PARIS (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes this weekend as part of his four-day apostolic journey to France, which is the first official papal state visit to the country in 18 years. The site near the Spanish…
ANKARA, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said it was unrealistic to expect all countries to make the same progress on climate policy while inequalities in access to financing and technology persisted, adding he expected support from all nations for Turkey’s COP31 Climate…
JAKARTA, Sept 24 (Reuters) – An Indonesian court has reduced the prison sentence of Gojek founder and former education minister Nadiem Makarim to 9 years from 10 years in an appeal hearing for a graft conviction relating to improper laptop procurement, judges said on Thursday. •…
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Australian data centre operator Firmus expects to lose $77 million in the current half, according to two people familiar with a draft prospectus, as the firm prepares for a $5 billion initial public offering to fund growth.…
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, Sept 24 (Reuters) – South Africa risks losing future vehicle production to Asian rivals as global automakers decide where to build the next generation of electric vehicles, despite a new government tax incentive aimed at attracting investment, executives say. The industry,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hopes to return from a strained right calf for the playoffs next week and Giancarlo Stanton could be back after a 5 1/2-month absence. New York manager Aaron Boone repeated he’s not counting on Judge to play…
Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users. The software upgrade, which is…
GURBULAK BORDER CROSSING, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of trucks idle along the road into Iran from Turkey’s mountainous eastern border. Bustling even in normal times, the countries’ largest crossing is now a make-or-break economic lifeline for Tehran as the U.S. navy blockades its ports. Iranian…
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed in early Thursday trading, as investors tried to digest the recent swings in oil prices and the U.S. bond market. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.3% in morning trading to 65,883.41, as some chipmakers got a boost…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, choking off sea passage for some 15 million barrels of oil a day, many feared that prices would skyrocket, cratering the world economy. Instead, nearly seven months…
