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euro on Monday, as the common currency recovered from the more than one-month lows hit last week driven by political turmoil in Europe. The euro was up 0.1% to $1.0718 on Monday, rebounding from the six-week low of $1.066775 touched last week following news of a snap parliamentary election in France.

nuclear-armed nations including the US, Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan, continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several of them deployed new nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2023, a Swedish think-tank said on Monday. In its analysis, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said China's nuclear arsenal increased from 410 warheads in January 2023 to 500 in January 2024, and it is expected to keep growing. The report said some 2,100 of the deployed warheads were kept in a state of high operational alert on ballistic missiles, and nearly all of them belonged to Russia or the US. However, for the first time China is believed to have some warheads on high operational alert, it said.

Polestar intends to launch in seven markets next year, the Swedish electric-vehicle maker said on Monday, as it looks to attract new customers. The company will enter France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Thailand and Brazil in 2025.

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close as caution crept into financial markets heading into the weekend

Shares have opened mixed in Europe as markets recovered from shocks of recent elections across the region

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has dismissed a cease-fire offer for Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “propaganda” as she wraps up a Group of Seven summit that saw a deal reached for a $50 billion loan to Ukraine

With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune

The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later

France’s political upheaval has led the country to lose its spot as Europe’s biggest equity market, less than two years after stealing that title from the UK. President Emmanuel Macron’s shock announcement of a snap election sparked a rout that wiped off about $258 billion from the market capitalization of French firms last week. Shares of banks Societe Generale SA, BNP Paribas SA and Credit Agricole SA all big holders of government debt lost more than 10% each.

bringing down costs, Gates said they've "gone back to the basics", stating: "We've been willing to go back to the basics and do what people have always said should be done, which is to cool the plant with metal instead of water. And that means that this problem of high pressure and extra heat when you shut down is completely solved. And so the complexity, that's meant that nuclear has gotten more complex and more expensive.

Google Chrome gears up for AI push: From tabs to smarter browsing, what all can changeOn the Chrome Android app, the Listen to this page option appears just below the Translate option in the three-dots menu. Tapping on the new option should start playback in a podcast-like layout with the ability to play, pause, rewind, fast forward or skip 10 seconds and even change the preferred voice.For now, there are 4 voices to choose from, including Ruby ( mid-pitch, warm), River ( mid-pitch, bright), Field ( low-pitch, bright) and Moss ( low-pitch, peaceful).

₹3,360 crore. The money will be used to expand its hospitality businesses and other developing businesses.InterGlobe Enterprises said in an exchange filing on 11 June that “the proceeds will be utilised for scaling up IGE’s hospitality and other businesses it is incubating, as well as for general corporate purposes." On being asked how this money will be put back into the UK company, a spokesperson said this was the only statement it had on the sale of shares.

Kylian Mbappe and France have been to the last two World Cup finals but are on a mission as they begin their Euro 2024 campaign against Austria on Monday, having endured disappointment in recent editions of the continental championship. Les Bleus won the World Cup in Russia in 2018, when a teenage Mbappe announced himself on the global stage, and only lost the 2022 final on penalties after an epic battle with Argentina in Doha. They also won the UEFA Nations League in 2021, but the European Championship is the one title that has evaded the French since Didier Deschamps became coach in 2012.

