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Some of the dozens of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman this week

Oil soars above $100 as Middle East fears grow

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham has been nicknamed 'MAGA Barbie' by some observers in a league increasingly riven by racial tensions and stereotypes

WNBA viral star Cunningham wades into trans athletes row

The 2026 recipients of the Fields medal are (L/R): Chinese mathematician Yu Deng, US mathematician John Pardon, Canadian mathematician Jacob Tsimerman and Chinese mathematician Hong Wang

Nobel prize of mathematics

Fields medal awarded to four young mathematicians

Thousands of protesters led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement rallied in New Delhi

'Welfare and future of our youth'

Modi vows punishment for exam leaks fuelling India protests

French gendarmes evacuate a resident during a wildfire near Lege-Cap-Ferret in southwestern France

Extreme weather episode

'Like a war zone': France evacuates 20,000 due to wildfires

Flamingos have become the symbol of the protests

'Biodiversity massacre'

Albania police teargas protesters against Trump-linked resort

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham hands a pint of beer to finance minister John Healey after announcing a tax cut for struggling pubs and clubs

Third major measure

New UK PM announces tax cut for struggling pubs

A Russian strike Sunday killed 10 people on a cargo ship, the Golden Leo, off the Odesa coast

Ships avoid Ukrainian grain ports after Russian attacks

The EU has announced a probe into whether Google breached antitrust rules over its use of online content to train its AI

Reining in Big Tech

EU fines Google 890 mn euros, risking US fury

Ultimately the five permanent members of the UN's top body, the Security Council, hold the power, wielding vetoes over who leads the global organization

Facing global instability

Who are the six candidates vying to lead the UN?

European Union flags are seen in front of the Berlaymont building, the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels in July 2026

Exemption for encrypted messages

EU renews online child sex abuse detection powers

Infographic showing the key points of global maritime transport

Amid US-Iran escalation

Bab al-Mandeb Strait: another key oil shipping route under threat

The receiver station of the Druzhba pipeline of petroleum between Hungary and Russia at the Duna (Danube) Refinery of Hungarian MOL Company located near the town of Szazhalombatta, about 30 km south of Budapest photographed in 2022

€27 billion investment

NATO to overhaul European fuel pipeline network

Shares of American Airlines fell after it lowered its 2026 forecast, citing the drag from higher jet fuel costs

Negative counterweight

Swelling jet fuel costs hit American Airlines outlook

People search for scrap in the rubble of the La Mar Suites in Tucacas, Venezuela

Means of survival

Venezuelans turn to scrap collecting in quake-hit beach 'paradise'

This year's edition stars Robert Pattinson, fresh from his acclaimed performance in current box-office champion "The Odyssey"

Glaring Hollywood absence

Venice film festival promises Pattinson, Oasis and Musk doc

Hostage situation ends

Bank employee killed in Regensburg robbery, suspect arrested

India teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi walks to the pavilion after his dismissal in Harare

Sooryavanshi hits maiden 50 as India thump Zimbabwe in T20

Dangote plans to more than double the refining capacity of its Nigerian operations from 650,000 bpd to 1.4 million bpd -- making it the largest refinery globally, surpassing India's Jamnagar Refinery

Doubling refining capacity

Nigeria's Dangote raises $2.5bn to expand Africa's largest refinery

The ECB is navigating the energy shock unleashed by the Middle East war

Uncertainty in Middle East

ECB opens door to September rate-hike as Iran war flares up

People search for bodies amid the rubble of a building in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on July 22, 2026

Calls for reconstruction funding

World Bank estimates Venezuela quakes caused $19.6 bn in damage

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham hands a pint of beer to finance minister John Healey after announcing a tax cut for struggling pubs and clubs

'A drop in the ocean'

New UK PM announces tax cut for struggling pubs

Italy's far-right contenders include former army general Roberto Vannacci, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini

Italy's far-right line up to defend jeweller who killed robbers

Foreign ministers attend the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), part of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, in Pasay, Metro Manila on July 23, 2026

Fuel-stressed countries

ASEAN calls for open straits as US-Iran war casts shadow

The joint venture at the Ford factory near Valencia, Spain should ensure more work for the under-used facility

Reducing production costs

Ford and Geely to form joint venture at struggling Spain plant

Sahil, 28, says he has joined India's student protests to 'demand accountability'

India's angry Gen Z protesters say Modi must fix accountability

Sergei Lavrov (R) and Marco Rubio (L) met as Washington's focus has switched from mediating in Ukraine to dealing with Middle East war

Diplomatic standstill

Russia warns US against Ukraine arms sales in Manila meeting

Carola Schouten was honouring a pre-election bet

A 'serious' message

Swing vote: Rotterdam mayor abseils down city tower after election bet

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