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This picture taken by a Miyako City official on March 11, 2011 and released on March 18, 2011 shows a tsunami breeching an embankment and flowing into the city of Miyako in Iwate prefecture shortly after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the region of northern Japan. The official number of dead and missing after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan’s northeast coast a week ago has topped 16,600, with 6,405 confirmed dead, it was announced on March 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan earthquake research panel says ‘megaquake’ probability has risen to up to 82%

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Murray Auchincloss, chief executive officer of BP Plc, speaks during the 2024 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. More than 7,000 people are headed to Houston to attend the conference with a key question in mind: How to meet increasing demand for power amid the transition to clean energy. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg via Getty Images

British oil giant BP to axe almost 5,000 jobs as part of a ‘multi-year programme to simplify’

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 15: A customer buys produce from a market stall holder on a fruit and veg stand in Bromley on January 15, 2025 in London, England. Prices in the UK rose 2.5% in the year to December 2024, down from 2.6% the month before, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The surprise dip in the inflation rate – as reflected in December’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data – was the first drop in the UK inflation rate in three months and has prompted hope for a cut in interest rates. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

U.K. economy ticks upward, but lethargic growth remains a challenge for PM Keir Starmer

By Ben Perry and AFP

A DIAMOND NECKLACE ON DISPLAY

Cartier owner Richemont shines with better-than-expected sales as poor China demand offset by rest of the world

By Prarthana Prakash and AFP

French founder of artificial intelligence start-up Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch poses during a photo session at the Mistral headquarters in Paris, on January 15, 2025. AFP (Agence France-Presse) and Mistral have signed an agreement that allows the conversational robot of the French start-up that aims to become Europe’s leading AI player to use the agency’s news dispatches to answer its users’ queries, they announced on January 16, 2025. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Does Mistral—the French AI underdog—have what it takes to take on U.S. giants?

By Daxia Rojas and AFP

Germany’s economic engine misfires again, fueling election uncertainty

By AFP

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Meta tells Brazil it will keep fact-checking outside of the U.S. for now

By Juan Sebastian Serrano and AFP

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 12: Rehearsals for the inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Inauguration is set to be held in eight days on January 20, 2025 where US President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk will attend Trump inauguration

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Matthias Voelkel, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Group, poses for a picture at the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on December 2, 2024. As Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to boost cryptocurrencies, a German stock exchange is on a mission to anchor them firmly in the staid world of traditional finance. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Stuttgart stock exchange banking on Trump-fueled crypto boom in Germany

By Jean-Philippe Lacour and AFP

BEIJING, CHINA – JANUARY 11: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves listens during the 11th China-UK Economic And Financial Dialogue on January 11, 2025 in Beijing, China. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is the most senior British official to visit China since former Prime Minister Theresa May seven years ago. (Photo by Aaron Favila – Pool/Getty Images)

Sterling rises after U.K. inflation unexpectedly fell in December, easing some pressure on Chancellor Reeves

By Ben Perry and AFP

Crowds of tourists.

Replica landmarks and tourist taxes: How visitor hotspots are fighting back against overtourism

By AFP

Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida and US secretary of state nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, not pictured, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The fate of Donald Trump’s nominees will come down to a handful of Republicans, a number of whom have a history of breaking with the party or clashes with Donald Trump, Lillianna Byington reports. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State nominee, to argue that China ‘cheated’ and ‘hacked’ its way to ‘global superpower status’ at hearing

By Shaun Tandon and AFP

Police officers stand at the barricade with supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities try to detain him near his residence in Seoul on January 15, 2025. Yoon was arrested on January 15 over his failed martial law bid, after hundreds of anti-graft investigators and police raided his residence to end a weeks-long standoff. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

South Korean police finally arrest impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law fiasco

By Claire Lee and AFP

Vice President and Managing Director for Google in the United Kingdom Debbie Weinstein smiles on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

U.K. regulator says Google has ‘strategic market status’ and launches probe into search dominance

By AFP

Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York City on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP) (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

British pharma giant GSK to acquire U.S. drug developer IDRx in $1.15 billion deal

By AFP

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