Authorities intervene directly in market for first time since currency’s partial float in April

US right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday at an event at a Utah university, Trump said. Kirk, 31, had an outsized influence in US politics, helping the rise of Trump's support among younger voters – one of the key factors in the Republican's return to power last year.

Wildfires following heatwaves and temperature spikes across the Mediterranean killed at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania, authorities reported Wednesday. The fires have displaced thousands in Greece and Albania as governments in several south European countries issued weather alerts for the next few days. 

Land swaps and de facto annexation in Ukraine won’t bring peace and could lead to decades of brutal subjugation

Union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area rejected the U.S. planemaker's latest contract offer on Sunday and will strike at midnight on Monday, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union (IAM) said.

La crise traversée par l’Olympique lyonnais (OL) n’est pas un cas isolé dans le football français et européen. Une illustration de la financiarisation du ballon rond ?

Au moins quatre personnes ont été tuées dimanche 3 août lors d'une reprise des affrontements dans la province de Soueïda, à majorité druze, dans le sud de la Syrie. Il s'agit des premiers combats depuis la signature du cessez-le-feu le 20 juillet.

France and Saudi Arabia will co-chair a UN conference in New York from July 28-30 to revive stalled two-state solution talks. Days ahead, French President Macron said Paris would formally recognise Palestine in September, boosting momentum for renewed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

John Malkin speaks with Heather Edney, co-founder in 1990 of the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program. Despite lack of funding and support for syringe distribution, the program pioneered a model of harm reduction that centered the voices of drug users. Operated by young women volunteers who used drugs, SCNEP was one of the first risk reduction models that included holistic healthcare practices.

Exclusive: BBC understood to be speaking to US tech giants as it desperately seeks cost savings The BBC is examining a significant outsourcing drive that could put thousands of jobs at risk as it desperately searches for savings, the Guardian understands. The plans being considered include the offshoring of jobs currently carried out in the UK, with the BBC understood to be talking to US tech giants as potential partners. It is said to include the outsourcing of recommendation algorithms, which direct users to content. Continue reading...

American actor best known for playing heavies, including the ‘psycho’ Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs

For the first time in more than 100 years, Parisians and tourists alike took a dive into the Seine on Saturday as three new swimming sites opened to the public. The long-forbidden waters are now officially open to the public, following a €1.4-billion cleanup project that paved the way for the open-water events at the Paris Olympics last year.