Tesco said adjusted operating profit for 2026/27 could come in lower compared with the 12 months to the end of February. The figure is forecast to reach between £3 billion and £3.3 billion ($4.1 billion and $4.5 billion), having risen slightly to...

EasyJet said it expected a headline loss before tax of between £540 million and £560 million ($733 million and $760 million) for the six months to the end of March. The figure stood at £394 million for the equivalent period in 2025/26. "Fuel c...

But for the couple from Chiang Rai, abandoning what Amnat called "the old way of doing things" for new microbial solutions has been a boon. Thanks to the hungry bacteria that chew up post-harvest leftovers -- their soil is softer, their yields are ...

Activists had challenged the New South Wales legislation, enacted 10 days after the December 14 attack which killed 15 people and wounded dozens at a beach-side Hanukkah festival. The law gave police the power to restrict public assemblies in decla...

Lebanon unaware of Israel talks Lebanon is unaware of any planned contact with Israel, an official source told AFP, after US President Donald Trump said the leaders of the two countries would speak on Thursday. "We are not aware of any planned conta...

Authorities said 83 people had been detained, hundreds of accounts blocked and groups shut down after praise for the attacks -- one on Tuesday, which wounded 16 people, and one on Wednesday which killed nine and wounded 13. Eight of the dead were c...

Massive demand for AI hardware means business is booming for TSMC -- the biggest contract maker of microchips used in everything from Apple phones to Nvidia processors. Chief financial officer Wendell Huang said the company did not expect the war t...

The attack in the southern province of Kahramanmaras was Turkey's second such incident this week in a country where such shootings have been rare. The funerals will be for eight children aged 10 and 11 and a 55-year-old teacher, the local authoriti...

The phenomenon of so-called transnational repression exploded into public awareness with the horrific murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at his country's consulate in Istanbul in 2018. In an annual report on transnational repression, the ri...

The head of Brazil's electoral court (TSE), justice Carmen Lucia, warned in January that artificial intelligence chatbots could lead to the "contamination" of the October vote in Latin America's biggest nation. In March, the court imposed new regul...

AFP journalists heard loud bangs echoing over the capital during the night and saw huge plumes of black smoke rising over central Kyiv at dawn. The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 659 drones in the attack and 44 missiles, over the last...

The risk of shortages is greatest in Asia, and to a lesser extent Europe, as they both rely on oil from the Gulf and its refineries for their supplies. "The situation can, within the next three, four weeks, become systemic," Rystad Energy economist...

Last summer Gasperini left Atalanta after nine hugely successful years to replace Ranieri, now a senior advisor to the billionaire Friedkin family who own the club, and was hailed by his predecessor in the dugout as the "right man" to take one of It...

One day after the Hornets ousted Miami from the play-in tournament with a nail-biting 127-126 overtime triumph, Ball was fined and assessed a flagrant 2 foul for the controversial play early in the second quarter. Ball fell to the court after a sho...

A youthful, digital version of Kilmer appears in the trailer for "As Deep as the Grave", telling another character: "Don't fear the dead and don't fear me." The footage premiered at CinemaCon, the annual conference where studios present upcoming re...