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Air India crash: What to know about the first fatal Boeing Dreamliner tragedy

An Air India jet flying from Ahmedabad to London crashed shortly after takeoff into a fireball with 242 people aboard.

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Iran hit back. But can it deter Israel?

Commanders have promised to unleash β€˜hell’ on Israel but their options for retaliation carry considerable risk

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Surge in bond yields adds to pressure on BoJ

Policymakers to decide on how to proceed with tapering of massive bond-buying programme

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump’s show of military might prompts fears of over-reach

Critics warn president’s growing use of troops on US soil risks eroding long-held democratic norms

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Europe eyes the offshore asylum model the UK couldn’t deliver

After the 2015-16 influx of asylum-seekers to the EU, a further wave has stiffened governments’ resolve to tighten their borders

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Oil in the new age of volatility

High prices will undermine Trump’s plans to drive inflation lower and make it harder for the Federal Reserve to cut rates

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Starbucks and Luckin are vying to win the coffee wars. I tested both out

The battle to win over caffeine-drinking customers is heating up.

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Netanyahu vows to attack Iran for β€˜as long as necessary’

Tehran begins retaliatory strikes while US says it is helping to shoot down missiles targeting Israel

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Germany breaks taboo with first celebration of veterans since second world war

Russian aggression in Ukraine has helped drive a historic shift in attitudes towards military

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The struggle for Los Angeles

Pulitzer-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen on the β€˜migrant invasion’ that wasn’t β€” and the real meaning of America’s second-biggest city

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Sweeping Isa reforms threaten investor boycott, says new research

Majority of UK retail investors reject changes to existing rules, according to YouGov survey

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

How apartheid South Africa became a road map for the far right

More than 30 years after the collapse of the racist regime, its ideas echo once again

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Lessons from the Victorians for funding big projects

From housing to transport, infrastructure could be delivered faster using the finance models of earlier eras

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The island where knitting is the key to a man’s worth

A journey across southern Peru takes Stanley Stewart from the grand squares of Arequipa, through canyons where condors soar, to a remote island where real men knit

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Reform UK raised even less in new funding than headline figures suggest

Low donations reflect leader Nigel Farage’s difficulty in capitalising on party’s political momentum and polling lead

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Bioethanol plant owner says US-UK trade deal will force closure without government help

ABF Sugar, which owns the Vivergo plant in Saltend, Hull has given ministers two weeks to come up with a rescue package

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Why you should worry more about inflation in retirement

Advisers recommend a mixture of guaranteed income alongside a flexible portfolio of drawdown assets

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump approves Nippon Steel’s $15bn takeover of US Steel

US government to hold golden share to assuage concerns over control

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Did the US know about Israel’s attack all along?

Donald Trump said he wanted to give diplomacy a chance β€” then praised the β€˜excellent’ assault on Iran

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Airlines divert, suspend flights after Israel's strike on Iran closes airspace in Middle East

Several flights diverted after Israel's Iran strikes early Friday while Delta and United canceled their service to Tel Aviv.

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump approves U.S. Steel merger with Japan’s Nippon after companies sign national security agreement

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday approving U.S. Steel's merger with Japan's Nippon Steel, after the companies signed a national security agreement with the U.S. government.

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

What is Israel's Iron Dome? Here's how the missile defense system works

The Iron Dome is designed to protect Israeli citizens by launching guided missiles to intercept incoming rockets and other short-range threats in mid-air.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Israel-Iran conflict enters second night with millions on high alert

"Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire," President Donald Trump said.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

23andMe founder buys back genetic testing company in second auction

Anne Wojcicki pays $305mn to defeat a previous deal struck with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Oracle's stock closes out best week since 2001 on cloud momentum

Oracle investors haven't had a week this good since April 2001, after the stock had collapsed in the dot-com crash.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Shares of scandal-plagued Brazilian meat giant JBS rise 3% in U.S. public debut

Brazilian meat giant JBS is making its U.S. public market debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "JBS."

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Israel attacks Iran, airstrikes kill armed forces and Revolutionary Guard chiefs

The United States did not participate in the military operation, but President Donald Trump was briefed on it beforehand.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Dollar rallies amid safe-haven rush after Israel strikes Iran

The Israeli strikes offered "the oversold and undervalued dollar a catalyst for a rebound," according to ING currency strategists.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Archer drops about 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program

Archer Aviation's stock dropped after the maker of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles said it sold $850 million worth of shares.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Amazon reorganizes health-care business in latest bid to crack multitrillion-dollar market

Amazon is reorganizing its health-care business into six "pillars" to simplify its structure in a market where it's spent billions of dollars on acquisitions.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Air India plane crash kills at least 241 people, 1 passenger survives

The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known and could take months to determine.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Iran launches missiles at Israel as retaliation begins

IDF says country is β€˜under fire’ as videos show explosions over Israeli cities

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Scale AI's Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal

Meta is investing $14.3 billion into Scale AI, landing the startup's CEO Alexandr Wang to help the company's artificial intelligence efforts.

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

How gold became the world’s refuge from uncertainty

In an era where core assumptions about the global economy are being questioned, gold has once more become an anchor β€” especially for central banks

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

What the Israel-Iran war means for oil prices

We investigate possible scenarios

Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance