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UN chief pleads for 'lifeline' for Afghanistan, engagement with Taliban

Fugitive Chinese billionaire's firms to pay $539mn fines

Cryptocurrency Litecoin got caught up in a fake announcement with Walmart.

French far-right pundit edges closer to presidential bid

The Costco wine and beer Advent calendars sell out quickly every year.

UK cancels Covid vaccine contract with Franco-Austrian firm

Uber says that it has no plans to hire new drivers in the Netherlands after a Dutch court ruled that they were employees and not contractors. The decision means Uber’s drivers in the country would be entitled to greater workers’ rights than if they were classified contractors.

Indebted Chinese developer Evergrande denies bankruptcy claims

The Shiba Inu is the mascot of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency, which Elon Musk has adamantly posted about on Twitter.

Aluminium price hits $3,000 a tonne on tight supply

First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover lands in Kabul

China to target biggest payment app Alipay in tech crackdown: FT

Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo clean up at MTV Video Music Awards

Sudan's military 'dominant' despite power-sharing deal

Australian watchdog blocks Qantas-Japan Airlines deal

The SpaceX flight has been chartered by American billionaire Jared Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payment. He is also a seasoned pilot.

UPS exec sees supply chain disarray extending into 2022

Peru's dilemma: what to do with body of Maoist guerrilla group founder

It is a "precautionary, limited" recall of the affected products.

Onus on sport to confront online racism head on, says expert

Ricciardo wins at Monza, Verstappen gets grid penalty over Hamilton wipe-out

Death stalks Colombian defenders of nature

Agreement with Iran 'gives time to diplomacy': IAEA

Pope calls for openness after meeting Hungary's Orban; heads to Slovakia

France confirms deal with Greece for six more Rafale fighters: defence ministry

Tunisia's president says constitution should be amended

A series of changes underway in the region suggests the possibility of re-evaluation.

Student debt in the United States is a $1.7 trillion dollar problem and it is one that is not evenly felt across the country.

Afghan police return to work alongside Taliban at airport