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Online prediction markets have rapidly broken into the mainstream in the United States, positioning themselves as an alternative to both traditional polling and licensed sports betting

Accused of illegal gambling operation

New York sues online prediction markets giant Kalshi

EU announces plans for seven AI giga-factories

Porters and foreign trekkers move with mules towards the Concordia camping site in front of Broad Peak (left) and Gasherbrum IV (right) at Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram range in Pakistan

Rescue subject to weather conditions

Bodies of four climbers found near Pakistan avalanche site: police

The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 skimmed asteroid Torifune in a flyby mission that demonstrated the ability to deflect a space rock away from Earth

400 metres away

Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agency

Tyla, known for hits such as 'Water', was scheduled to play a show in Lagos, Nigeria, in December

South African singer-songwriter

Tyla drops Lagos show as South Africa, Nigeria row over immigration

Ukraine has hit the warehouses of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries more than a dozen times since mid-July

Series of attacks

Wildberries: 'Russia's Amazon' targeted by Ukraine

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Ordered to leave country

Pro-Kremlin commentator denounces 'censorship' in France

The accused are charged with murder, torture, inhumane treatment, destruction of property and the deportation of civilians to Albania

Kosovo war crimes trial opens against fugitive Serbs

Japan is one of the world's most seismically active countries, sitting on top of four major tectonic plates

Ongoing efforts

Sniffer dogs search mall wrecked after Japan quake

More than 60,000 people had been evacuated in Spain during the worst of the fire, but most had been allowed to return home

Continued battle

France, Spain assess scorched terrain as new wildfires threaten other regions

Anthropic is currently at odds with the Trump administration, which has terminated all of its government contracts with the company

Three organisations affected

Anthropic's models gained unauthorized 'real-world' access during testing

British musician Boy George and Italian singer Senhit Zadik Zadik represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in May

Cancelled theatre performance

UK singer Boy George pulls out of musical after pro-Israel song backlash

A handout picture taken on March 9, 2018, released by BP, shows an oil platform in the Clair Ridge oilfield in the North Sea

Five production hubs

British oil giant BP aims to sell North Sea business

Indonesian customs officials with drugs allegeldy confiscated from a Malaysian pilot

70,000 ecstasy tablets

Drugged Malaysian pilot risks death penalty for smuggling in Indonesia

The new floating terminal for liquefied gas boosts Croatia's import capacity

'Peace pipelines'

US eyes European gas dominance through Balkans

Wildfire assistance

President Macron thanks Luxembourg for sending firefighting support

Visiting Turkish tourists line up to get their visa on arrival at the customs office in the village of Vathy on Greece's Samos island

Previously off-limits

Greek visa scheme gives Turks easier entry to islands in EU

The elephants in the Johannesburg zoo are the last in an urban zoo environment on the entire continent, campaigners say

Distressed and depressed

The last trio: S.Africa's zoo elephants await their fate

Morning Roundup

Scrap metal fire reported in Mertert, Hamas agrees to disarm, and UEFA threatens to boycott World Cup

The explosion, suspected to be caused by methane gas, tore through the mine near the capital of the resource-rich province of Balochistan on Thursday, sparking a rescue operation that ran through the night

Potentially caused by methane gas

Explosion at coal mine kills 34 in southern Pakistan

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, ending a 36-year wait for a French champion

Amid tough competition

Ferrand-Prevot bids to defend Tour de France Femmes title

China's manufacturing sector has faced uncertainty due to the Middle East war

China factory activity slides as leaders seek spending boost

Crimea's tourism industry has taken a hit in recent months

Starved of electricity and fuel

Ukrainian drones send Crimea's tourism industry into freefall

A supporter of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wears a German flag in her hair as she attends a campaign rally in front of the Berlin City Hall on June 29, 2026

Far right and far left battle for power in polarised Berlin

Indian manufacturers are cashing in on the AI infrastructure buildout

Cables and cooling bring AI windfall to Indian suppliers

Venezuelans from different political camps have protested ahead of the start of the transition talks

Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition figure

Venezuela transition talks set to kick off without Machado

US oil giants are set to report huge profits but gasoline prices above $4 per gallon are testing the public's patience

Blowout profits

Oil industry sees war windfall but girds for political blowback

An Asian elephant drinks from a pond at the Safari Madrid wildlife park in Aldea del Fresno, west of Madrid

Under red skies

Spain safari park animals grazed calmly amid 'terror' of fire

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