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King Charles US visit: What to know about the itinerary, Congress address
King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s visit comes amid US–UK tensions and the 250th anniversary of US independence.

BP Gains on Exxon to Emerge as Top Big-Oil Stock During Iran War
BP Plc, long the laggard among oil supermajors, is emerging as the sector’s top stock during the Iran war as it reaps “exceptional” trading profits and avoids the scale of production outages hurting rivals like Exxon Mobil Corp.

India’s Power Demand Hits Record as Heat Wave Batters Nation
India’s electricity demand climbed to a record on Saturday, after blistering heat waves pushed power usage from cooling appliances, compounding the nation’s energy challenges brought by the Middle East war.

Less bread and WFH Fridays – what Pret boss knows about our habits
Customers want great value but that doesn't necessarily mean the cheapest products, says Pano Christou.

'I don't want the children to see how worried we are': UK family finances hit by Iran war
British families tell BBC Panorama how the Iran war is affecting their monthly budgets.

DeepSeek Slashes Fees for New AI Model in Chinese Price War
DeepSeek is aggressively pitching low-priced-plans for its just-released flagship model, intensifying competition across a Chinese artificial intelligence industry trying to take on Silicon Valley’s best.

Iran Offers Deal to US to Reopen Strait and Delay Nuclear Talks, Axios Says
Iran has given the US a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war that includes postponing nuclear negotiations, Axios reported, citing a US official and two people with knowledge of the matter.