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14:18 01/07/2019
Oil firms as OPEC+ poised to extend supply cut

U.S. crude futures for August climbed $1.67 to $60.14 a barrel, after earlier hitting their highest in over five weeks at $60.28.

13:41 01/07/2019
SpaceX targets 2021 commercial Starship launch

Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX’s vice president of commercial sales, said the company is in talks with prospective customers for the first commercial launch of that system roughly two years from now.

13:28 01/07/2019
Rugby player, 22, dies one day after marrying love of his life in dream ceremony

Guests were brought to tears as rugby player Navar Herbert held his bride Maia Falwasser's hand and told her he loved her.

13:00 01/07/2019
Cyprus investigates possible missile crash near Nicosia

Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot leader, linked the incident to military operations in the Middle East but further investigations were underway by the military to establish what it was, he said.

12:43 01/07/2019
Hong Kong protesters attempt to storm government headquarters

Anti-Beijing protesters block key streets as anniversary of 1997 transition coincides with anger about controversial extradition law.

12:29 01/07/2019
Possible missile crash in occupied Cyprus, no casualties

The explosion occurred around 1am in the region of Tashkent, also known as Vouno, some 20km northeast of Nicosia, with the impact setting hills ablaze and heard for miles around.

12:02 01/07/2019
At least 35 killed, 17 injured as bus falls into gorge in Kishtwar district

Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Angrez Singh confirmed the death toll earlier. Of the 17 injured, five are in critical condition.

11:38 01/07/2019
Amazon's Jeff Bezos pays out $38bn in divorce settlement

Ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos will become world’s fourth-richest woman but has promised to give away half of award.

11:16 01/07/2019
FA furious after US officials are caught in England’s World Cup hotel

The Football Association is furious over the incident, which occurred on Sunday morning, two days before the teams meet in Tuesday’s semi-final.

10:45 01/07/2019
Freak summer hailstorm buries cars in Mexico's Guadalajara

At least six neighbourhoods woke to find their streets covered in ice pellets up to two metres deep.

10:27 01/07/2019
From shrimp to fake eyelashes, social media sales soar in Facebook-friendly Thailand

He’s backed by a team who help respond to orders, answer questions on Facebook Messenger, monitor payments to his bank account and shout out tag lines off camera for comedic effect.

10:06 01/07/2019
Powerful explosion in Afghan capital Kabul

Reuters witnesses said the sound shook their office building, with sporadic gunfire and the wail of ambulance sirens piercing the air.

18:38 29/06/2019
18:16 29/06/2019
Berlin Brandenburg: The airport with half a million faults

The sweeping approach along a slick set of motorway junctions is convincing enough - although there is curiously little traffic.

17:45 29/06/2019
17:24 29/06/2019
New Zealand family forced to flee as bubbling mud pool appears in garden

As the shaking continued, she went into her kitchen to investigate, looked out of the window and saw "a big geyser coming out of the ground," she told the local news station.

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