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The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 10,000, government data showed on Tuesday, a milestone that coincides with growing fears the epidemic could spread to more African countries.

<p>Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist group</p><p>Fears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime.</p><p>Mostafavi – who documented his ascents of some of the world’s highes

Prospects for a resolution of ​the US-Israeli weigh on prices

Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is exploring activities along Quay Street Promenade this summer, as part of a wider plan to open the Central Wharves to the public for the first time.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has assured the public that protection rights for four varieties of holy basil will not prevent people from growing the herb for consumption or sale.

“It’s like a horror film because I don’t know what is behind the door. It’s hard to predict what’s going to happen,” Israeli director Tom Shoval says ahead of Israel’s knife-edge elections Tuesday. Like most of the country’s mainly liberal-minded filmmaking community, Shoval is hoping the poll will sweep incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from […]

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Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is exploring activities along Quay Street Promenade this summer, as part of a wider plan to open the Central Wharves to the public for the first time.

<p>Anthropic is preparing to go public, and new documents show how the lab hopes to control its technology while also pushing the limits of what AI can do</p>

Emmanuel Macron says his government will unveil "concrete measures" in response to the demands of student protesters for more resources in France.

<p>Jump fuelled by fears of further Middle East supply disruptions amid reports of US-Israeli plans to strike Iran </p><p>European gas prices have jumped to levels not seen since 2022 as fears continue to grow around the continent’s supply this winter and the conflict in the Middle East.</p><p>Wholesale gas prices hit €97 (£81) a megawatt-hour on Monday, as

Supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have expressed intense anxieties about isolation abroad, security at home and the future of Israel’s identity.

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Based on the violent market reaction to Meta's rising capital expenditures last week, the response to any disappointment likely won't be forgiving.

Fears of outlaw bikie involvement in South Australia's biggest infrastructure project prompt the premier to ask SA's corruption watchdog to investigate.

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The rotation out of AI stocks benefited several defensive Club stocks.

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A former Goldman Sachs chief who sits on the board of Revolut, Europe's most valuable private technology company, has become the latest prominent financier to leave the country amid concerns about Britain’s rising tax burden.

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<p>It is possible to take lessons from exposure therapy and apply them outside the clinic, experts say</p>

<p>Brent crude increase follows Tehran threatening retaliatory attacks on Gulf refineries and datacentres</p><p>Oil has hit its highest level in more than six months as fears of fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict grip the energy markets.</p><p>Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by about 3.5% on Friday to pass $117 a barrel at on

Oil prices closed out the week solidly higher with the market on edge about the possibility of renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and further attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure.

Rise in energy prices pushes US inflation expectations higher

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Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline as organisations worldwide work to fend off would-be hackers, but what is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?

Without intervention, a crunch point for emergency supplies could come as soon as this winter under extreme circumstances, regulators warned.

Social media group’s market value sinks by $124bn after it says it will raise ‘hundreds of billions of dollars’ in coming years

After briefly overtaking Toyota as Japan's biggest company, SoftBank's market capitalization is now smaller than that of Hitachi and Recruit.

<p>Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline Thursday as organisations worldwide scramble to fend off would-be hackers.</p> <p>As AI’s fast-advancing capabilities fuel concern over the increased risk of cyberattacks, here are some questions and answers about the situ

Increasingly complex in-car touchscreen menus are unnecessarily distracting drivers, experts say, with calls to force manufacturers to redesign car controls.

Mekelle’s reopening offers little relief as instability and economic hardship persist.

A strike on a Saudi Aramco facility killed two people while an attack on the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, killed one.

Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is ordering some diplomats and the families of U.S. government employees to leave Saudi Arabia following a series of deadly attacks in the country by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and rising fears of an escalation in hostilities.

Florida's Thomas Haugh and Michigan State's Jeremy Fears Jr. returned to make their teams among the front-runners to cut down the nets next spring and earned them preseason All-America honors from The Associated Press.

People who come into contact with glycidyl methacrylate may feel as if their eyes, nose, mouth and skin are burning, the city fire department said. Overexposure can lead to headache, dizziness, tiredness, nausea and vomiting.

Developers ​of the PHP programming language said they had identified two critical vulnerabilities, and urged ​users to update their sites as soon as a fix was released.

A massive study of more than 460,000 Americans found that ultra-processed foods were not associated with increased colorectal cancer risk overall, challenging a widely held assumption. While processed meat was linked to higher cancer incidence, ultra-processed whole grains and dairy products were associated with lower incidence.

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<p>Yield on 10-year government bonds passes 5% amid failure to pass budget and fallout from violent street protests</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/21/uk-inflation-jump-rising-motor-fuels-cost-jackdaw-gas-field-latest-news-updates"><strong>Business live – latest updates</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>France’s borrowing

Founder Josh Payne says demand remains ‘insatiable’ for the services of Nvidia-backed data centre group

Falling US crude and product inventories lend support to prices

Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.