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Brent crude rises over $85 a barrel after US carries out third night of strikes against Iran Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Oil prices rose more than 2% after the conflict in the Middle East worsened,…
The article concerns a legal and personal dispute between a couple and their surrogate mother after she allegedly refused to have an abortion and was then sued. It matters because it highlights difficult legal and ethical questions around surrogacy, bodily autonomy and what happens when intended parents and…
Quentin Letts’s column reflects on a Commons session held after the murder of former MP and broadcaster Ann Widdecombe, describing a mood of grief, tribute and unease about political violence. He recounts how MPs from different parties remembered her with affection and humour, while also linking her death…
The article reports that a well-known couple in New York, described as having helped thousands of people through death and dying, died within days of each other. It presents their deaths as a notable local tragedy because the pair were apparently recognised for compassionate work connected to end-of-life…
The provided text does not include the body of the article, so the only clear claim available is the headline’s assertion that Senator Lindsey Graham’s final phone call was to a staff member while he urgently needed help. Without the full report, it is not possible to verify…
An Oregon man’s plans to build a home on what he saw as his “dream property” were derailed after builders discovered that tens of thousands of tyres had been illegally dumped on the land. The case matters because it left the owner facing a huge clean-up problem and…
A man has died after falling from a building in Sydney's central business district, in an incident described as horrific by witnesses. The death occurred in one of Australia's busiest commercial precincts, prompting an emergency response and drawing public attention to the circumstances surrounding the fall. Limited details…
The UK's North Sea oil and gas industry has appealed to Andy Burnham, expected to become Britain's next prime minister within days, urging him to approve further offshore drilling as part of his agenda to tackle deindustrialisation. Industry group Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), joined by more than ten…
A British former Wall Street executive, Simon Andriesz, has revealed how he uncovered evidence suggesting that US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick failed to disclose a business relationship with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Andriesz found a 2018 email chain showing Lutnick and Epstein discussing a start-up venture,…
A worker at Monash Health, a major public hospital network in Melbourne, refused to work more than four hours a week, citing ADHD, anxiety and depression, leading to a six-month stand-off with his employer before he was dismissed. He subsequently took his case to Australia's Fair Work Commission,…