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Trump has ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, saying Seoul offered no help against Iran, in a post that touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un.

Hayden Panettiere, the actor who became a household name playing an indestructible cheerleader on Heroes and later a hard-living country star on Nashville, has died at 36. Her publicist Kasey Kitchen confirmed the death and said an investigation is ongoing. No cause of death has been released.

The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow corridor between Iran and Oman through which roughly one-fifth of the world's seaborne oil trade ordinarily passes, has gone almost quiet.

The margin between a Federal Reserve rate hike and a hold just got a lot thinner. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in July after falling 0.4 percent in June, pulling the annual rate

Meta's average price per ad rose 12 per cent year on year while impressions grew 14 per cent. What that actually does to a small advertiser's budget is a different calculation.

Google is shipping a wearable feature that attempts to track insulin resistance without a needle, a lab requisition or a finger-prick device.

For 41 minutes, Google told anyone who searched Sam Altman's name that he was dead. The Knowledge Panel republished a vandalised Wikipedia edit automatically, and no one at Google touched it.

Apple's fiscal third quarter, ending 27 June 2026, looked strong on the surface. Revenue came in at US$109.4 billion, up 16 per cent year-on-year, and diluted earnings per share reached US$2.02, a 29 per cent jump.