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Kostyuk wins all-Ukraine duel to reach French Open semis
Kostyuk wins all-Ukraine duel to reach French Open semis

Marta Kostyuk beat compatriot Elina Svitolina on Tuesday to reach her maiden Grand Slam semi-final and become the first Ukrainian woman to reach the last four at Roland Garros in the professional era.

June 02, 2026

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Oil steady, stocks mixed with all eyes on Mideast war prospects
Oil steady, stocks mixed with all eyes on Mideast war prospects

Oil prices wavered and stocks were mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed the chances for a peace agreement between the US and Iran, after AI enthusiasm again sent tech stocks soaring.

June 02, 2026

Anthropic expands access to powerful Mythos AI model
Anthropic expands access to powerful Mythos AI model

Anthropic on Tuesday gave approximately 150 organizations around the world access to Mythos, its powerful new AI model whose rapid ability to identify weaknesses in computer security that has sparked global concern.

June 02, 2026

Kenya protests over US Ebola centre turn deadly
Kenya protests over US Ebola centre turn deadly

Protests over a fiercely contested Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals in Kenya have killed one man, a rights group said Tuesday, as President William Ruto defended the planned centre.

June 02, 2026

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OSL Strengthens Asia’s Digital Asset Ecosystem with Listing of State-Supervised Gold-Backed Stablecoin USDKG
OSL Strengthens Asia’s Digital Asset Ecosystem with Listing of State-Supervised Gold-Backed Stablecoin USDKG

OSL Group (863.HK) (OSL), a global stablecoin payment and trading platform, today announced that its Hong Kong-licensed digital asset exchange OSL HK has officially listed USDKG, the gold-backed stablecoin issued by the Kyrgyz Republic. The listing marks a significant step in bringing a state-supervised, asset-backed digital currency to one of the world’s most established licensed virtual asset markets.

June 02, 2026

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UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather
UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather

There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.

June 02, 2026