The 10 most important things in the world right now
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1. Donald Trump has been formally nominated as the Republican US presidential nominee. Though Trump virtually clinched the nomination months ago, some Republican delegates at this week's convention were still eager to voice their concerns with his nomination.
2. Turkey is now trying to re-emerge from the rubble of a failed coup. The plotters targeted above all key institutions in the capital including the police headquarters, the parliament, and the presidency itself.
3. Roger Ailes is hanging in the balance at Fox News. Ailes has come under fire amid a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed earlier this month by former anchor Gretchen Carlson.
4. British Prime Minister Theresa May is heading to Berlin on Wednesday and Paris on Thursday, to start thrashing out the roadmap for Britain's departure from the European Union.
5. It's going to be a bad year for the iPhone. The next iPhone is going to look nearly identical to the current one, except for a bulging camera, missing headphone jack, and new antenna lines.
6. Unilever is buying on-demand toiletry service Dollar Shave Club for a reported $1 billion. Dollar Shave Club CEO Michael Dubin is expected to remain in his position.
7. Microsoft crushed on earnings and revenue, and the stock popped.
8. US Vice President Joe Biden said there would be no retreat from America's pivot to the Asia-Pacific region regardless of who wins November's presidential election. "Don't worry about our election. The better angels in America will prevail," Biden said in a speech.
9. Twitter permanently banned conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, prompting immediate accusations that the social-media giant was suppressing free speech.
10. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer may have revealed something that she wasn't supposed to, with a cryptic comment about Apple that's raising eyebrows.
And finally ...
- US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says
- 2 states where home prices are falling because there are too many houses and not enough buyers
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- Why did a NASA spacecraft suddenly start talking gibberish after more than 45 years of operation? What fixed it?
- ICICI Bank shares climb nearly 5% after Q4 earnings; mcap soars by ₹36,555.4 crore
- Markets rebound sharply on buying in bank stocks firm global trends
- Bengaluru's rental income highest in Q1-2024, Mumbai next: Anarock report
- Rupee falls 10 paise to settle at 83.48 against US dollar
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market