First Russian shadow fleet tanker enters Channel since Smyrtos boarding
Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship which left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on Wednesday evening.
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Former Gojek CEO and Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim is charged with taking ~$46M in rewards tied to a Chromebook procurement contract for schools (Bloomberg)
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Former Gojek CEO and Indonesian education minister Nadiem Makarim is charged with taking ~$46M in rewards tied to a Chromebook procurement contract for schools — The trial of one of Southeast Asia’s most successful entrep…
Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% amid Iran war peace prospects
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 to keep rates on hold.
Naomi Campbell made ‘mistake’ trusting ‘charity lawyer’, tribunal told
The supermodel is hoping to overturn her five-year ban from being a charity trustee.
Chinese AI poses serious and growing threat to U.S. national security, report reveals
At least seven Chinese developers now produce systems with powerful capabilities such as coding, reasoning, multimodal recognition, and agentic tasks downloadable by anyone in the world.
French Tanker Passes Strait Of Hormuz After War Deal: Report
A French-flagged LNG tanker left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a tracking platform said, as an agreement to end the US-Iran war paved the way for the key passage’s reopening.
Israel Stunned by Trump’s Iran Deal
The agreement accomplishes none of Israel’s stated war aims and arguably leaves the country in worse shape on each of them.
Advocacy groups push for jailed Americans to be included in U.S.-Iran negotiations
As the U.S. and Iran prepare for a consequential 60-day period of negotiations, some hope diplomats could use it as an opportunity to push for the release of Americans wrongly detained in the Islamic republic.
Paris opens canal to swimmers and SNCF cuts trains, as France faces 40C heatwave
A heatwave extending is expected this week, with temperatures expected to approach 40C. Rail services will be cut to avoid air-conditioning failures and Paris has authorised swimming in the Canal Saint-Martin.