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Elon Musk's SpaceX will attempt another launch of its mammoth Starship rocket Friday, after the previous evening's try was called off over technical issues.

Stocks pushed higher Friday while oil prices rose as traders tracked headlines on the chances for peace in the Middle East, against a backdrop of corporate earnings optimism and AI enthusiasm that have pushed indexes to record highs.

While the Oscars and the Met Ball are one-night wonders, the Cannes Film Festival is the fashion equivalent of an ultra marathon -- 11 days and nights of unrelenting red carpet premieres featuring some of the planet's biggest stars and influencers.

Stocks pushed higher Friday while oil prices were little changed as traders tracked headlines on the chances for peace in the Middle East, against a backdrop of corporate earnings optimism and AI enthusiasm that have pushed indexes to record highs.

Films by two women directors wrapped up the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, with men once again dominating the line up in a refelction of an industry where progress towards gender parity has stalled.

France will pump one billion euros of new funding into quantum computing, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday, warning that the country and the wider European Union must invest to keep up with American and Chinese advances.

Oil prices and stock markets jumped Friday as traders tracked headlines on the chances for peace in the Middle East, while also eyeing mixed corporate earnings and some positive economic data.

India's power ministry urged careful use of electricity on Friday, a day after breaking records for power generation during an intense heatwave in the world's most populous nation.

German business morale unexpectedly increased in May, a survey showed Friday, raising hopes Europe's biggest economy is weathering the Iran war energy shock better than feared.

UK police investigating former prince Andrew said Friday they are also open to probing a claim of sexual misconduct against King Charles III's brother.

Asian markets rallied Friday as optimism over US-Iran talks boosted regional equities, while rising oil prices kept inflation concerns in focus.

New Delhi's iconic auto-rickshaws have received a Donald Trump-themed makeover to mark the United States' 250th Independence celebrations and the upcoming India visit of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but not everyone is a fan.

For 20 years, Millicent Turay has supported her family by collecting mangrove oysters near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a common livelihood along the west African coast.

India's power producers have set a record for electricity generation as swathes of the world's most populous nation swelters in an intense heatwave, the ministry of power said.

Asian markets rose Friday as optimism over US-Iran talks buoyed equities, though higher oil prices kept inflation concerns in focus.

Japan's inflation slowed more than expected in April, government data showed Friday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi considers further measures to drive down costs linked to the Middle East war.

French giants Paris Saint-Germain secured a 14th league title last week to continue their recent Ligue 1 domination.

Samsung labour union members will begin voting Friday on a tentative wage deal that averted what would have been a major strike at the South Korean chip giant this week.

Incoming Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh will be sworn in at the White House on Friday, taking the reins of the US central bank as it faces unprecedented pressure from President Donald Trump to cut interest rates.

Larry Graves pulled up to a home tucked into a Colorado mountainside. His radio was crackling, as was the wildfire burning beyond the trees -- it was time to move.

Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed the highly anticipated launch of its upgraded Starship megarocket, calling off Thursday's test after multiple countdown stops-and-starts.

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered officials to start work on a plan to mitigate the job-destroying impact of artificial intelligence, the first US state to do so.

Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher Thursday following a choppy session as markets tried to parse the prospects for a Middle East peace deal while digesting earnings from Nvidia and Walmart.

"Out with Rodrigo Paz!" reads graffiti scrawled across the Bolivian capital just months after the center-right president entered office.

A French appeals court Thursday convicted Air France and Airbus of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.

President Donald Trump on Thursday maintained his unprecedented campaign to pressure the Supreme Court, saying it would be a "disgrace" if the independent justices rule against him on US birthright citizenship.

Britain's Labour government insisted that long-awaited new guidance on single-sex spaces published on Thursday still protects transgender people.

The 2CV, an iconic Citroen model popular for much of the Twentieth Century, will be coming back after production ceased in 1990, reincarnated as an electric vehicle, Citroen announced Thursday.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope on Thursday of progress on ending the war with Iran, with mediator Pakistan's army chief due to arrive in the Islamic republic for talks.

US forecasters on Thursday predicted the Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be "below normal" in 2026, but cautioned that "it only takes one."

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the easing of curbs on a group of powerful greenhouse gases commonly found in refrigerators and air conditioners.

Oil prices jumped and the dollar firmed on Thursday while stocks diverged as hopes of a Middle East peace accord faded on conflicting headlines on the state of talks.