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Stocks fell and bond yields held at multi-decade highs as investors ramp up rate hike bets amid a fresh flare-up in Middle East tensions that has sparked another surge in oil prices.

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on the sun-splashed Lido with a bang on Wednesday, with the glamorous cinema showcase handing George Clooney a lifetime achievement award on its opening night.

Indonesian doctor "Pierre" says he is always on edge. He is gay, but hides it, with anti-LGBTQ sentiment on the rise in the Southeast Asian country.

John Ternus took over as Apple's chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.

US billionaire Stan Kroenke on Tuesday agreed terms to buy the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, adding to his sports franchise empire that already includes the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and the English Premier League's Arsenal.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra, after implementing "stronger safeguards" following a rogue cyberattack involving a different AI model.

A sell-off of bonds from key countries worldwide deepened on Tuesday, sending government borrowing costs soaring and equities lower as investors fretted that energy-driven inflation would force central bankers to hike interest rates.

Ariana Grande fans said the US pop star's last gig in London Tuesday before a career break would be a bittersweet moment and slammed "toxic" comments since July about her emaciated figure.

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk on Tuesday stressed the need for more AI data centers and the electric power needed to support them at a meeting of G20 technology ministers focused on the disruptions and opportunity brought by artificial intelligence.

Cuban children began the new school year Tuesday with shortages of teachers, food and uniforms -- and often no electricity -- as the island endures a crippling US pressure campaign.

Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday that his Russian counterpart's presence at US-hosted G20 talks has caused unease among participants, given the suffering of Ukraine since Moscow's 2022 invasion.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday on a rare trip to the Middle East as both countries face the threat of US sanctions over financial links to Iran.

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the kickoff of USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), featuring 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 in rewards.

ALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF LISTING OF TOKENISED EQUITY NICKEL OFFERING

Voting is now open for the TrustFinance Community Choice Awards 2026, inviting the public to recognize financial companies that have earned their communities' trust and confidence.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday told high school pupils that phones and social networks were "not good" for them, arguing that even at the Elysee presidential palace attendees were asked to give up their devices before meetings.

A devastating glacial collapse in Nepal that unleashed deadly floods was a "warning signal" over the growing risks climate change poses to the Himalayan nation, its foreign minister told AFP on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Egypt on Tuesday, making a rare trip to the Middle East as both countries face the threat of US sanctions over financial links to Iran.

Together with the previously announced Talicia strategic divestiture, the acquisition from Ferring of commercialization rights to two larger, proprietary, established gastrointestinal (GI) FDA-approved drugs that together generated approximately $37.5 million in 2025 net sales, completes a major strategic repositioning of RedHill’s commercial GI business

RISE Robotics, a developer of electric actuation technology for heavy machinery and defense applications, today announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 START Grant from MassVentures, a competitive, non-dilutive program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supporting the commercialization of advanced technologies. As a Stage I awardee, RISE is also eligible to compete for up to $800,000 in total START funding as it advances through subsequent stages of the program.

Launching September 1, 2026, the fintech platform will provide access to stocks, ETFs, commodities, forex, and other financial assets, supported by social and copy-trading tools.

Germany's far-right AfD has promised an "economic boom" if it wins Sunday's regional elections and ends up ruling the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, but economists warn their policies would spell disaster.

The UN labour agency chief will face two challengers for his job after a former Peruvian foreign minister entered the race at the last minute, the final candidate list showed Tuesday.

Fast-fashion retailer Shein made a tepid Hong Kong debut on Tuesday, having raised US$1.7 billion in a high-profile initial public offering.

Eurozone inflation jumped to 3.3 percent in August, the highest level in three years, as the war in the Middle East kept pushing up energy costs, official data showed Tuesday.

Oil prices jumped more than one percent Tuesday amid fears of a fresh bout of military exchanges between the United States and Iran following a flare-up at the weekend and Donald Trump's warning that he will hit the country "hard".

ThinkMarkets, a global multi-asset CFD broker, today confirmed the launch of Weekend League, a client trading competition built around its weekend trading offering, with further expansion of that offering in development. 

The growing prop firm has added MetaTrader 5 to its platform offering, giving its international trader community more choice in how they trade.

Exiled Tibetans and advocacy groups have accused China of heavily underreporting the death toll from devastating flooding in border regions with Nepal, claims Beijing rejected as "malicious smearing and sensationalism".

Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any US move to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, as he prepares to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a regional summit.

The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched for survivors including dozens feared trapped in hydropower tunnels.