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UK house prices fall for first time since November 2023, Lloyds data shows

British house prices recorded their first annual fall in nearly three years in August as some buyers have held back on purchases due to higher borrowing costs following the U.S.-Iran war, monthly figures measured by Lloyds showed on Monday.Lloyds house price data – previously released under its Halifax brand – showed a 0.4% annual drop in August, the first such decline since November 2023, compared with economists' median expectation in a Reuters poll for a 0.2% rise.In August, prices fell 0.2% versus expectations for a 0.1% rise, while July's initial reading of 0.1% growth was revised do

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China's export growth seen accelerating in August: Reuters poll

China's exports likely grew at a faster pace in August, a Reuters poll showed, indicating that the world's second-largest economy will continue to rely on external demand to shore up growth as domestic weaknesses persisted.Exports are expected to have risen 25% year-on-year in U.S. dollar terms in August, accelerating from 23.9% the previous month, according to a Reuters poll of 35 economists. Trade data will be released by Customs on Tuesday. Exports have become a pillar for China's economy in sustaining growth amid tepid domestic consumption and slumping investment, but the strength in e

France worried by victory of far-right's AfD in German state election

German industrial output falls unexpectedly in July

Iran says to announce new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days

Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a new shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a weekend exchange of strikes on shipping sent oil prices higher on Monday.The new restricted zone will begin from where the U.S. blockade of Iran begins and extend into areas of the Gulf, Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on Sunday in an interview with state TV. Few details were provided on the plan, but Rezaei said any ship entering the new zone would be added to a sanctions list.In additi

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Kremlin says Ukraine talks with US envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough

Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of "highly useful" talks on Saturday with two U.S. envoys seeking a deal to end the Ukraine war, a Kremlin aide said, but he gave no indication of any breakthrough.The aide, Yuri Ushakov, said Americans Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner "outlined a number of ideas regarding possible avenues for a settlement". Ushakov did not say what these ideas were.He said Putin had told the pair that Russia was making "real progress" on the battlefield and was confident of achieving its goals, while stressing the necessity of addressing "all the roo

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.The Nepali army said Lu Haitao was rescued from inside a 225-meter tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project. He was the third person so far to be pulled out alive from various tunnels where authorities believe 900 people might be stuck after the August 26 collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the river. On Friday, rescue workers pulled two people from another tunnel at the Upper Tr

Putin meets with US envoys at the Kremlin for renewed talks on ending the war in Ukraine

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Witkoff and Kushner to take US peace push to Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow

US negotiators are set to travel to Kyiv on Sunday after concluding intensive talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as Washington renews its push to end the war in Ukraine.US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner began their whirlwind weekend of diplomacy with a three-hour meeting with Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday afternoon. The negotiations were followed by dinner with the Russian leader, according to a Kremlin press briefing.The Kremlin released video of Witkoff and Kushner meeting with Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday afternoon.Krem

US labor market remains stable; services input price rises point to elevated inflation

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week amid low layoffs, pointing to stable labor market conditions that give the Federal Reserve room to focus on inflation stemming from the Middle East conflict.The inflation headache was underscored by an Institute for Supply Management survey on Thursday showing a measure of prices paid by services businesses for inputs jumped to a three-year high in August, which economists said suggested that recent inflation was not confined to the goods sector. Rising price pressures have led economists to expect an in

Reflecting Pool saga continues with another contractor hired to clean the algae

Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote

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Fire alarm forces 2 a.m. evacuation at Women's Basketball World Cup teams' hotel

A fire alarm went off in the middle of the night at the hotel where most of the Women's Basketball World Cup teams were staying early Sunday morning. The players and coaches all had to evacuate the hotel around 2 a.m. before going back in about an hour later. The Americans stay at a different hotel so weren’t affected by the early morning wake-up. There was no fire, someone had pushed the emergency alarm button in the elevator, according to Australia coach Sandy Brondello. “That’s a what-if situation, isn’t it?” Brondello said smiling. “No

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On the ground in China’s wiped-out border zone, the fate of hundreds is still unknown

A rock-strewn crevasse is all that remains of what used to be Gyirong Port.The high-altitude hub has been completely washed from existence, leaving a moonscape of stones, gravel and sludge still being searched by emergency workers, as witnessed by a CNN team that gained access to the site on Sunday as part of a government-organized visit.Reporters were given hard hats and boots, to contend with the still-unstable mud-caked ground, and the ever-present risk of further landslides.This border crossing was once a bustling nexus for tourists and traders moving between China and Nepal. Hundreds of p

Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left

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Masked men block roads into Dover port in England in apparent anti-immigrant protest

Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port on Saturday, clogging traffic and disrupting travelers and cargo vehicles heading for France. The U.K. government condemned the action, saying it went well beyond peaceful protest. The Port of Dover said Saturday morning that all traffic in and out was "stopped due to an ongoing public order incident," and police said they were “engaging with the protesters.” Video posted on social media showed several dozen men in black, their faces covered, sta

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel, according to a social media post by the country’s prime minister’s office, bringing the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers were rescued on Friday. Nepal's army said a joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and South Korean disaster experts rescued the

US, Iranian forces fire at vessels in waters near Iran

Trump says Iran conflict, which has killed 18 US service members and injured hundreds more, is ‘small potatoes’

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Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far

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Volcanic island in Indonesia erupts, canceling hundreds of flights and stranding thousands

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, causing flight cancellations at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and stranding about 170,000 passengers in the region

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Indonesia's Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools, fishing

An eruption of Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau caused eight airports to suspend flight operations on Sunday,

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A mistrial is declared in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy. Here's what could happen next

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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