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Hotel habits making guests squirm, survey reveals.

Hotels hate when you do these things

Guests like to make hotels feel like home, however, after people get a bit too comfortable, some hotels are now including etiquette reminders to guests to combat these unwanted behaviours.

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Elon Musk has unloaded on the massive tax-and-spending legislation that Donald Trump is pushing Republicans to quickly ram through Congress.

‘Debt slavery’: Musk erupts over Trump’s tax bill

He may have stopped openly feuding with Donald Trump, but Elon Musk isn’t backing off his bid to kill the US President’s signature megabill.

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The Tesla CEO, who is the wealthiest man in the world, has been an outspoken critic of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”.

Elon Musk rips into ‘utterly insane’ Trump-backed megabill

Elon Musk ripped into the Senate’s massive domestic policy package on Saturday, calling it “utterly insane”.

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Nike says with the new tariff rates in place it estimates a gross incremental cost increase of approximately $1 billion.

Nike expects Trump’s tariffs will cost it $1 billion

‘With the new tariff rates in place today, we estimate a gross incremental cost increase to Nike of approximately $1 billion’.

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Conflict or ceasefire - markets remained unfazed. But why?

Market’s bizarre reaction to Middle East conflict explained

Iran attacked a US air base in Qatar, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire and Israel and Iran accused each other of breaking that truce. Here is why the markets reacted the way they did.

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Flights rapidly changed path as Iran struck a US base in Qatar.

Flights diverted, halted as Middle East conflict erupts

Airlines diverted more flights in the Middle East after Iran’s armed forces said the country launched a missile strike on a US military base in Qatar, exacerbating the region’s military conflict.

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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump.

Trump scolds ‘stupid’ Fed after it holds key rate steady

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.

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A sleep doctor gets to the bottom of why you’re waking up in the wee hours.

Why we’re all waking up at 3am and how to stop doing it

Being awake at 3am is the new trend that no one wants to participate in.

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Top oil CEOs have sounded the alarm as Israel-Iran strikes escalate.

Top oil execs sound alarm over Israel-Iran escalation

The CEOs of TotalEnergies, Shell, and EnQuest have warned that further attacks on critical energy infrastructure could have serious consequences for global supply and prices.

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Global investors may be underpricing the impact of a conflict between Israel and Iran, market watchers warned on Monday.

Investors shrug off Israel-Iran conflict at their peril

Despite the continued fighting — with hundreds reported dead — global stock markets have sustained positive momentum.

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The Insta360 One R displayed in a container of water at the Insta360 booth during CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 8, 2020.

Trade war not stopping China’s push deeper into the US

Chinese companies are so intent on global expansion that even the biggest stock offering to date on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR board counts the US as one of its biggest markets, on par with China.

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This is what is known so far about the tragic Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash.

What we know about Air India fatal Boeing Dreamliner crash

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner is a plane that has been embroiled in scandal before. This is what we know about the Air India crash that killed all but one person aboard.

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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump

‘Numbskull’: Trump rekindles Powell rift in call for cuts

President Donald Trump ripped Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell as a “numbskull” overnight Thursday as he turned up the heat on the central bank chief to lower interest rates.

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US President Donald Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Trump wanted an Iran deal but may get military confrontation

Oil prices have spiked on geopolitical concerns, as US President Donald Trump struck a negative tone over nuclear talks with Iran and announced the withdrawal of some American personnel from the Middle East. 

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Both sides temporarily slashed tariffs on each other’s imports to allow trade talks to continue, but disagreements remain.

‘Battle for the 21st century’ as China, US hold trade talks

US President Donald Trump’s top trade officials met their Chinese counterparts in London on Monday for talks aimed at resolving an ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

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