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A Union flag flutters from a pole atop the Bank of England, in the City of London on August 7, 2025. Niklas Halle’n | Afp | Getty Images Traders see a growing likelihood the Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold for the rest of the year, after inflation came in at a…
TOKYO — A Japanese convenience store chain has pulled its handmade rice balls, also known as onigiri, from shelves after employees were caught faking expiration dates. Ministop, which has more than 1,800 stores across Japan, said it was conducting an “emergency investigation” at all of its stores after discovering that staff at some locations had…
NZ Police Police believe this CCTV footage captured Tom Phillips with one of his children attempting to break into a store in Piopio, in the Waitomo region The family of a father who vanished with his three children into New Zealand’s wilderness almost four years ago have pleaded for him to come home. A national…
Seventy-six people were killed in a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said Wednesday. “Seventy-six citizens of the country … lost their lives in the incident, and three others were seriously injured,” Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, Herat provincial government spokesman, said in a statement. Map…
Chinese military to showcase advanced fighter planes, missile systems on 80th anniversary of end of World War II. China will stage a massive military parade next month in the heart of Beijing to commemorate 80 years since the end of World War II, and to showcase new Chinese weaponry that will be “displayed to the…
Visitors visit the “the monsters Convenience Store” themed exhibition created by POP MART with IP LABUBU as the selling point, Shanghai, China, July 23, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares in Chinese toymaker Pop Mart fell Wednesday, a day after the company posted a near-400% surge in net profit, driven by booming…
WASHINGTON — Seven European leaders joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday in a rare display of trans-Atlantic unity. The gathering marked the first time in decades that such a broad delegation of allies had assembled at the White House under such pressing circumstances. Shortly after noon, one by one, the heads of state…
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Watch: Parts of US brace for huge waves, flooding as Hurricane Erin churns off East Coast Beach-goers from Florida to New England have been warned to beware of rip currents as Hurricane Erin churns off the US East Coast. While the storm is not expected to make landfall, forecasters have warned…
Washington — President Trump is working to coordinate a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which would be the first face-to-face interaction between the two leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago. Asked about arranging the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said on Fox & Friends that…
Ties between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers have made ‘steady progress’, India’s PM Modi says. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the bilateral relationship after a years-long standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian powers and as the two nations navigate a shifting…
