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Europe's heatwaves expose insurance gap as business losses mount

For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and socialise before dinner.As Europe bakes under its fifth heatwave of the year, the traditional 6-7 p.m. slot has all but disappeared as people seek air-conditioning indoors, cutting sales for many hospitality businesses.Adding to the pressure, extreme heat often falls outside traditional business interruption insurance, exposing a growing protection gap for companies across Europe.Moody's has published estimates that last summer's Eur

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Avocado pickers in Mexico welcome restart of exports to US, but security fears remain

It didn't take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting of a U.S. security alert that temporarily halted avocado exports. Back on the job the morning after the alert was lifted, Isidro threw a rope over an avocado tree about 20 feet (6 meters) high and climbed up. Fifteen minutes later, he had filled a box with avocados bound for the United States. “Thank God ... and now we’re getting paid!” he shouted happily after several days without work. Eight days after the alert affectin

Miami to decide fate of stunning stadium where speedboats raced and Jimmy Buffett played

North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin reaffirm ties on Korean Liberation Day

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Billionaire Peter Thiel buys 1% stake in Argentine Vaca Muerta oil firm, filing shows

Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina's Vista, one of the largest oil companies operating in the country's Vaca Muerta shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.The filing, published on Friday, comes four months after the tech billionaire met with Argentine President Javier Milei in the presidential palace, after which Milei told a local media outlet they discussed economic policies and his opposition to wealth taxes.Thiel had recently bought a mansion in an upscale neighborhood of Buenos Aires, local media reported.T

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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation

A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe's reservation without its consent. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., denied the Tohono O’odham Nation's request for a court-ordered halt to border wall construction on its 2.8-million-acre reservation. Leon ruled the tribe hasn't established that a border wall will change its reservation boundaries without congressional authority. The judge also rejected the tribe's claim tha

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Seahawks, CB Devon Witherspoon agree to 4-year, $132 million deal, AP source says

The Seattle Seahawks and cornerback Devon Witherspoon have agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension with $101 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract, which would make Witherspoon the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL, hasn’t been finalized. In a television interview during Saturday's preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys, Witherspoon said he was grateful. “It feels good,” Witherspoon said. “Long time coming, bu

Joshua Báez of the Cardinals hits 3 homers in his first 3 at-bats in a historic major league debut

Man who official says has past mental health issues faces hate crime charges after disrupting service at Manhattan synagogue

Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction to continue

President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to continue construction of his $400 million White House ballroom after an appeals court ruled the project lacked the necessary approval from Congress.The Trump administration asked the justices to keep the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on hold while it prepares a full appeal to the Supreme Court.Justice Department lawyers, in their filing, echoed Trump's contention that the ballroom project is a security necessity. Citing numerous assassination attempts agains

Teen charged with murder of mother and brother used ChatGPT to create ‘fantasy stories’ about killing family, officials say

A Massachusetts teen charged in the double murder of his mother and younger brother had used the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to search for “theoretical ideas or fantasy stories” about the killing of his family, prosecutors have said.A plea of not guilty was entered Thursday for Arjun Aravind, 17, on two counts of murder, two counts of assault and battery on a family or household member and other charges. His mother, Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and his brother, Siddharth Aravind, 14, were found dead Tuesday in their home in Acton, some 20 miles northwest of Boston, prosecutors said.Ar

What comes next after Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Hawaii's Big Island under rare hurricane landfall threat as Tropical Storm Lala strengthens

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Yemen's Mocha port halts operations after Houthi attacks, port director says

Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 missiles in Houthi attacks over recent days, the port's director said on Saturday.The attacks killed seven people and caused an estimated $16 million in losses, the director told a news conference.• Mocha is a Red Sea port near the Bab el-Mandab strait, a strategic chokepoint connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and a key route for international shipping.• The port is controlled by forces aligned with Yemen's internationally recognised government. It has a smaller cargo capacity tha

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Romania shoots down drone breaching its airspace - defence ministry

A Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft the country has shot down this year, Romania's defence ministry said on Sunday.The NATO state shares a 614-km (382-mile) land border with Ukraine and has seen Russian drones repeatedly breach its airspace over the last four years, as well as mines floating in the Black Sea across key trade and energy routes. The ministry did not specify the origin of the drone, saying its radars detected it entering the country from neighbouring Moldova

The life-altering choices immigrant families are making under Trump’s crackdown

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While Taliban leaders mark 5 years in power in Afghanistan, a UN official warns of a rights crisis

Taliban rulers and other officials gathered at Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirga assembly hall on Saturday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their return to power, touting what they described as restored stability and an end to decades of conflict. A top United Nations official, however, warned of a grave human rights crisis in Afghanistan, where girls over age 12 are barred from attending school. The Taliban seized power on Aug. 15, 2021, as the U.S. and other NATO troops withdrew following a costly two-decade war. The U.S. withdrawal led to chaos at Kab

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Zimbabwean boat accident death toll rises to 68 as more bodies recovered

Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered following a boat accident in a lake in Zimbabwe, police said on Saturday, taking the death toll to 68.The boat capsized on August 11 on Lake Kariba. Investigations suggested the boat was overloaded when it went over during heavy winds. The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirmed the updated death toll via social media platform X. (Reporting by Kopano Gumbi in Johannesburg. Editing by Mark Potter)

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‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts

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Bezos and Saverin join a consortium buying a minority stake in Liverpool

A consortium containing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is buying a minority stake in Premier League club Liverpool

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Luigi Mangione admits killing insurance CEO, pleads guilty in federal case

Luigi Mangione admitted in court on Friday that he fatally shot health insurance executive Brian Thompson and pleaded guilty to two federal

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Afghanistan marks 5 years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs and education

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Nigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can

Conspiracies around Nolan Wells’ death have led to threats against those he was with that day, attorneys say

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The CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back

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Trump wants to split the MMR vaccine into separate shots. Experts say it’s a bad idea

Investors sue Selena Gomez for alleged fraud over mental-health start-up

Singer and actor Selena Gomez was sued on Thursday by investors who say the "Only Murders in the Building" star committed fraud by failing to fulfill

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False claims about miscarriage risk from Covid-19 vaccines are spreading online. They use a faulty interpretation of data

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls