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New UK Election Funding Rules Could Hit Reform's Crypto Billionaire Donors

The crackdown on overseas cash comes after billionaire Tether investor and Reform donor Christopher Harborne registered…

Girl trapped in Venezuela quake 'survived on ketchup and cheese'

BBC international correspondent Yogita Limayee meets 12-year-old Fabiana, who was trapped in Venezuela's devastating…

Why Ukrainian strikes on annexed Crimea are a blow to Putin

Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford explains why Crimea is a target for Kyiv, and why the peninsula matters to…

Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules

Chemicals from accidents that injured or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years.

Zuma showing South Africa 'middle finger' by meeting Gupta brother - minister

Former President Zuma's trip to India reignites anger over a decade-old corruption scandal.

America, 1926: What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Report Says About Who We Are

A hundred years ago in 1926, America faced concerns strikingly similar to today: technological disruption, immigration…

German row over plan for workers to need sick note on first day of illness

A doctors' group says it "borders on madness" that patients will have to obtain the note in person.

US withdraws troops from Nigeria after Islamic State mission

The US said the joint operation, which began in December last year, was a success.

NOBLE Becomes First Major Law Enforcement to Endorse the CLARITY Act

The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives has become the first major law enforcement organisation to…

Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America

It's difficult to pinpoint the moment in my life where America started to lose the plot.

Trump Makes History with over 22,000 Trades: Calls USA No. 1 in Crypto and AI

President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure has revealed one of the most active investment records ever…

Ukrainian woman named by Interpol as main suspect in Monaco bomb attack

Monaco's prosecutor's office says the suspect is no longer in Monaco.

France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather

Forecasters are warning of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.

At least 32 dead after overcrowded bus plunges into ravine in Pakistan

The bus was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar, when it crashed in the Dana Sar mountain range.

Euroclear Rejects Russian Court Jurisdiction

The global economic war has just crossed a critical threshold where legal sovereignty clashes directly with the very…

US SEC Launches Insider Trading Probe Against Futu and Tiger Brokers

According to reports, US regulators have opened a probe into an allegation by Susquehanna International Group.

Iran begins public mourning for Ayatollah killed in February

Ali Khamenei's body will lie in state in Tehran's Grand Mosalla from Friday ahead of days-long funeral events.

Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician,…

US Adds Just 57K Jobs in June, Missing 115K Forecast by a Wide Margin

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On the Strait of Hormuz, BBC finds seized ships and shark fishermen as uneasy calm returns

The BBC visits Bandar Abbas to see how the US-Israeli war with Iran has affected everyday life in the port city.

How the American Dream has survived 250 years, but only just

The American Dream has persisted since the days of the Founding Fathers, but faith in the ideal is fading

A mayor in Japan announced her maternity leave - and got the whole country talking

In the face of criticism, Shoko Kawata, 35, says she loves her job and is proud to be taking time off to have a baby.

U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators

The FBI Director Failed to Declare an Investment in Strategy

The financial transparency obligations of American public officials are back in the spotlight after a new revelation…

Euroclear Sues in Brussels to Block Moscow Court Ruling on $232 Billion in Russian Assets

Euroclear, one of the largest European clearinghouses, argues that the trial it faced in Russia, where courts ordered it…

Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation falls to lowest in 50 years

Killers of British couple in South Africa sentenced to life

The pair had been collecting rare plants and seeds before their bodies were found days later in a river.

Bomb blast at Damascus cafe kills six, Syrian state media say

There was no immediate claim for the bombing at a cafe close to the Palace of Justice, a major government building.

Cusack's coach her 'nemesis', mum tells inquest

Cusack would still be alive if the coach of the women's team had not been employed, her mother says.