Brent oil passes $100 on Mideast flare-up, stoking inflation worries
International oil benchmark Brent spiked above $100 a barrel Wednesday for the first time since late July following renewed US-Iran hostilities in the Middle East, stoking fears of widespread price rises and interest rate hikes.
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Heat forces French champagne makers to stiffen their drink
Drinking this year's champagne might give you a heftier headache as France's record heatwaves are forcing some producers to up the alcohol levels, industry officials said Wednesday.
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'Nothing left': thousands in Yemen flee deadly Houthi clashes
Salama Saeed and her son fled for their lives when shelling and gunfire from Yemen's Houthi rebels engulfed their village, forcing her to leave other children behind.
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Iran war drives oil prices to $100 per barrel as Tehran strikes ships
Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as fresh fighting with the United States drove oil prices above $100 per barrel.
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Spain endured hottest summer on record: weather agency
Mainland Spain endured its hottest summer since records began in 1961, with an unprecedented 61 heatwave days across June, July and August, national weather agency AEMET said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan collapse to 100-7 against England in 3rd Test
Pakistan slumped to 100-7 at lunch on the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday after yet another dramatic collapse during their sorry tour of England.
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'A celebration': Amsterdam museum unveils Kusama show weeks after death
More than 300 works by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama go on display in Amsterdam from Friday, an exhibit that has become a tribute to the "polka dot queen" who died last month.
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Workers, migrants focus of documentaries by Oscar winners at Venice
Fifty years after Barbara Kopple first tackled the topic of labour rights, workers in the United States are still struggling to get their due, the filmmaker said as her latest film premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
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IC Markets Australia Wins People's Choice Forex Broker Innovation Award at the 2026 Finder Innovation Awards
IC Markets Australia is proud to announce it has been named the winner of the People's Choice Forex Broker Innovation Award in the 2026 Finder Innovation Awards program.
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Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods
Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by a glacial mountain collapse.
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