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The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark index ended Friday's session sharply lower, following declines overnight of all three major gauges in New York. A rise in the WTI crude oil futures on the back of growing tensions in the Middle East triggered inflation worries among investors. The Nikkei 225 ended the week at…

Despite Germany's controversial recent history, it is evident that the country has not fully overcome issues of racism. Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, left, speaks with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 4, 2024 (AP) Diplomatic sources…

The recent crash of the ship Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore harbor, and the attendant loss of life, the destruction of the bridge, and the economic impact reminded me of mariner concerns for the lurking dangers to ships entering and leaving ports.I served on 13 Navy ships that made many ports of call in the United States and…

Nathan Lyon is “happy to help” English spinner and new Lancashire teammate Tom Hartley with his craft, even if it means the latter can be “effective” on Australian soil during the Ashes.Lyon linked up with Lancashire in the County Championship, although his stint will last just seven games after Cricket Australia intervened amid concerns over…

DORAL — Two people are dead — including a gunman — and seven people were injured after a fight broke out into a shooting at a Miami-Dade shopping center early Saturday morning.According to police, a dispute between patrons in the patio area at the Martini Bar in CityPlace Doral prompted a security guard to intervene. Around this time, one…

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailBritain must ramp up its defence and aid spending and bolster its diplomatic and intelligence networks amid “the most dangerous period” since the Cold War, the UK’s formerly top civil servant has warned. Writing in The…

Meta implements new policies to combat deepfakes; AI-powered diabetes program revolutionises health management; AI-powered diabetes program revolutionises health management; Study Reveals Racial Bias in AI Chatbots- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look. 1. Meta implements new…

France's relationship with Rwanda is gradually improving as French authorities acknowledge the country's responsibility in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which began 30 years ago this week. An estimated 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, died in the violence perpetrated by Hutus – a faction that France had a history of supporting.After years of…

CNN  —  It generated little attention: another Russian assault in eastern Ukraine, across barren, pock-marked fields, met by determined, nimble resistance. In an attack that defied…

KYIV — As Russia steps up airstrikes and once again advances on the battlefield in Ukraine more than two years into its bloody invasion, there is no end to the fighting in sight. And President Volodymyr Zelensky’s options for what to do next — much less how to win the war — range from bad to worse.Zelensky has said Ukraine will accept nothing…