.5 Billion Los Angeles Lakers Takeover
The reported deal values the NBA franchise at a US record $12.5 billion, marking a rapid flip after last year's $10 bill...
USS Abraham Lincoln's 250-Day Deployment Triggers Senate Demands on Crew Conditions
Families report exhaustion, broken toilets and jump attempts as the carrier passes 250 days at sea. Senator Blumenthal i...
EU Pesticide Limits Could Push Coffee Prices Up 332% in Worst Case
Brussels wants near-zero residues of banned pesticides in imported food, but its own analysis shows coffee, citrus and E...
Japan Protests Putin Visit to Etorofu Island, Summons Russian Ambassador
Tokyo lodged a strong protest after President Putin visited Etorofu, one of the disputed Northern Territories, and summo...
Two-Thirds Expect to Rely on State Pension, Hargreaves Lansdown Finds
Hargreaves Lansdown's survey shows 66% of UK adults expect to rely on the state pension, with 9% saying they will be tot...
Under-65s Have Taken £75.5bn in Taxable Pension Drawdowns Since 2015
New HMRC data analysed by Lumera shows 2.4m savers made taxable pension withdrawals before 65, taking £75.5bn since 2015...
Mouse Study Suggests Polyethylene Microplastics May Worsen Fatty Liver
A mouse study in Science Advances found that polyethylene, common in food packaging, altered liver-repair genes and may ...
Heatwaves Turn Top-Floor Paris Flats Into 'Ovens' and Reshape Home Searches
Estate agents say shutters, air conditioning and sun-protected layouts are now top search criteria as France faces its f...
Zhu Rongji, China's Reform-Era 'Iron Chancellor,' Dies at 97
The former Chinese premier who drove WTO entry and market reforms during the late 1990s has died at 97, leaving a legacy...
Yasukuni Shrine, Explained: History, Rituals and the Diplomacy of Aug. 15
What the Tokyo shrine enshrines, why prime ministers' visits remain contested, and what Takaichi Sanae's cautious April ...
Canberra VC Bill Shorten Pushes Merger Between University and Troubled CIT
University of Canberra's vice-chancellor wants to fold the deficit-hit Canberra Institute of Technology into a dual-sect...
Record UK University Acceptances Mask a Widening Gap Between Elite and Lower-Tariff Providers
Ucas data shows record 446,690 acceptances, but higher-tariff universities gained share while first-choice success fell ...
Why the US Midterms Are Not Decided Despite Trump's Deep Unpopularity
The White House is on track for a historic midterm loss, but Democratic infighting and unreliable primary polls leave co...
Earthquake Response Is First Test for Colombia's New President
Days after Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Chocó forces the new Colombian preside...
HHS Puts $4 Million Into Rapid Syphilis Tests for Pregnant Women Outside Traditional Care
The U.S. health department will fund point-of-care syphilis screening in emergency departments, jails and addiction prog...
Federal Agencies Launch First Treatment-First Toolkit for Homelessness and Addiction
HHS, ONDCP and HUD released a national best-practices guide urging communities to put addiction treatment and recovery s...
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles NSE Price at ₹349.6; Quarterly EBITDA Slumps 99% to ₹17 Crore
Shares of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles traded at ₹349.6 on NSE with a market cap of ₹1,28,753.89 crore, while quarterl...
HHS Proposes Mandatory GRAS Notifications and First Federal Ultra-Processed Food Definition
HHS and FDA move to end self-certified GRAS ingredients and, with USDA, propose the first federal definition of ultra-pr...
ECOWAS Investment Bank Approves More Than €269.55m and $200m for Guinea, Ghana and Sierra Leone Projects
The EBID board approved five operations spanning roads, a regional hospital, an 11 MW hydro plant and a reinsurance capi...