Bloomberg Markets
Kenya’s inflation rate eased in June for the first time since February, helped by milder increases in food and transport costs.
Science Daily
A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By blocking these harmful protein packages before they reach new cells, researchers believe it may one day be possible to slow the disease's relentless progression.
Bloomberg Markets
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. aims to buy more than ¥2 trillion ($12 billion) of super-long Japanese government bonds in the fiscal year ending March 2027, doubling its earlier purchase plan on the view that yields have climbed to desirable levels.
Bloomberg Markets
China has lifted some restrictions on oil-product exports in the past week, rolling back measures introduced to safeguard domestic supplies shortly after the war began in the Middle East.
Bloomberg Markets
Workers in the Philippine capital will see their wages rise by a record 12%, with implementation set to start this month, Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino said on Tuesday.
Bloomberg Markets
The Swiss National Bank sold francs in the first quarter, intervening to stop the currency’s surge when the US and Israel started to attack Iran.
The Guardian Culture
The fallen star, who was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017, is back in a Netflix special which has its moments but not enough of themLouis CK is back, again. It’s been nearly a decade since the comedian, actor and writer-director admitted his guilt in a series of sexual misconduct allegations, resulting in a number of organizations severing ties and sending him into relative exile – for a few months, anyway. Since then, he’s toured extensively (often to a crowd reception implying he was the o
Bloomberg Markets
Indian markets are recovering after months of weakness, with stocks outperforming emerging-market peers, the rupee among Asia’s best-performing currencies and foreign demand for bonds surging.
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Variety
As Louis C.K was publicly accused of sexual misconduct, subsequently confirmed that “these stories are true,” partially retreated from public life and gradually returned — a trajectory that began with comedy club appearances just nine months after the story broke in the fall of 2017, then continued through sold-out tours, self-distributed specials, a Grammy, and finally […]
The Guardian
It feels as if we are being abandoned to our fate by those in power, with further extreme heat expected next weekIn the summer of 2019, I had a “fun” idea for a piece. Paris was due to experience its hottest day in history, and I proposed travelling around the city trying out its various cooling-off strategies to see if they would help. Reader, it was not fun and they did not help.Last week, Paris experienced its worst period of catastrophic heat on record, worse than that day in 2019, and worse
The Guardian Politics
Hospitality trade bodies’ data published as celebrity chefs and restaurateurs launch campaign for VAT cutNearly a quarter of UK pubs, bars and restaurants are losing money, according to new survey data that came as a group of celebrity chefs and business owners stepped up their campaign for a sector-specific VAT cut.Spearheaded by chef Tom Kerridge, leading figures in the hospitality sector are calling for VAT on the industry to be cut from 20% to 10%. Continue reading...
Bloomberg Markets
Shell Plc expects global liquefied natural gas supply to be flat year-on-year — after more than a decade of growth — as the conflict in the Middle East chokes supply.
Bloomberg Markets
European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said the full extent of the inflation shock from the Iran war isn’t yet clear and that policymakers will act accordingly as data arrive.
Bloomberg Markets
European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane says second-round effects from higher energy prices may take some time to show up, and that policymakers won't be boxed into a particular path on interest rates. He made the comments during an interview with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal. (Source: Bloomberg)
BBC Sport
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Austrian Grand Prix.
BBC Sport
Son Heung-min apologises for South Korea's early World Cup exit and says he will "run to death" for the nation's football fans.
Bloomberg Markets
French inflation slowed for the first time since the Iran war broke out as energy costs fell, alleviating pressure on the European Central Bank to keep raising interest rates.
Variety
Quiver Distribution has taken worldwide rights, excluding U.K., German-speaking territories, South Korea and Taiwan, to Armie Hammer’s controversial comeback movie “Citizen Vigilante.” The distributor, which is led by co-presidents Jeff Sackman and Berry Meyerowitz, already holds North American rights and released the action thriller there on June 19. The deal comes after a dramatic intervention […]
Bloomberg Markets
India plans to build strategic reserves of crude, liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas large enough to meet as much as a month of domestic demand, as the country seeks to avoid a repeat of the supply shock created by the war in the Persian Gulf.