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Uber loses another US driver sex assault trial, ordered to pay $5,000
A federal jury in North Carolina on Monday said Uber should pay $5,000 to a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a driver she booked through the app.
El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say
El Niño - the natural Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global temperatures - has officially begun, US scientists say.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises $75bn ahead of record stock market debut
SpaceX has raised $75bn (£56bn) from financial firms ahead of it becoming a publicly traded company on Friday, in what is expected to be the highest-value stock listing in history.
Outrage over Israeli soldier’s vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon
There has been widespread condemnation after an image of an Israeli soldier apparently hitting a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon went viral.
Super-slim Welsh house sells for just £45,000
It can claim to be one of Britain's skinniest homes, but there was plenty of interest when a house in the south Wales valleys sold for just under £45,000, around twice the estimate.
Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45
Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says men of military age in Germany do not need to report lengthy stays abroad.
Elon Musk snubs interview summons by French prosecutors amid X probe
Elon Musk has not attended a voluntary interview he was summoned to appear at in Paris, according to French authorities probing his platform X.
Chinese company Huayou agrees to fund Ewoyaa mine development amid Atlantic Lithium takeover talks
Chinese battery materials giant Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt has agreed to take over the remaining development funding obligations for Ghana’s Ewoyaa Lithium Project while simultaneously pursuing a proposed $210 million takeover of Atlantic Lithium. The move represents a major shift in the financing structure of the Ewoyaa p...
Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory
Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised retaliation after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine. Six people were killed and 39 injured in the overnight strike in the town of Starobilsk, Luhansk region, Putin said. Another 15 people were miss...
US to end funding of South Africa’s HIV programmes over claims of Afrikaner persecution
The US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV and Aids, linking the decision to the government's alleged failure to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.
Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide
Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over, and the system condemned as an "electoral autocracy" lies in tatters, defeated by a 45-year-old former party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to bring it to an end.
India has a new political superstar – a cockroach
Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach.