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Police clash with a violent crowd near site of UK stabbing attack

Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the thuggery and said the crowd had hijacked what had earlier been a peaceful vigil

Foreign lawmakers discuss Chinese actions around Taiwan, costs of conflict

In a keynote speech on Tuesday, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said China's threat to any country is a threat to the world.

At Georgia rally, Harris demonstrates show of valor, confidence for Nov win

Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats' reach

Intel to cut thousands of jobs to reduce costs, layoffs to begin this week

Intel, which is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings Thursday, has about 110,000 employees, excluding workers at units that are being spun out

Scientists rely on reanalysis method to know when world has its hottest day

This reanalysis goes back to 1940, and it allows researchers to say with confidence when a record is broken, whether for a day, month or year

Trump biggest threat to health, welfare programmes: Harris campaign

There is only one candidate in this race who will protect and expand earned benefits programmes that millions of Americans rely on Vice President Harris, Mossa said

Harris, who is married to a Jewish man, doesn't like Jewish people: Trump

In the interview, the Republican former president repeated comments he has made before lashing out at Jewish voters

Firefighters advance against blaze in California ahead of warming weather

Some blazes were sparked by the weather, with climate change increasing the frequency of lightning strikes

Airbus quarterly profit falls to half on industrial costs, space charge

Airbus is working on a review of space activities as it discusses potential alliances with France's Thales and Italy's Leonardo, and meanwhile plans to announce a new turnaround plan

Alphabet's partnership with AI startup Anthropic under UK scrutiny

Agreements under scrutiny include Microsoft's partnerships with startups such as OpenAI, Inflection AI, and Mistral AI, as well as Alphabet's ties to other smaller companies such as Anthropic and Cohe

Microsoft pushes US Congress to pass law for crackdown on deepfakes

The company also is pushing for Congress to label AI-generated content as synthetic and for federal and state laws that penalize the creation and distribution of sexually exploitive deepfakes

P&G records surprise sales drop as demand slows despite price restraint

The company's rivals, including Nestle and Unilever , also reported first-half sales growth below expectations

French cosmetics L'Oreal Q2 sales rise but depressed China market weighs

The Paris-based company, which owns the Maybelline and Lancome brands, said on Tuesday that sales in the quarter reached 10.88 billion euros

Instagram to allow users create their own chatbots through AI studio

The broader universe of Instagram users will be able to make a themed chatbot for their profile, for example a bot focused on mixed martial arts, dining or pets

Far-right protesters storm two Israeli army bases over soldiers' arrests

The protests were sparked by the arrests of soldiers at Sde Teiman, where suspected Hamas fighters who carried out the Oct 7 attacks are being held

Luxury retail empire Hermes' heir alleges his fortune has vanished

Puech's lawyers told the court he no longer owns the assets in question: about 6 million shares worth roughly €12 billion ($13 billion) in family-controlled Hermes International SCA

Microsoft reports outage of some office applications, cloud services

Users may be either unable to access the apps, or experience worsened connection or performance, the company said in a message to customers

EU to give Euro 2.4 mn aid for flood victims in India, B'desh, Philippines

The funding will help provide cash assistance, food, access to clean water and sanitation, and other essential services in the hardest-hit areas

US job openings edge lower in June, labour resilience underpinning economy

Job openings have been steadily declining since hitting a record 12.182 mn in March 2022 as demand moderates in response to the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes

Euro zone economy sees slight growth, outlook remains far from rosy

Euro zone economy is quite like water quality of Seine (polluted river in Paris), some days it may look okay but overall it's poor enough to continuously worry about it, ING economist Bert Colijn said