NY Times World

On the Front Lines of Myanmar’s Forgotten War

Our Times correspondent, Hannah Beech, travels to the center of the armed resistance movement in Myanmar and meets rebel fighters who are outgunned and undermanned after years of fighting in a civil war.

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Bloomberg Markets

New Hedge Funds Are Using AI Bots to Rival Industry Giants

Advances in artificial intelligence are leveling the field for fund managers, making it easier for boutique firms to compete with big macro and bond investors.

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BBC World

Congress passes war powers measure for first time, rebuking Trump's war with Iran

The resolution is largely symbolic, but it adds to pressure on the White House to end the conflict once and for all.

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Bloomberg Markets

China's Premier Li Says Beijing Remains Committed to Openness

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a special address at the Summer Davos forum in Dalian on Wednesday. He said Beijing will continue to expand domestic demand and accelerate the large-scale application of new technologies. Bloomberg's Minmin Low reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

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The Guardian

Artist accused of winning prize with ‘imitation’ won Australian award with piece ‘influenced’ by Basquiat

Jane Allan’s winning Darling portrait prize painting has raised eyebrows after her Doyles art award piece was compared to artist Nicholas HardingAn Australian painter was “clearly influenced” by New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a major prize-winning work, according to the National Portrait Gallery, after she was accused of winning a separate $20,000 prize with “an imitation” of a Nicholas Harding piece.The National Portrait Gallery has declined to comment further on the marked similaritie

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Bloomberg Markets

China’s Independent Oil Refiners Slash Runs to Nine-Year Low

China’s independent oil refiners have slashed operating rates to a nine-year low, highlighting the lingering impact of the US-Iran war on the leading importer of Tehran’s crude.

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BBC Sport

Ancelotti's quest to end Brazil's 24-year wait for World Cup glory

BBC Scotland's Andy Burke looks at Carlo Ancelotti and his mission at Brazil before their final Group C game against Scotland.

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BBC Politics

Burnham likely to replace Reeves if he becomes PM

Rachel Reeves would be offered a more junior cabinet role, the BBC understands.

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Bloomberg Markets

Copper Holds Losses as Dollar and Hawkish Fed Pressure Metals

Copper and industrial metals largely held Tuesday’s slump as a stronger dollar and the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance weighed on the demand outlook.

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The Guardian

Liberals dumbfounded by Angus Taylor’s multiculturalism comments: ‘Embrace the reality of modern Australia’

Party colleagues concerned opposition leader was missing an opportunity to differentiate Coalition from One NationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor has attempted to clarify comments on multiculturalism after his five non-answers on Tuesday which left colleagues dumfounded and questioning the opposition leader’s approach to One Nation.As senior Liberals lined up endorse to Australia’s cultural diversity on

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The Guardian

Admiral fired in Hegseth purge wins Democratic primary in South Carolina

Nancy Lacore will spearhead effort to flip Republican House seat in November’s midterm electionsA three-star navy rear-admiral fired by Pete Hegseth last year in the defense secretary’s purge of senior US military officials has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched congressional race.Nancy Lacore secured the party’s nomination for the US House of Representatives in South Carolina’s first congressional district on Tuesday after defeating Mac Deford, a US Coast Guard veteran, in a runoff

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Bloomberg Markets

Chinese Zinc Traders Eye Export Window to Clear Domestic Glut

Chinese zinc producers are eagerly waiting for exports to become more profitable to help clear a glut of the metal at home.

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BBC World

Clean sweep for Mamdani-backed candidates in New York's Democratic primary

Brad Lander unseats Dan Goldman in a race that laid bare the city's divisions over the Israel-Gaza war.

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ESPN

Johnson reunites with May, goes No. 9 to Mavs

Michigan forward Morez Johnson Jr. was taken with the ninth pick by the Mavs and his former coach at Michigan, Dusty May, and was one of three Wolverines to go in the lottery along with Yaxel Lendeborg and Aday Mara.

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ESPN

Ghana: 'VAR went for coffee' to aid 'lucky' Englan...

Ghana boss Carlos Queiroz joked that the video assistant referee must have gone for a coffee after saying England escaped a penalty and red card in Tuesday's goalless World Cup stalemate.

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ESPN

'The City is Ready': Trae Young welcomes AJ Dybant...

The Washington star welcomed the No. 1 pick to the nation's capital and appeared to tease a future conversation about jersey numbers.

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Bloomberg Markets

India Lets NRIs Leverage Deposits to Draw Dollars

RBI swap covers only principal, not interest.

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Bloomberg Markets

AirPods Maker Luxshare Gauges Interest for $3 Billion Hong Kong Listing

Electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry Co. has started gauging interest for a Hong Kong listing that may raise about $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified to discuss a private matter, moving toward what could be one of the city’s biggest deals this year.

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The Guardian

Mamdani-backed candidates sweep Democratic primaries in New York City

JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg fails to advance in election to replace Jerry Nadler in Manhattan districtZohran Mamdani’s growing influence over the Democratic party was on show in New York City on Tuesday as three congressional candidates endorsed by New York’s democratic socialist mayor won closely watched primaries.Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller who also ran for mayor last year before endorsing Mamdani, won his race comfortably, defeating the Democratic representative Dan

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Yahoo Finance

How SK Hynix's bet on a niche memory chip made it more valuable than Samsung

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