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Taiwan reportedly indicted NVIDIA employees for exporting prohibited AI servers to China
Prosecutors in Keelung, Taiwan, have indicted nine people, including employees of NVIDIA and Super Micro, for illegally exporting high-end AI servers to China in breach of export controls. The case highlights how smuggling networks have continued to circumvent restrictions even as the United States has eased some rules on selling older-generation chips, such as the…
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‘Half my business will be gone’ – Firms in Canada and US fear trade war
Business owners in Canada and the US are bracing for significant financial damage after trade talks between the two countries collapsed over the weekend, prompting both governments to impose 50% tariffs on each other’s goods. US tariffs on Canadian products such as wine, dairy, cement, clothing and hockey equipment took effect on Saturday, while Canadian…
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Iranian rial hits record low before fresh US sanctions
Iran’s rial has slumped to a record low against the US dollar, coinciding with a warning from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of an approaching “economic D-day” for Tehran ahead of fresh US sanctions. The currency collapse formed part of a broader bout of global market turbulence, which also took in a flare-up in US-Canada…
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‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos
US-style tipping culture is spreading across the UK, with service charges and tip prompts now appearing in settings where they were previously rare or non-existent, such as pubs, coffee shops and self-service card machines. Customers increasingly feel obliged to tip even before any service has been provided, and the amounts expected are creeping upwards, with…
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Ukraine hits major Russian shopping hubs in huge drone attack as Andy Burnham makes first trip to Kyiv
New details have emerged on Ukraine’s Independence Day drone campaign, including specific strikes on Ozon warehouses in Makhachkala, Krasnodar, Adygeysk and Nevinnomyssk in southern Russia, with several people reported wounded in the Makhachkala attack and major fires breaking out elsewhere, alongside a hit on homeware firm Kuchenland’s Krasnodar warehouse. Separately, NATO scrambled two F-16 jets…
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How to spot a Brit abroad! The tell-tale holiday habits that give us away – from packing teabags and downing airport pints to always getting sunburnt
A light-hearted travel feature runs through the habits and quirks that reveal British holidaymakers abroad, from constant apologising to distinctive food, drink and clothing choices. It reflects on how Britons often assume they blend in with locals while abroad, but in reality display a range of unmistakably national traits, much as other nationalities are known…
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France on course to lose crown as world’s most-visited country – with UK’s favourite set to take top spot despite furious overtourism protests
France broke its own record in 2025 by welcoming 102 million international visitors, making it the world’s most-visited country, but new research from Deloitte and Google suggests it will lose that crown to Spain by 2040. Spain is forecast to reach 110 million inbound visitors by then, overtaking France’s projected 105 million, a milestone that…
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China calls off ambitious ice-hunting moonshot a day before flight
China’s Manned Space Agency has cancelled the planned launch of its Chang’e 7 lunar mission, which had been due to lift off on Monday, saying the spacecraft failed to meet unspecified launch criteria. The mission was designed to send a lander, rover and hopper to a region near the Moon’s South Pole to search for…
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Premier League: 10 talking points from opening weekend of the season
The Guardian’s round-up of the Premier League’s opening weekend covers several separate storylines from across the division, including transfer tensions, tactical struggles and standout individual performances. It highlights how early-season squad decisions and player availability are already shaping narratives at several clubs before the transfer window closes. – Arsenal’s Ian Wright criticised the club for…
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Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ ball sells for £2.5m
The football used by Diego Maradona to score his infamous “Hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for £2.5m, well below its expected price of around £7.3m. The Adidas Azteca ball was authenticated by Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian referee who officiated the match and kept the…