Shares of cloud computing giant Oracle plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company’s revenues fell short of Wall Street expectations.
The company reported revenue of $16.06bn (£11.99bn) for the three months that…
Category: 2. World
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Celebrity scandals renew debate on ‘cancel culture’
Yuna Ku,BBC Koreanand
Koh Ewe
Getty ImagesPark Na-rae, one of the country’s most successful female comedians, has now left her popular variety shows amid allegations of workplace bullying In a matter of days, three big names in South Korea’s…
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Why can’t they end their border conflict?
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent
Getty ImagesThailand and Cambodia have blamed each other for breaking a US-brokered ceasefire, which had brought a pause to violent clashes that broke out earlier this year Once again the boom of…
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Video shows US military seizing oil tanker off Venezuela coast
The US Department of Justice has released 45-second clip showing what it says is the US military seizing an oil tanker near Venezuela.
The footage shows military helicopters approaching the tanker and what appears to be US troops boarding it. The…
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Italian cooking awarded special Unesco status
Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations’ cultural agency Unesco.
National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco’s list of “intangible cultural heritage”, but now Italian cooking…
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Sarkozy releases prison diaries about his 20 days behind bars
ReutersThe former French president wrote about his brief imprisonment for criminal conspiracy Rushed out in under three weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book “A Prisoner’s Diary” has plenty of colour about what it’s like for a former president to…
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Ukraine at critical moment, European leaders say after Trump call
EPA/ShutterstockEuropean leaders say “intensive work” will continue in the coming days on a US-led plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, after a joint phone call with President Donald Trump.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President…
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Ringleader Lt Col Pascal Tigri hiding in Togo, official tells BBC
Nicolas NégoceBBC Africa
BTVMost of the soldiers who appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning are on the run A senior government official in Benin has told the BBC that the leader of Sunday’s failed coup is taking refuge in neighbouring Togo.
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6.5 magnitude quake hits Hokkaido region in Japan
Japan’s northern region was rattled once again on Wednesday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Hokkaido, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
The quake, recorded at a depth of 57 km, came less than 48 hours…
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Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
All five countries have withdrawn after Israel’s participation in the competition was officially confirmed last week.
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