Venice Biennale in crisis: The controversies explained

White Sox rookie Braden Montgomery becomes fifth player ever to hit walk-off homer in his Major League debut

Vulnerable House Dem's 'reckless spending' on office furniture emerges as midterms heat up

The United States says it has launched new attacks on Iran

Middle East: US launches new round of attacks on Iran Published June 10, 2026last updated June 11, 2026What you need to know - US military says it has launched a new round of strikes on Iran - Trump earlier said US will soon strike Iran 'very hard' amid escalating violence - UN secretary-general says there is a risk of a 'lesser fire' becoming a 'full war' - The US has blamed Iran for the crash of an attack helicopter off Oman and had carried out an earlier round of strikes on Iranian sites...

As de-dollarisation trends persist, can the yuan take the euro’s place?

In early April, hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages” in a prime-time address, China’s yuan-denominated cross-border payment system set a record for transaction volume in a single day. The Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) skyrocketed to 1.22 trillion yuan (US$180.3 billion) on April 2, almost doubling the daily average volume in February. The spike occurred as more oil-producing nations rapidly scaled up their share of yuan...