Venue : Simar Cricket Ground, Rome France squad - Christian Roberts, Gustav McKeon, Hamza Niaz, Mukhtar Ghulami, Zain Ahmad, Kamran Ahmadzai, Naim Daoudzai, Noman Amjad, Usman Khan, Usman Shahid, Hevit Jackson, Lingeswaran Canessane, Dawood Ahmadzai, Ikbal Hossain, Rahmatullah Mangal, Rohullah Mangal, Sajad Stanikzay, Zaheer Zahiri Austria squad - Armaan Randhawa, Baseer Khan, Zeshan Arif, Abdullah Akbarjan, Aqib Iqbal, Bilal Zalmai, Imran Asif, Kumud Jha, Shadnan Khan, Abrar Bilal, Amar Naeem, Arsalan Arif, Mehar Cheema, Adeel Tariq, Itibarshah Deedar, Karanbir Singh, Umair Tariq, Waqar Zalmai France vs Austria Live Score: France Christian Roberts 2 (10) Gustav McKeon 15 (24) Austria Waqar Zalmai 1/10 (4) France vs Austria Live Score: France Gustav McKeon 14 (19) Christian Roberts 1 (9) Austria Bilal Zalmai 1/8 (2) France vs Austria Live Score: France Christian Roberts 0 (5) Gustav McKeon 12 (17) Austria Waqar Zalmai 1/8 (3) France vs Austria Live Score: France Zain Ahmad 2 (3) Gustav McKeon 11 (16) Austria Bilal Zalmai 1/5 (1) France vs Austria Live Score: OUT! c Imran Asif b Bilal Zalmai. France vs Austria Live Score: France Hamza Niaz 13 (11) Gustav McKeon 8 (13) Austria Waqar Zalmai 1/7 (2) France vs Austria Live Score: OUT! c Abrar Bilal b Waqar Zalmai.

opinion polls released late on Saturday presented a grim picture for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party, and one pollster warned that the party faced "electoral extinction" in July 4's election. The polls come just over halfway through the election campaign, after a week in which both the Conservatives and Labour set out their manifestos, and shortly before voters begin to receive postal ballots.

France Saturday to protest against the far-right National Rally (RN) ahead of the French parliament elections. Following the RN's surge in last Sunday's European elections, police said 350,000 people were expected to march and 21,000 officers had been mobilised after labour unions, student groups and rights groups called for rallies to oppose the anti-immigration, eurosceptic party.

World War 3 begin next week? A week after observing the 80th anniversary of D-Day when the Allied forces had landed at Normandy in World War 2, will another internecine war erupt soon? This question looms over world leaders, defense experts, historians as well as astrologers. All eyes are set on Indian astronomer Kushal Kumar, who predicted the beginning of Word War 3 on June 18, 2024. Dubbed as 'new Nostradamus', he told the 'Daily Star', «NOW, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 has the strongest planetary stimulus to trigger WW3.» Earlier, he predicted the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month. In a post on 'The Medium', Kumar, cited a recent terror attack on Hindu pilgrims in the Indian administered state of Kashmir. He has also talked about the shots fired at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. The 'new Nostradamus' has also talked about the escalation of tension and conflict between Israel and the Islamist militant organization Hezbollah, after the Lebanon-based outfit fired rockets at the Jewish state.

Socialist president Francois Hollande on Saturday said he is to stand again for parliament in legislative elections — a political comeback that took even his allies on the left by surprise. Hollande, France's president from 2012-2017, left office with record levels of unpopularity and is detested by some within the radical left while even the Socialist leadership regard him with suspicion.

A Montreal restaurant owner who has given out hundreds of free meals as part of a “pay it forward program” says his initiative has been halted because of the so-called language police.

Narendra Modi on Saturday shared highlights from his participation in the G7 Summit at Italy and said that he presented India's perspective on the world stage. A video shared by PM Modi shows glimpses of the highlights of his visit to Italy including his arrival in Italy to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's welcome at the venue of the G7 Summit in Apulia city in Italy. Meloni greeted PM Modi with a 'namaste' and the two leaders then posed for a picture for the cameras.

artificial intelligence, economic security and migration on the second and final day of their summit Friday, as their delegations worked on a comprehensive joint communique touching on many of the world's major geopolitical and social challenges. The gathering in a luxury resort in Italy's southern Puglia region also discussed other major topics, such as financial support for Ukraine, the war in Gaza, climate change, Iran, the situation in the Red Sea, gender equality as well as China's industrial policy. The second day opened with a session on migration, a key issue to host Italy, which lies on one of the major routes into the EU for people fleeing war and poverty in Africa, West Asia and Asia.