Month: June 2026

After the engine on his small aluminium boat died, Junior Apiuta Apiuta battled loneliness, huge waves and bitter cold – but he never gave up For eight days drifting alone in the vast Pacific Ocean, Junior Apiuta Apiuta battled towering waves, bitter cold and not knowing if he would ever ...

The yen fell to its weakest level against the US dollar since 1986, raising the prospect of renewed intervention from Japanese authorities. The currency slid as investors turned to the dollar on expectations that the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this year; Japan faces other structural pressures like ...

Moscow pushed through legislation allowing it to borrow more money, a rare belt-loosening from the fiscally conservative Kremlin that implies that the Russian system is eroding, a scholar argued. President Vladimir Putin has long boasted that Russia has the lowest public debt among G20 nations, but the Ukraine war has ...

The UK’s likely next prime minister pledged to redistribute political clout across the country, setting up a “No. 10 North” in Manchester. In a major policy speech outlining his goals, former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on Monday promised “the biggest change in our lifetimes to the way the country ...

German politicians vowed Monday to prevent Volkswagen from cutting 100,000 jobs, as Berlin confronts the scale of the country’s industrial woes. The automaker’s reported planned layoffs and factory closures could amount to one of the biggest corporate reductions in history. It shows the “growing desperation” of Germany’s automotive sector, under ...

China is emerging from the Iran war energy crisis with clear economic and geopolitical advantages, a new report argued. China’s oil stockpiles and deep push into renewables helped shield the country from the worst of the disruptions from the Strait of Hormuz’s closure, unlike several Asian economies, which had to ...

Music streaming service Tidal announced it won’t pay royalties for AI-generated music in an email to users and an announcement on its website published Monday. “Tidal’s priority is ensuring royalties go to original works directly produced, written, and performed by people,” the announcement reads. “We will therefore not knowingly attribute ...

The defence investment plan will set out how billions will be spent on equipping the UK Armed Forces. ...

⚽ Kick-off time: 4.30pm EDT/9.30pm BST/6.30am AET⚽ Bracketology | Player guide | Golden Boot standings Match report: Brazil 2-1 Japan Not for the first time in this tournament, there were long periods when Brazil did not impress. And not for the first time in this tournament, they got away with ...

She was a sex-positive star in the 80s and 90s who became an ‘accidental activist’ and her life is explored in a HBO documentary produced by Sarah Jessica Parker Robin Byrd has no doubt about where the archive of her life should end up. “I think it should be in ...