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Netflix profits surge off ads, higher subscription prices
Netflix reported stronger than expected second-quarter results Thursday, with profit jumping 45 percent year-over-year as the streaming giant benefited from subscription price increases and a growing ...
Austrian space diver Felix Baumgartner was 'born to fly'
Austrian daredevil "fearless Felix" Baumgartner, who died on Thursday aged 56, stunned fans around the world by breaking the sound barrier in a hair-raising dive from the fringe of space more than a ...
US authorizes Juul to market vaping products
Juul Labs said Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration had officially authorized the e-cigarette maker to market its vaping system and refill capsules in the United States. Juul won the new ...
EU readies retaliatory list targeting US services
The EU executive is preparing a list of proposed restrictions on US services companies -- including tech giants -- should Brussels fail to strike a trade deal with Washington, European diplomats said ...
Drone hits oil field in Iraq's Kurdistan for second day
A drone loaded with explosives struck an oil field in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region on Thursday, Kurdish forces said -- the second attack in two days on the Norwegian-operated site. "At 10:55 am ...
Italian cyclist Privitera dies aged 19 after fall
Italian junior cyclist Samuele Privitera has died aged 19 following a fall at this week's Tour of the Aoste Valley-Mont Blanc, the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) announced on Thursday. Privitera, ...
Georgia arrests pair trying to sell weapons-grade uranium
Georgia has arrested two men for allegedly attempting to illegally sell weapons-grade uranium, officials in the Caucasus nation said on Thursday. Counter-intelligence and special operations units ...
Myanmar junta claims recapture of town near military academy
Myanmar's junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted armed rebels who captured a town near the military's main officer training academy after a year-long battle. A 2021 coup sparked a civil war in ...
Eau de coco: cette boisson de l’été est-elle bonne pour la santé?
L’eau de coco est plébiscitée pour son côté sain et rafraîchissant. Quels sont les atouts de cette boisson? Quelles sont les ...
L'armée française quitte le Sénégal, fin de sa présence permanente en Afrique de l'Ouest et centrale
L'armée française a mis fin jeudi à sa présence militaire permanente en Afrique de l'Ouest et centrale, lors d'une cérémonie ...
Frappe meurtrière contre une église à Gaza: Netanyahu dit regretter "profondément"
Le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu a dit regretter "profondément" une frappe contre une église à Gaza qui a ...
Virer le président de la Fed, mission impossible pour Trump?
Le président américain Donald Trump a augmenté la pression sur le patron de la Réserve fédérale (Fed) cette semaine, accusant Jerome Powell d'une potentielle "fraude" dans les rénovations du bâtiment ...