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Overnight cessation: a two-week pause in Iran

Music giant Universal gets $64bn takeover offer

India's lack of widebody aircraft a 'scandal', says incoming IndiGo chief

Venezuela’s surreal transition 

Iran and America agree to pause their war

Jet fuel supply concerns grow as war with Iran drags on, airlines cut flights

Novo Nordisk's explosive Wegovy pill launch draws a new wave of patients into GLP-1 weight loss treatment

The US refinery now processing Venezuelan oil

Delta, Southwest raise checked bag fees $10 amid jet fuel price surge, joining other carriers

Levi Strauss revenue jumps again, with DTC making up more than half of sales for the first time

When emigration helps bad rulers survive

Artemis II has offered Earth inspiration

Meet the four Democratic tribes

Bye, bye to the Trump trades

Did Israel overestimate the damage to Iran’s missile programme?

Iran war upends spring housing market. Here's what real estate agents are seeing

Middle East Dispatch newsletter: A terrifying wait

Blighty newsletter: Reform in the land of Alan Partridge

Taiwan’s “China-free” drones are taking off

Global democracy is in better shape than you think

A wary rapprochement between India and China

How the Iran war has sowed panic among farmers

He said he was an oligarch’s son. The lie had tragic consequences

Trump administration finalizes better-than-feared Medicare Advantage payment rate in boost to health insurers

The US in Brief: An(other) ultimatum

Plan 2 student loan interest rates capped at 6% in England

Over troubled waters: Trump’s bridge-and-plant plot

Could private credit trigger the next financial crisis?

Price of first class stamp rises to £1.80

Businesses scramble to get noticed by AI search

Iran and America are spinning stories about the size of their victories

As Iran’s civilian economy crumbles, its military economy grows stronger

The strange, multicultural slang of Toronto’s teenagers

As more states legalise gambling, what next for Las Vegas?

Taiwan’s opposition leader meets Xi Jinping in Beijing

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in annual letter cites risks in geopolitics, AI and private markets

How far do the European Union’s military ambitions go?

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