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MILAN (AP) — Three carabinieri militarized police officers were killed and another 13 other carabinieri and police officers were injured in an explosion as law enforcement carried out an eviction near the northeastern Italian city of Verona early Tuesday, authorities said.Two middle-aged brothers and a sister were detained in connection to the explosion in the town of Castel d’Azzano, 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest Verona, police said. “While our carabinieri were carrying out a judicial order, they were hit by an intentional explosion of a gas tank,’’ Verona’s carabinieri commander, Col. Claudio Pagano, told Sky TG24. He called it “an…
A viral video showing tourists in Malaysia manhandling a rare sea turtle has triggered widespread outrage amid growing concern that irresponsible tourism is endangering the country’s marine life.The 20-second clip, which was widely circulated on social media, shows a man repeatedly grabbing the turtle by its shell and neck while snorkelling off Redang Island, part of a popular marine park in Terengganu state.Several people can be seen surrounding the animal, preventing it from surfacing. At one point, the man appears to stand on the turtle’s shell as it struggles to swim away.Marine conservation group the Tropical Research and Conservation Centre…
Silver prices touched an all-time high above US$52.50 an ounce, as a historic short squeeze in London added momentum to a rally that has been fuelled by surging demand for haven assets.Spot prices rose as much as 0.4 per cent to US$52.5868 an ounce in London, surpassing a peak set in January 1980 on a now-defunct contract overseen by the Chicago Board of Trade – when the billionaire Hunt brothers attempted to corner the market. Gold also climbed to another record high, building on eight straight weeks of gains.Concerns about a lack of liquidity in London have sparked a worldwide…
Silver prices touched an all-time high above US$52.50 an ounce, as a historic short squeeze in London added momentum to a rally that has been fuelled by surging demand for haven assets.Spot prices rose as much as 0.4 per cent to US$52.5868 an ounce in London, surpassing a peak set in January 1980 on a now-defunct contract overseen by the Chicago Board of Trade – when the billionaire Hunt brothers attempted to corner the market. Gold also climbed to another record high, building on eight straight weeks of gains.Concerns about a lack of liquidity in London have sparked a worldwide…
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have urged US President Donald Trump to visit their cities during his coming trip to Japan, in a symbolic appeal for him to witness the consequences of nuclear war first hand.While observers view such a visit as improbable given the political risks, the mayors’ appeal highlights growing concern over the erosion of the nuclear taboo, a concern echoed in the letter’s warning about rising global tensions and the dwindling number of hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors.Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, and his Nagasaki counterpart, Shiro Suzuki, made the request in a letter dated Friday…
Everywhere they look these days, Europe’s politicians see chaos.The United States is helping to trash the global order it built in its image. China is pulling the rug from under efforts to upgrade European industry by weaponising its monopoly on critical minerals. Russia is waging a hot war at the European Union’s borders, with the growing danger that it may spill over.So tumultuous have things become, some officials have turned to Chinese science fiction to describe it.“Where we are now, we’re actually in a time of a ‘three-body problem’ which is notoriously unstable and quirky – it can take many…
Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday to snap a six-day losing streak as investors bet that renewed tensions between China and the US will recede after the world’s two biggest economies left the door open for negotiations.The Hang Seng Index advanced 0.2 per cent to 25,925.26 as of 10.14am local time and was poised to halt a six-day, 5.1 per cent drop. The Hang Seng Tech Index slipped 0.1 per cent.On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index both gained 0.6 per cent.Pop Mart International Group, the producer of hit plush toy Labubu, rallied 3.5 per…
Hong Kong stocks dropped for a seventh consecutive day, putting the benchmark on course for its longest losing stretch since January 2024, as investors weighed the geopolitical risk after China and the US left the door open for negotiations on the back of re-escalating tensions.The Hang Seng Index dropped 0.2 per cent to 25,839.07 at the noon break, erasing an earlier gain of as much as 0.8 per cent to add to a 5.1 per cent loss over the past six trading days. The Hang Seng Tech Index retreated 1.3 per cent.On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index slipped 0.1…
Broadcom became the latest chipmaker to forge a blockbuster data centre deal with OpenAI, triggering a rally that added more than US$150 billion to its market value.In a pact announced on Monday, OpenAI agreed to buy custom chips and networking components from Broadcom to help power its artificial intelligence services. OpenAI had already struck deals for data centres and chips that easily top US$1 trillion, and the company plans to spend tens of billions of dollars more on Broadcom chips, according to people familiar with the matter.The agreement, which follows OpenAI’s deals with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), is…
Broadcom became the latest chipmaker to forge a blockbuster data centre deal with OpenAI, triggering a rally that added more than US$150 billion to its market value.In a pact announced on Monday, OpenAI agreed to buy custom chips and networking components from Broadcom to help power its artificial intelligence services. OpenAI had already struck deals for data centres and chips that easily top US$1 trillion, and the company plans to spend tens of billions of dollars more on Broadcom chips, according to people familiar with the matter.The agreement, which follows OpenAI’s deals with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), is…