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Oil prices rise after fresh US strikes on Iran and return of sanctions on Tehran – business live
Oil prices rose after fresh US military strikes on Iran and the reimposition of sanctions on Tehran, heightening concerns over supply from the strategically important Gulf region. The renewed tensions rattled global markets, with almost all major Asian stock exchanges falling and Samsung Electronics shares sliding for a second consecutive day. Alongside the geopolitical developments,…
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Klonoa Plush With “Removable Collar” Now Available For Pre-Order
Video game merchandise company Fangamer has opened pre-orders for a new official Klonoa plush in the US and Europe, priced at $39 / €44. The item is based on Namco’s 1997 platformer Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and stands about 8.5 inches tall, with orders not expected to ship until the first quarter of 2027. Designed…
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Britons to buy 8m mini fans this year – but almost half will end up in landfill
Britons are expected to buy almost 8 million electrically powered mini fans in 2026 as repeated heatwaves drive demand for cheap cooling, but recycling campaigners warn that nearly half of these low-quality devices will be discarded within a year. Waste managers and the campaign group Material Focus have raised concerns because the throwaway “fast-tech” items…
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SARAH VINE: I can’t help wondering if Harry was influenced by more cunning players in this saga – just as his mother was so tragically swayed by Martin Bashir
In this Daily Mail opinion column, commentator Sarah Vine responds to a court ruling that dismissed a long-running legal action brought by Prince Harry and other claimants against the newspaper’s publisher. Vine reports that after a four-year campaign, a judge found no proof of wrongdoing and ruled entirely in the Daily Mail’s favour. She uses…
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DAN HODGES: This self-pitying, evasive and frankly boorish Nigel Farage was a pale shadow of the anti-establishment hero
Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges delivers a scathing critique of Nigel Farage following a recorded address the Reform leader gave to the nation. Hodges argues that Farage, once an engaging and effective anti-establishment campaigner, has become self-pitying, evasive and boorish. The piece matters because it reflects growing scrutiny of Farage’s personal finances and conduct, and…
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Pokémon Champions Has Now Surpassed 10 Million Downloads Worldwide
The Pokémon Company has announced that its free-to-download title Pokémon Champions has surpassed 10 million cumulative downloads worldwide, combining figures from both the Switch and mobile versions. The battle-focused game launched on Switch in April before arriving on smartphones the following month, and the milestone marks a solid start for the competitive-play title. To mark…
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Almost no progress made on UK regional household income divide in 30 years, report finds
A new report from the Resolution Foundation finds that Britain’s regional divide in household income has barely narrowed in nearly 30 years, despite repeated pledges by successive governments to close the gap. The findings matter because they underline the scale of the challenge facing prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham, who has made rebalancing prosperity across the…
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‘More public control’: what will Burnham do about water and energy?
As Andy Burnham prepares to be confirmed as prime minister, attention has turned to what he might do about Britain’s troubled water and energy utilities. Advisers in his camp favour renewed public ownership of regional monopolies, and insiders suggest he is weighing a 10-year programme to take control of “the essentials of life”. This matters…
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As Telstra melts down, telco’s ‘$6.7million-a-year’ CEO Vicki Brady is on holidays overseas… so will she rush back to her lavish five-bedroom mansion with pool to handle the crisis?
Australia’s largest telecommunications company, Telstra, suffered a major nationwide outage on the morning of Wednesday 8 July 2026, leaving millions of customers unable to make calls, use mobile data or process electronic payments. The failure — attributed to a technical fault involving timers at the company’s Sydney and Melbourne data centres — also caused widespread…