Stocks rally falters, oil rises as US-Iran talks postponed

Stock markets were mixed on Friday and oil prices rose after Switzerland said planned talks following up on the US-Iran agreement had been postponed, dealing a blow to the week-long rally. Equities have been on a tear since the two announced last weekend that they would end their three-month conflict and reopen the Strait of […]

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Iran to lodge complaint with FIFA over World Cup restrictions

The Iranian football federation said Thursday it will lodge a complaint with FIFA claiming its team is being subjected to travel restrictions during the World Cup in North America. Iran wanted to fly from their base camp in Tijuana, Mexico, to the United States two days before their next match, against Belgium in Los Angeles on […]

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Fossils challenge assumptions on how animals adapted to land

Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today’s frogs. But new research out Thursday in the journal Science challenges that conventional assumption. It presents analysis of rare fossils which scientists say fill knowledge gaps on the development of […]

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S. Korean leader says he told Trump sanctions on North are ‘ineffective’

Closer ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have rendered sanctions imposed on North Korea over its nuclear programme “ineffective”, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday. Lee said he told US counterpart Donald Trump the sanctions were not working when the two leaders met at a G7 summit in France this week and discussed […]

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Burnham wins key UK poll, paving way for bid to challenge PM Starmer

Veteran UK Labour politician Andy Burnham emphatically won a crunch by-election on Friday, securing a parliamentary seat and clearing the way for a widely expected leadership challenge against beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Burnham, a former government minister who has been Greater Manchester mayor since 2017, ensured his return to parliament by easily beating the […]

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Switzerland says US-Iran talks postponed

Switzerland announced Friday that planned talks following up on the deal to end the Middle East war had been postponed, hours after US Vice President JD Vance’s departure for the Alpine country was cancelled. The signing of the accord this week was intended to end the conflict in Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and […]

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AI museum brings sights, sounds and smells of the rainforest

The squawks of macaws, the smell of wet earth after rain and a swirl of colors will transport visitors from a Los Angeles museum to the heart of the Amazon rainforest — or rather, an AI version of it. Data collected from those visitors — their movements, their heartbeats and even the temperature of their […]

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AI museum brings sights, sounds and smells of the rainforest

The squawks of macaws, the smell of wet earth after rain and a swirl of colors will transport visitors from a Los Angeles museum to the heart of the Amazon rainforest — or rather, an AI version of it. Data collected from those visitors — their movements, their heartbeats and even the temperature of their […]

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US Vice President Vance postpones trip to Switzerland for Iran talks

US Vice President JD Vance will not travel to Switzerland as scheduled for talks on Friday following up on the deal to end the war with Iran, according to the White House. The signing of the accord this week was intended to end the conflict in Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin a […]

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