Financial Times

Nippon Paint offers €7.5bn for AkzoNobel unit in attempt to gatecrash rival deal

Japanese group makes bid for decorative coatings business that includes Dulux brand

business  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Gold Bars, Cash Pile Mark Fall of Indonesia’s Top Graft Hunter

Rows of gold bars, stacks of US and Singapore dollars and seven suitcases found inside a locked safe have become the defining images of one of the biggest scandals to hit Indonesia’s law-enforcement establishment in years.

business  Jul 13, 2026

BBC World

Planes sent to tackle wildfires of 'exceptional scale' near Paris

It was the first time firefighting planes had been sent up from the normally drier and hotter south of the country to tackle fires in the Paris region.

general  Jul 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

China June exports growth set to cool, but AI demand underpins overall strength

business  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Modi Seals Deals After Courting Indo-Pacific Partners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a three-nation tour to deepen India’s Indo-Pacific partnerships, Bloomberg's Swati Pandey reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Jul 13, 2026

The Guardian

Jana Armstrong’s former partner appears in court charged with murder after body found near Toowoomba

Dharminder Singh ‘asserts his innocence’, lawyer tells reporters, amid outpouring of grief for young mother in Queensland cityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former partner of a woman whose body was found near Toowoomba at the weekend has appeared in court for the first time after being charged with her murder.Dharminder Singh covered his face and appeared to sob as he appeared in Toowoomba magistrates court via

general  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

MiniMax Shares Slump After JPMorgan Cuts Target Price Further

MiniMax Group Inc.’s shares plunged, after JPMorgan Chase & Co. slashed the Chinese AI model maker’s price target for the second time in less than a week on value dilution concerns caused by fresh fundraising.

business  Jul 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Kicks Off With Mighty $74 Million Two-Day Debut at China Box Office

The 'Shaolin Soccer' spinoff, Stephen Chow's first film as director in seven years, is projected to earn more than $350 million in its home market, with plans for a U.S. release still in the works.

entertainment  Jul 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’: AMC Reveals Teaser for Season 3 

Alexandra Daddario stars in the series, which is scheduled to return in 2027.

entertainment  Jul 13, 2026

NY Times Business

U.A.W. President Says He’s the Victim of ‘Bogus Allegations’

A grand jury is investigating whether Shawn Fain used his position to seek favors for his fiancée and retaliated against the union official who denied them.

business  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

US Embassy Tells Americans to Avoid Congo Over Ebola After Aid Worker Infected

The US advised its citizens to avoid all travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo because of Ebola after a second American aid worker was infected while responding to the country’s escalating outbreak.

business  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

China Expands Strategic Mineral Toolkit With New Investment Firm

A new, Beijing-backed mining investment vehicle is aimed at bolstering China’s grip on overseas resources, as the country pushes back against US and European efforts to curb its dominance of the mineral supply chain.

business  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

SBI Funds IPO Anchor Book 20 Times Subscribed; Draws Capital Group, BlackRock, Goldman, ADIA, GIC

The Capital Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., Fidelity Investments and Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P. are among key investors that participated in the anchor book of SBI Funds Management Ltd., which was subscribed more than 20 times before the company’s initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

business  Jul 13, 2026

Financial Times

Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired

Incentives to use new tools are changing as costs start to hit home

business  Jul 13, 2026

Financial Times

EU buys record amount of gas from Russia’s flagship plant

Europe purchased almost all the LNG produced by the Yamal facility in the first half of 2026 ahead of import ban

business  Jul 13, 2026

WSJ World News

Forget France: China Is the New Foie Gras Champion

The Asian country makes 11,000 tons of the bird-liver delicacy annually—and it costs a little more than half the French kind.

general  Jul 13, 2026

The Guardian

Fire bomber planes battle Fointaineblue forest blaze near Paris

Wildfire quickly burnt more than 800 hectares, with villages evacuated, highway partly closed and high-speed rail disruptedFrench officials rushed two firefighting planes to the Paris region on Sunday after a “very virulent” fire of “exceptional scale” erupted in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest about 60km (40 miles) south-east of the capital.The fire began late afternoon in the one-time royal hunting preserve that today is dotted with quiet villages. It raced across 800 hectares (2,000 acres)

general  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Nippon Paint Offers $8.6 Billion for Akzo Nobel’s Paint Business

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. has made an offer for Akzo Nobel NV’s decorative paints business in the past month.

business  Jul 13, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

India Inflows at Risk With Foreigners’ Bearish Futures Bets, Mideast Flareup

Foreign funds’ bearish contracts remain close to last year’s record levels.

business  Jul 13, 2026

The Guardian

US launches new wave of strikes against Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’

American and Iranian forces exchange heavy missile and drone attacks over control of strait of Hormuz, increasing pressure on truceThe US military has launched a new wave of attacks against Iran amid the escalating standoff over the strait of Hormuz, with Tehran saying the latest strikes had “rendered futile” all the diplomatic efforts of the past few months.The US military began launching more strikes against Iran at 9pm GMT on Sunday, US Central Command (Centcom) said on X, “to continue degrad

general  Jul 13, 2026