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World shares are mixed as oil prices climb higher and Iran launches new attacks
BANGKOK (AP) — European shares slipped Thursday despite rebounds in Asia and on Wall Street, as Iran launched new attacks and threatened the U.S.U.S. futures also fell back, with the contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 0.5%, while that for the S&P 500 shed 0.3%.
Uncertainty about the war in the Middle East has been rattling financial markets, with most taking their cues from what the price of oil is doing.
“Yesterday’s bounce in risk assets already looks less like a turning point and more like a classic relief rally in a market that... Read More
Aston Martin says its car risks giving drivers 'nerve damage' and can't finish F1 season-opener
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aston Martin has predicted it is unlikely to finish Formula 1's season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday without its drivers risking suffering permanent nerve damage.Adrian Newey, the F1 car design great who’s heading into his first race as Aston Martin’s team principal, said Thursday the team's Honda power unit causes vibrations which could damage the hands of drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll. Neither will likely be able to tolerate even half of the 58-lap race distance, Newey added.
Aston Martin had a poor preseason,... Read More
Stella McCartney lets horses steal the show â and makes her point in Paris without saying a word
PARIS (AP) — Ten horses — five black, five white — entered the sand ring first. The models came second.That told you everything you needed to know about designer Stella McCartney ’s priorities at Paris Fashion Week.
Animals First
The British-American designer staged her Winter 2026 show Wednesday inside a riding hall in the Bois de Boulogne, marking the Lunar New Year of the Horse with what amounted to a quiet manifesto: fashion can celebrate animals rather than consume them.
No leather. No fur. No feathers. No compromise.
The... Read More
Voting peaceful in first Nepal election since September youth-led protests
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Voting was peaceful Thursday in Nepal's first nationwide election since a violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power in September.Security forces patrolled streets and guarded polling stations across the Himalayan nation of about 30 million people as voters lined up to cast their ballots. Vote counting is set to begin later Thursday, with results expected over the weekend.
Campaigning and voting through Thursday had not been disrupted by any incidents of violence, officials said.
“There is huge excitement about... Read More
Millions left without power after major blackout hits Cuba's western region
HAVANA (AP) — A blackout left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba on Wednesday in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.Government radio station Radio Rebelde quoted an energy official as saying that it could take at least 72 hours to restore operations at one of Cuba's largest thermoelectric power plants, where a shutdown sparked the outage.
The government’s electric utility said on social platform X that the outage affected people from the western town of Pinar del... Read More
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- Voting peaceful in first Nepal election since September youth-led protests
- Iran launches new attacks, saying US will 'bitterly regret' sinking warship, calls for Trump's blood
- Canada and Australia leaders urge war de-escalation, but agree Iran can't get nuclear weapons
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