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UK Think Tank Calls to Double High Street Slot Tax. The Industry Says It Would Close Hundreds of Shops.

New Delhi, July 2 -- LONDON - A Category B gaming machine in a British high street betting shop generates roughly the same kind of problem gambling risk as its equivalent on an online platform. The ta... Read More


Iran Is Charging $2 Million to Cross Hormuz. China and Russia Go Free.

New Delhi, July 2 -- TEHRAN - There is a price list for the Strait of Hormuz. China pays nothing. Russia pays nothing. India, Iraq, and Pakistan pay nothing. Everyone else pays $2 million - per crossi... Read More


Iran Sold 40 Million Barrels in Two Weeks. The Price Premium Disappears on August 21.

New Delhi, July 2 -- Iranian oil trade data has long been inconsistent because much of it routes through intermediaries designed to obscure origin. The direction is not in dispute. Iran is selling mor... Read More


Tesla Posts 480,126 Deliveries in Q2 2026, Ending Two-Year Decline as BYD Gap Narrows

New Delhi, July 2 -- For two straight years, every Tesla quarterly report delivered the same uncomfortable verdict: the company that defined the mass-market electric vehicle was losing ground on volum... Read More


Horoscope Today, July 2, 2026: What the Stars Are Hiding From Every Zodiac Sign Right Now

Thursday, July 2 -- the Moon meets Pluto in Aquarius, the planet of transformation, buried truths, and irrevocable change. For astrologers who track generational patterns, a Moon-Pluto conjunction is ... Read More


Victor Willis, Village People Singer Who Co-Wrote YMCA, Dies at 74

LOS ANGELES, July 2 -- He co-wrote the song in 1978, when it meant something specific: a tribute to a community center on Christopher Street, a love letter to a particular neighborhood, a signal to an... Read More


Saudi Arabia Pulled $7.1 Billion in Foreign Investment in Q1 as Outflows Surged 50%

RIYADH, July 2 -- For every $7.1 billion Saudi Arabia attracted in foreign capital during the first quarter of 2026, the Kingdom sent $940 million back out the other side. That second figure, SR3.52 b... Read More


8341 cases filed against petrol pumps in Hyderabad for fraud

Hyderabad, July 2 -- If you ever suspected of getting lesser than what you paid for at a petrol bunk, chances are that your hunch may have been because several outlets have been booked by the Legal Me... Read More


No more sick leaves for German workers without medical certificate in Merz's new labour reforms

New Delhi, July 2 -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz outlined a 34-point package of pension, tax and labour reforms on Thursday to "cut red tape" and boost growth, jobs and competitiveness. "We are ... Read More


India world's most tokenised market for online card payments says Group Country Manager, VISA

Mumbai, July 2 -- India has become the world's most tokenised market for online card payments, with more than 900 million payment tokens in circulation, stated Suresh Sethi, Group Country Manager for ... Read More