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SpaceX's revenue rises as its once-soaring stock price drifts back to Earth

SpaceX's revenue rises as its once-soaring stock price drifts back to Earth

On their first earnings call since SpaceX's June public offering, executives said the company is pouring funds into rocket development, Starlink satel…

US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months agoThe US stock market rallied t…

Paramount chief executive David Ellison breaks silence on Warner Bros mega merger

Paramount chief executive David Ellison breaks silence on Warner Bros mega merger

The chief executive of Paramount-Skydance says criticism of $110bn (£82m) merger with Warner Bros. relies on outdated Hollywood model.…

Man 'driven insane' by noise admits killing fish

Man 'driven insane' by noise admits killing fish

Gerry Duffy could not sleep due to the noise of the pond's water pump, a court hears.…

Which area has the best grades? Key takeaways from Scotland's exam results

Which area has the best grades? Key takeaways from Scotland's exam results

More than 130,000 Scottish students have found out how they did in their exams.…

Kazakhstan releases first tiger to restore extinct species

Kazakhstan releases first tiger to restore extinct species

Kazakhstan has released the first Amur tiger in the wild in more than 70 years to help restore the extinct Caspian tiger…

Telegram says Apple suspension followed content norms violation by one user

Telegram says Apple suspension followed content norms violation by one user

Apple said its review found the content had violated guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material.…

After share price crash following IPO, SpaceX to report first earnings as a public company

After share price crash following IPO, SpaceX to report first earnings as a public company

The company will release its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, giving investors a look at its potential profitFor the first time since SpaceX went p…

Top Africa football leaders back Infantino after FIFA selloff scandal

Top Africa football leaders back Infantino after FIFA selloff scandal

Five influential African football leaders back Gianni Infantino amid World Cup private investment row.…

The summer that changed Welsh football

The summer that changed Welsh football

A decade on from Euro 2016, key figures tell BBC Sport Wales the inside story of the summer that changed Welsh football forever.…

Petrol prices strain US households as oil giants Chevron, Exxon profits soar

Petrol prices strain US households as oil giants Chevron, Exxon profits soar

Low-income US households are hit hardest, spending more than 10 percent of monthly income on petrol as prices rise.…

How Mumbai Indians takeover has affected MI London & Surrey

How Mumbai Indians takeover has affected MI London & Surrey

BBC Sport takes a look at what has changed, what has stayed the same and what the future holds for MI London after investment from Indian Premier Leag…

Man Utd boss Skinner leaves role before WSL season

Man Utd boss Skinner leaves role before WSL season

Manchester United manager Marc Skinner steps down from his position before the start of the Women's Super League season.…

'Your legacy will live forever': Nepal mourns climber Nirmal Purja

'Your legacy will live forever': Nepal mourns climber Nirmal Purja

Tributes are pouring out across Nepal after an avalanche killed some of the country's best mountaineers.…

'Nothing is strange' - how clubs prepare for the transfer window

'Nothing is strange' - how clubs prepare for the transfer window

Premier League clubs have already spent more than £1bn in the transfer window, but are expected to only get busier.…

Hitting the right note: apolitical animals or European heroes for new euro designs?

Hitting the right note: apolitical animals or European heroes for new euro designs?

The EU is using a currency redesign as an opportunity to be less neutral and try some finely balanced identity-buildingIs Europe best represented by t…

Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift

Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift

The renewed agreement ensures crude flow of 750,000 barrels a day through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline, officials confirm.…

Beneath Tunisia’s silence, public anger simmers

Beneath Tunisia’s silence, public anger simmers

Behind Tunisia’s enforced calm, anger is growing over repression, economic decline and collapsing public services.…

DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files

DoJ appears to ignore New Mexico deadline for key Epstein ranch files

State attorney general set 31 July deadline for documents relating to abuse of girls at Epstein-owned Zorro ranchThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) ap…

Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping Easter bombings

Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping Easter bombings

Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping 2019 Easter bombings.…

Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco

Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco

The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to…

England beaten by New Zealand in netball semi-final

England beaten by New Zealand in netball semi-final

England's netballers miss out on a place in the Commonwealth Games gold-medal match after a 61-54 semi-final defeat by a powerful New Zealand side.…

Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Fifa leadership as investment plan scrapped

Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Fifa leadership as investment plan scrapped

Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies.…

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Exclusive: As wildfires rage, Frank Elderson says more work needed to assess risk from collapse of ecosystem servicesA senior policymaker at the Europ…

How police in US are using the power of podcasts to crack unsolved murders

How police in US are using the power of podcasts to crack unsolved murders

More police departments are trying to invigorate unsolved murder or missing cases through the power of podcasts.…

British girl band FLO 'want it all' - and they're confident they will get it

British girl band FLO 'want it all' - and they're confident they will get it

The rising stars say making their second album, Therapy at the Club, was a "crash course" in music.…

I was working to survive and I wasn't paid

I was working to survive and I wasn't paid

Sonia Garcia Monuz is among ex-catering firm employees who claim they are owed unpaid wages.…

CPS to target assets of jailed funeral director

CPS to target assets of jailed funeral director

As Robert Bush starts a 20-year prison sentence, prosecutors want to claw back the money he stole.…

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royaltiesGet our breaking news…

Algerian bus plunges into ravine killing at least 27

Algerian bus plunges into ravine killing at least 27

Dozens also injured in accident outside the country's capital Algiers.…