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  • Amnesty flags FIFA World Cup human rights risks

    Amnesty flags FIFA World Cup human rights risks

    A report released by human rights group Amnesty International this Monday warns that the  FIFA World Cup 2026 to be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer poses “significant risks and impacts for fans, players, journalists,…

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  • WTI, Brent as Yemen’s Houthis enter Israel-Iran war

    WTI, Brent as Yemen’s Houthis enter Israel-Iran war

    Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026.

    Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images

    Oil prices rose on Monday as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis fired missiles at Israel and U.S. President Donald Trump…

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  • Oil price rises as Iran threatens to expand retaliatory strikes

    Oil price rises as Iran threatens to expand retaliatory strikes

    Shipping had only recently returned to Red Sea route before Houthi threatspublished at 00:29 BST 30 March

    Jonathan Josephs
    BBC business reporter

    The route through the Red Sea and Suez Canal that is being threatened by…

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  • Ukraine uses drone innovation to help level battlefield in war with Russia

    Ukraine uses drone innovation to help level battlefield in war with Russia

    When America went to war with Iran last month, the U.S. military faced an enemy using mass-produced drones to deadly effect.

    The same weapons have been used for years in Ukraine – some of them supplied by Iran to Russia. Unmanned and…

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  • Fugitive Dezi Freeman shot dead by Australian police after months on the run, reports say

    Fugitive Dezi Freeman shot dead by Australian police after months on the run, reports say

    Freeman has been wanted since the fatal shooting of two police officers in Porepunkah in August.

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  • Why Chinese tech companies are racing to set up in Hong Kong

    Why Chinese tech companies are racing to set up in Hong Kong

    For Yunji, that means proving its robots can operate in real-world international settings. The company, which builds its service robots for hotels, hospitals and factories, listed in Hong Kong in October of last year, as it sought to widen its…

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