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Renault swings to profit in first half despite intense Chinese competition

Renault swung back to a profit in the first half of 2026 versus a large one-off loss in the same period last year, with electric vehicle sales up sharply despite intense competition from expanding Chinese brands.The French carmaker on Wednesday reported first-half revenue of 30.25 billion euros ($34.43 billion), up 9.4% from 27.64 billion euros a year earlier. The company posted a net profit of 700 million euros versus a 11.14 billion euro loss in the same period of 2025.Analysts had expected revenue of 29.4 billion euros and a net profit of 770 million euros for the six-month period. ($1 =

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Renault swings to profit on EVs despite rise of Chinese rivals

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Bank of Canada governors split over sustainability of rebound, minutes show

Ahead of the Bank of Canada's July 15 interest rate decision, governors were split over the sustainability of the economic recovery, minutes of the meeting showed on Wednesday.The bank left its benchmark overnight rate unchanged at 2.25% and predicted the economy would grow by 2.5% on an annualized basis in the second quarter after grinding to a halt in the first quarter."Governing Council was confident about the rebound in GDP growth in the second quarter. But there was a range of views among Governing Council members about the sustainability of the rebound beyond the near term," the minutes

Pakistan-administered Kashmir vote marred by deadly clashes

Shell, Phillips 66 weigh sale of stakes in $3.5 billion US pipeline Explorer, sources say

Trump's attorney general nominee hits snag as senator withholds support

Todd Blanche's bid for Senate confirmation as U.S. attorney general faced a potential setback on Wednesday when Republican Senator John Cornyn cited unresolved concerns over a controversial $1.8 billion fund tied to Trump allies.Cornyn's concerns center on provisions of President Donald Trump's settlement with his own administration, including a proposed $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" for Trump's allies and an agreement that could give Trump and his associates protections from tax audits unavailable to ordinary taxpayers.The dispute prompted Cornyn to cancel a meeting with Blanche ahe

Edmond man’s $300K collectibles collection meant to fund family home stolen from storage unit

Trump and Netanyahu explored all Iran options including attack, Israeli official says

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Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci plead the Fifth at Capitol Hill hearing

Republican Sen. Rand Paul declared that there will be a vote next week on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the scientist who led the US government response to the Covid-19 pandemic invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a contentious congressional hearing.Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee under a subpoena from Paul, Fauci declared in his opening statement he would not be answering questions, citing what he characterized as the chairman’s “obvious obsession with calling for m

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Blanche nomination in peril as key GOP senator rails on DOJ over controversial fund

Todd Blanche’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s attorney general is hanging in the balance with a key GOP senator saying the Justice Department has not done enough to assure him a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund won’t move forward.The pushback from Texas Sen. John Cornyn comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee has been planning to advance Blanche’s nomination on Thursday – but without Cornyn’s support, the vote will fail.As of now, it’s unclear if that vote will move forward as planned with Senate Republicans eyeing a 4 p.m. deadline to decide wh

The Latest: Senate plans vote to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID-19 questions

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing

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Trump cites 'good' talks on Iran, reiterates threat to hit targets

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said there have been good talks with Iran even as he reiterated his threats to target Pickaxe Mountain as well as bridges and power plants if a deal is not made with Tehran.In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he wanted to avoid targeting Iran's bridges and power plants if possible. "It's a very, very delicate balance. So I think we have a very strong position right now. They know I'm going to do that if they don't make a deal," Trump told the "Fox and Friends" program. "We cannot have them break deals anymore.""We have had some very good talks," T

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Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband testifies about the day she killed their 3 children

Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court Wednesday as jurors listened to her husband's anguished 911 call after he came back from an errand to find she’d strangled their three children in their Massachusetts home. On the roughly 7-minute recording, Patrick Clancy can be heard speaking with his wife upon finding her badly injured and bleeding in their yard, after she jumped from the home’s second-story window. “Look at me,” he says. “Say my name.” He then tells the dispatcher he's going to check on the children. Moments later, he howls and cries afte

This Congress is one of the oldest yet. Most Americans think that’s a problem, a new CNN poll shows

CNN Poll: Americans doubt Trump is paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems

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Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, in southwestern Japan. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously, the prefectural government said. The tally has been steadily growing, fanning fears it may continue to rise. Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon

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US weapons stockpiles continue to dwindle with permanent end to Iran war nowhere in sight

The US military’s weapons stockpiles, including its inventory of crucial air defense missiles, remain severely depleted following a major flare up of the war with Iran in recent weeks, according to three sources familiar with recent Pentagon data and a new report by outside analysts.A substantive settlement to end the conflict remains elusive, and the shortage of the missiles could impact the US’ ability to engage on other fronts.In a Monday report, researchers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank estimated that fewer than 827 Patriot interceptors remain in US

Fed holds interest rates steady for fifth-straight meeting, but inflation still clouds outlook

Kavinsky, French DJ behind hit track ‘Nightcall,’ found dead at home in Paris

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Three Greek firefighters killed as wildfires strike further east in Europe

By Yves Herman, Nacho Doce and Lefteris PapadimasLE TEMPLE, France/LA VILAVELLA, Spain/ATHENS, July 29 (Reuters) - Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in Spain and France. Two firefighters became trapped in the Crete blaze near the village of Krya Vrysi while they were driving between fire fronts. Another died in a separate fire in the Peloponnese region, a fire department spokesperson told Reuters.Residents and tourists were evacuated from Krya Vr

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Blazes burning with the intensity of ‘atomic bombs’: Europe enters a new era of mega fires

The vast blazes ripping through southwestern France burned so intensely they created a powerful, fire-generated thunderstorm. This rare phenomenon is sometimes seen in the kinds of megafires that afflict the US and Canada, but was unprecedented in France, until now — and it’s just one sign that Europe is entering a new fire era, experts say.Europe has always had wildfires, but they are becoming increasingly extreme as the climate crisis tightens its grip. Firefighters in France and Spain have this week been trying to tame blazes more ferocious and more erratic than anything they’ve tackl

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Fed leaves rates unchanged; three policymakers dissent in favor of a hike

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‘I have a lot more life here’: She couldn’t afford retirement in the US, so she relocated from California to Portugal

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Employees at the world’s biggest AI companies are calling for a slowdown in AI development

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Ross Douthat joins ‘60 Minutes’ as CBS races to rebuild the show

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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing

Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his

Former Golden Globes owners sue Penske Media alleging fraud in acquisition of awards show

Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have sued Penske Media and others, claiming they engaged in fraud to acquire the Golden Globe Awards

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Sen. Paul vows contempt vote after Fauci repeatedly invokes Fifth Amendment in Covid hearing

Voters outside Peru defined this year’s razor-thin election. It’s part of an ongoing trend in Latin America

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US thwarts an Iranian missile attack and launches strikes with Saudi Arabia against militias in Iraq

The U.S. military says it successfully intercepted an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi Arabia’s forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days

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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