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Asian stocks slide, oil gains as Middle East tensions escalate

Asian stocks fell on Wednesday while oil prices surged as escalating tensions in the Middle East unsettled markets, dimming hopes for an end to the months-long war that has pushed commodities higher and stoked inflation worries.The United States launched strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, leaving investors on edge over a fragile ceasefire between all sides.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.6%. Japan's Nikkei fell 0.9% while the tech-heavy South Korean KOSPI slumped 2%

China's May producer inflation highest in nearly 4 years, consumer prices also rise

SoftBank's attempt to get $6 billion OpenAI margin loan stalls, Bloomberg News reports

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Sydney's new international airport to welcome first passengers in October

Sydney's new A$5.6 billion ($3.6 billion) airport will open to passengers in October after more than a decade of planning, adding red-eye flight options from Australia's largest city as the existing hub operates under night curfew restrictions.The current airport, located closer to Sydney's central business district, can host takeoffs and landings only until 11 p.m. and after 6 a.m. due to tough noise regulations, limiting airline scheduling options relative to other major Australian cities like Melbourne.But the new Western Sydney Airport in Badgerys Creek, about 60 km (37.3 miles) west of c

OpenAI weighs leasing Ohio data center with Nvidia backing, The Information reports

Democrat Villegas projected to advance in California's 22nd congressional district

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Trump-endorsed Evette to face Wilson in South Carolina Republican gubernatorial runoff

Republicans Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff in South Carolina's tightly contested gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, U.S. media projected.Evette will face Wilson in a June 23 runoff after no candidate topped 50%.With 63% of the votes counted, Evette was leading the pack of Republican candidates. She had secured the endorsement of President Donald Trump. The result was a blow to U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, who trailed Evette and Wilson.The race will decide a successor to term-limited Republican Governor Henry McMaster, with the Republican nominee chosen in the runoff fav

Trump administration urges judge to reject bid to block White House UFC event

Trump indicates to Speaker Johnson he won’t back down on Pulte despite fight over key surveillance authority

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Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists' kidnappings

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers. Haji Najibullah's sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few moments when the reporter, David Rohde, faced Najibullah and described how Najibullah took part in the abduction of him and two other men in 2008 in Afghanistan but was now “refusing to take responsibility as I look at him today.” Rohde, w

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Southern Poverty Law Center chair put on defensive during heated congressional hearing: ‘We don’t fund hate groups’

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim president and CEO faced tough questions from Republican lawmakers during a hearing Tuesday over the organization’s former program of running informants in racist groups.The hearing comes as the group faces criminal charges over the program, including allegations that it misused donor money to pay leaders in extremist groups and buy wood used in cross-burning events.“We don’t fund the KKK,” the SPLC’s interim president, Bryan Fair, told Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman after being pressed on the program repeatedly. “We don’t fund hate gro

It's not just the Knicks: Trump's attendance at big games often spells trouble for the home team

Republicans send $70 billion in ICE and border patrol funding to Trump’s desk

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Trump formally nominates Blanche to be attorney general

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday formally nominated Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, moving to install his former personal lawyer as the top U.S. law enforcement official.Trump submitted Blanche's name to the U.S. Senate, the White House said, days after committing to nominating him. He has been serving as acting attorney general since April. Blanche's nomination sets up a test of Trump's sway over Senate Republicans, who have shown an increasing willingness to resist parts of the president's agenda after months of largely acceding to his demands. Blanche would need near-unani

A 'rowdy' Knicks watch party ends with 21 in custody and 5 officers injured

An NBA finals viewing party in Manhattan on Monday turned “incredibly reckless,” New York City police claimed, as some dejected Knicks fans scaled light poles, pelted officers with objects and ripped signs out of the street following the team’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The rowdy scenes came a few blocks from Madison Square Garden, where elated fans have typically gathered during the team's historic playoff run. But the area outside the arena was largely off-limits to the public on Monday as a result of President Donald Trump’s attendance at the game.

Chrisleys sue former defense attorney, alleging legal malpractice in case that sent them to prison

The Latest: Platner clinches Democratic nomination for US Senate in Maine

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Iron Age woman likely had her brains scooped out before burial, study suggests

An Iron Age Scottish woman likely had her brains scooped out after she died as part of her burial, according to a new study that sheds further light on the complex funerary rites of this prehistoric culture.Researchers from the UK and US found that this individual, most likely over the age of 30, had cuts on the inside of her skull.These straight and parallel incisions were probably caused by “deliberate scratching or cutting” with a “sharp” tool, according to the study published in the journal Antiquity.The base of her cranium was also broken in an “unusual” way, suggesting that t

The Latest: US military launches strikes against Iran in response to downing of American helicopter

The U.S. military said Tuesday it has begun strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic. The helicopter went down after colliding with an Iranian drone, according to a U.S. official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. It wasn’t clear whether the collision was intentional, and official statements only said the crash is under investigation. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arag

Soccer fever builds in Philadelphia as fans, restaurants count down to FIFA World Cup

Bad Bunny meets Pope Leo in Madrid, but should have taken more photos

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Vehicles and homes set alight as anti-immigration violence flares over Northern Ireland knife attack

Anti-immigrant protesters in the UK have taken to the streets on Tuesday, after a 30-year-old man believed to be from Sudan was charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Northern Ireland that Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned as “horrific.”Masked crowds gathered in various parts of Belfast on Tuesday evening, setting houses, a bus, cars and barricades on fire.Social media video verified by CNN shows homes in the Northern Irish capital engulfed in flames as an emergency vehicle and firefighters run down the street. Tensions also boiled over in the neighboring town of New

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Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions and put detainees at risk, report finds

Mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas created unsafe conditions that contributed to detainee deaths and suffering even as millions of wasted tax dollars enriched contractors, according to a federal report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office report documents serious problems at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso where three detainees have died in little more than six months. Evidence in one of those deaths, of a 55-year-old Cuban migrant who died in January after being held down by gu

Is this already the ‘World Cup of Chaos’?

Serena returns: Williams makes a winning comeback in doubles at Queen's Club with Mboko

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Iran soccer body claims fans' tickets for World Cup games in the US have been revoked

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The Strait of Hormuz is ‘leaking’ oil

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Crew members safe after Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter

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US launches new strikes on Iran after helicopter downed

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UK, Canada, France and Norway announce coordinated sanctions over West Bank settler violence

Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in

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Fact check: The average US gas price is higher today than during 91% of Biden’s presidency

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More swings for AI stocks drag Wall Street back on the roller coaster

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Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center website branding

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Americans ‘don’t like the look of things’ and are growing more worried about their job and their finances

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More than $1 trillion in value gone in 8 months. What’s going on with bitcoin?

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls