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Wildfires ease in Greece as people return to gutted homes

Local crews supported by water-bombing aircraft and reinforcements from Romania and France were operating on three fronts west of Athens in the Gulf of...

Stocks rise despite higher oil prices as Iran tensions persist

Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said diplomatic efforts to resolve the U.S.-Iran war were ongoing, but an attack near the Strait of...

FTSE 100 gains as BP and miners advance

The FTSE 100 index was up 0.3% at 10,886.98 points by 0905 GMT, while the midcap FTSE 250 inched up 0.1% to 24,244.35 points International...

Sterling holds steady as traders watch Iran talks and Japanese yen

Sterling was last up less than 0.1% at $1.344, after rising sharply at the end of last week as the dollar slid in the...

Trump says Iran talks are going on ‘right now’, Tehran has one last chance

Earlier on Monday, after Iran said there were no talks under way, Trump slammed what he called Iran's "unbelievably duplicitous" leadership International News via Reuters: U.S....

Apple launches new legal challenge to UK attempt to access encrypted user data, FT reports

The report said Apple last month lodged a legal complaint at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal — Britain's independent judicial body — over the Interior...

About 60,000 ordered to evacuate from fires in Spokane, Washington

The Spokane Area Fire, which contains three separate blazes, was threatening the areas under evacuation orders International News via Reuters: Around 60,000 people have been ordered...

Oil falls, stocks gain amid Iran peace hopes; yen firms after intervention

Oil prices fell sharply  after U.S. President Donald Trump held off on a fresh attack on Iran in the hope of sealing a quick...

UK July EV sales beat mandate path, New Automotive data shows

A total of 43,547 new battery EVs were registered in July, up from 29,226 a year earlier, giving them a 27.4% share of new...

UK regulator says it is monitoring developments after rogue AI agent hacks

The industry is facing scrutiny in the United States, where the Trump administration has finalised the details of voluntary cybersecurity tests, and the European...

EU can give Morocco more border support, von der Leyen tells Spain after Ceuta spat

The surge, which began on Thursday at one of the EU's only two land borders with Africa - the other being Morocco's frontier with...

Britain says it is open to AI regulation if voluntary safeguards fall short

Britain has favoured a light-touch approach to AI regulation, aligning more closely with the United States than the European Union, whose AI Act came...
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