A sell-off of bonds from key countries worldwide deepened on Tuesday, sending government borrowing costs soaring and equities lower as investors fretted that energy-driven inflation would force central bankers to hike interest rates.
India's Supreme Court called off criminal investigations on Tuesday against most of the protesters who took part in demonstrations over the leak of a medical exam paper that forced the resignation of the education minister.
Germany's far-right AfD has promised an "economic boom" if it wins Sunday's regional elections and ends up ruling the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, but economists warn their policies would spell disaster.
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Sports
Aston Villa signed Senegal winger Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth a reported £47 million ($63 million) on Tuesday.
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September 01, 2026
The growing prop firm has added MetaTrader 5 to its platform offering, giving its international trader community more choice in how they trade.
September 01, 2026
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Exiled Tibetans and advocacy groups have accused China of heavily underreporting the death toll from devastating flooding in border regions with Nepal, claims Beijing rejected as "malicious smearing and sensationalism".
September 01, 2026
Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.
September 01, 2026
Most civilian victims of Afghanistan's 2001-2021 war have been left "without justice, reparation or even acknowledgement" of their suffering, the United Nations said Tuesday, with one man in Kabul telling AFP "the world has forgotten us".
September 01, 2026
Politics
Oil prices extended gains Tuesday amid fears of a fresh bout of military exchanges between the United States and Iran following a flare-up at the weekend and Donald Trump's warning that he will hit the country "hard".
September 01, 2026
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any US move to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, as he prepares to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a regional summit.
A US aircraft carrier at the centre of a political row over conditions on board was set to arrive in Thailand on Tuesday, the first port call for its 5,000 crew since November.
The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched for survivors including dozens feared trapped in hydropower tunnels.
AI startup Manus said Tuesday it had resumed independent operations, months after China blocked Facebook-owner Meta from buying the Chinese-developed, Singapore-based firm.
September 01, 2026
Economy
Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture.
September 01, 2026
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A "massive" Russian attack killed at least eight people in Kyiv overnight, including seven at a railways depot, officials said Tuesday, as Moscow pressed its air campaign on the Ukrainian capital and surrounding areas.
The pivotal role played by Russia's Africa Corps mercenaries in putting down a mutiny in Niger at the weekend has revealed just how dependent on Moscow the west African country's ruling junta has become.
Munich is booming as a hub for young defence tech firms making everything from AI-powered drones to cutting-edge military software as Europe rearms to face an increasingly dangerous world.
Whole chunks of a once-busy road in Johannesburg have collapsed because of damage caused by the illegal mining rampant across South Africa's economic hub.
September 01, 2026
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