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Japan’s Nikkei hit a second record high in as many days Wednesday, as hopes of US interest rate cuts following soft inflation data cheered equity investors across Asia.Early afternoon, the Nikkei 225 index was at 43,359.03, up 1.5 percent, having already hit a new intraday record high of 42,999.71 the previous day.Read More

Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%Read More

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.Read More

Millions across Europe grappled with record summer heat Tuesday, with temperatures in some areas soaring past 40°C (104°F).Read More

Venture Global prevailed over Shell in an arbitration case about a contract dispute, capping a two-year fight between the oil giant and the liquefied natural gas exporter.Read More

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, today announced a global partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate AI-powered cloud innovations and unlock new possibilities with AI for enterprise organizations across industries.Read More

FIND – Global Summit returns in 2025 with its most expansive edition yet, convening leading voices from design, architecture, and business to explore how creativity can respond to urgent global challenges and shape more intelligent, inclusive, and impactful built environments. Across three days featuring over 60 speakers from 23 countries, the summit spans dozens of sessions of critical dialogue – from urban resilience and AI innovation to purposeful luxury and urban transformation. Building onRead More

Global ex-U.S. equity funds received their biggest inflows in more than four-and-a-half years in July, as investors redirected capital away from the United States on concerns over the economy, stretched stock values, and a weakening dollar.Read More

Two of the busiest roadways in Denham Springs will soon have a new layer of security.Read More

The video shows a white truck driving down the back alley, parking right in front of the camera. A man in a black shirt gets out and dumps all the trash he had in his truck bed.Read More