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Oil prices have risen sharply after Israel said it had attacked Iran, which caused an escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The cost of Brent crude oil to increase by over 10%, reaching its highest level since January.

Hollywood star Michael Douglas is returning to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to present a newly restored version of the famous 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Friday the 13th is a date that many people around the world connect with bad luck.

Chiquita, a large American banana company, plans to stop all work in Panama and make all its workers redundant. The decision comes after long protests over new pension laws.

If you are enjoying a sandwich made with imported ingredients like Peruvian avocados or Thai prawns, it is hard to imagine that Britain had to survive on just homegrown food.

Kilmar García, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador in March, is now back in the US and has been indicted.

Many Japanese people have been lining up at stores to purchase rice at a reduced price, which the government released.

Anime, or Japanese animation, has become one of the fastest-growing areas in global entertainment.

In the early 1990s, Bosnia went through a terrible war after the breakup of Yugoslavia.

More than 150 people have died in Nigeria after heavy rain caused severe flooding in the northern market town of Mokwa. The rain lasted for hours and destroyed homes, roads, and bridges.

A new neighborhood called Dixon Trail in Escondido, near San Diego, has been built with special protection against wildfires.It is the first in the US to meet and go beyond California’s building rules for high-risk fire zones.

A court in Germany has ended a long-running legal case about climate change.

Cameroon is preparing for presidential elections in October, while a violent conflict continues in its two English-speaking regions.

The AI revolution is progressing quickly, but is limited by one key factor: electricity.