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Argentina economy forecast to extend recession in second quarter
Argentina's economy likely shrank 1.4% in the second quarter versus a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, the fifth such decline as a recession deepens under a tough austerity drive by libertarian President Javier Milei. That median GDP estimate from 15 analysts polled by Reuters for the April-June period would follow a 5.1% year-over-year contraction in the first quarter. Milei's cost-cutting has hurt economic activity and pushed up poverty and unemployment.
- LifestyleDwell
Jean Nouvel’s First Home Is on the Market for $764K
The famed architect was just 25 years old when he collaborated with Roland Baltera and Fran?ois Seigneur to design this angular concrete residence in southwest France.
- Worlddpa international
Death toll climbs to 16 amid historic flooding in central Europe
The death toll from severe flooding in central and eastern Europe climbed to 16 on Monday, with more heavy rains on the way. More than a dozen casualties have now been confirmed across Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania in the floods that began inundating the region over the weekend, with the toll expected to continue rising. In large parts of the extensive disaster zone, kilometres of land remain submerged, with roads and field flooded, basements and houses filling with water and d
- Worlddpa international
Pezeshkian says Israel is trying to draw Iran into a regional war
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused Israel of attempting to draw his country into a regional war as he pointed to the killing of a leading member of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran more than six weeks ago. "Israel is trying to entangle us in a regional war by the assassination of Haniyeh. We reserve the right to defend ourselves," the new Iranian president said on Monday during his first press conference following his inauguration. Haniyeh, officially t
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Dozens of Muslim worshippers killed in Nigeria crash
A bus transporting people to an Eid-el-Maulud celebration collided with a lorry in Kaduna state.
- WorldBBC
Starmer looks to Italy on how to stop migrant boats
The PM said he had discussed Italy's deals with other countries during talks with leader Georgia Meloni.
- BusinessBloomberg
Trudeau Loosens Mortgage Rules in Bid to Woo Younger Voters
(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will make 30-year mortgages available to all first-time buyers and to buyers of newly built homes as the embattled leader tries to win back the approval of younger Canadians.Most Read from BloombergHousing’s Worst Crisis in Decades Reverberates Through 2024 RaceAn Affordable Nomadic Home Design Struggles to Adapt to Urban LifeUS Driving and Congestion Rates Are Higher Than EverThe Hague Is World’s First City to Ban Oil and Air Travel AdsH
- WorldINSIDER
Newly released satellite images show the bridges Ukrainian strikes destroyed inside Russia
Ukraine has targeted bridges in the Kursk region in what appears to be an attempt to disrupt Russian logistics and supply lines.
- WorldPopular Science
Medieval child ‘vampire burial’ exhumed near Polish cathedral
Workers recently stumbled across a grisly gravesite near a historic cathedral in Chelm, Poland. While removing tree roots for an ongoing garden renovation project at the Palace of the Uniate Bishops, maintenance staff uncovered the skeletal remains of two medieval children, one of whom displays evidence of a “vampire burial.” Although largely relegated to horror […]
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EU Commissioner Breton resigns, attacks von der Leyen's leadership
France's Thierry Breton abruptly resigned as the EU's internal market commissioner on Monday and said in a pointed letter he would not seek a post in President Ursula von der Leyen's new team of European commissioners. Breton said in his resignation letter posted on X that von der Leyen asked Paris to nominate another person in exchange for "an allegedly more influential portfolio for France" in the EU executive arm. Breton, who is the incumbent French commissioner, said this "political trade-of
- Businessdpa international
If you're hoping air taxis are the future, researchers have bad news
Vehicles for urban air mobility (UAM), such as electric air taxis that lift off vertically, perform much worse than we may think in categories such as travel times, costs and emissions, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim who reviewed the results of 11 studies on UAM found that air taxis barely manage to slash travel times, while costs and carbon dioxide emissions are higher compared to electric cars. The scientists co
- Worlddpa international
Brandenburg refinery set to receive oil from Kazakhstan for longer
One of Germany's biggest refineries is set to receive crude oil from Kazakhstan for a longer period of time, the German Economy Ministry confirmed on Monday as Chancellor Scholz visited the Central Asian nation. The PCK refinery in Brandenburg sources some of its crude oil from Kazakhstan but has been running at lower capacity since 2023 when Germany switched away from using Russian oil. Until that point, the facility was processing only Russian oil to supply north-eastern Germany with petrol, d
- U.S.NBC News
Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng is a TikTok star, but her keepers are worried
Her toothless chewing is already an internet hit, and now, Moo Deng, the pygmy hippopotamus, is starring in cosmetic ads and quickly becoming a brand ambassador for Thailand.
- CelebrityUnited Press International
World's oldest living person honored on Respect for the Aged Day
The oldest person alive was honored on Japan's Respect for the Aged Day.
- WorldPopular Science
Egyptologists find ancient sword possibly wielded against the mysterious ‘Sea Peoples’
A team of archeologists in Egypt uncovered a sword with hieroglyphs showing the name of pharaoh Ramesses II. The weapon was one of the numerous artifacts from the well-supplied Tel Al-Abqain archeological site near the coast of northwest Egypt. The sword is made of bronze and inscribed with the name of King Ramesses II, who […]
