• Chinese risk perilous journey in search of ‘freedom’ in the United States
• French stock market drops after election surprise; Britvic agrees to improved Carlsberg offer – business live
• Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud over 737 Max deaths as family decries ‘slap on wrist’ deal
• National Rally supporters react to shock French election results: ‘Disappointed’
• Iranian warship Sahand capsizes and sinks in port
• India event organiser arrested after fatal crush
• China's state media say leader Xi Jinping has called on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue
• Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
• Tony Blair’s new dawn of 1997 offers landslide lessons for Keir Starmer
• The Effects of Russia's Advance in Northeastern Ukraine

• Carlsberg to Buy Britvic for $4.23 Billion
• Thousands of Samsung Workers Walk out for Three-Day Strike
• Australian Businesses Dipping Into Savings, but Arrears Still Low
• KKR Considers Reviving Multibillion-Dollar Sale of Goodpack
• Chinese Shipping Shares Drop on Reports of Gaza Cease-Fire Progress
• Boeing Agrees to Plead Guilty in 737 MAX Criminal Case
• Paramount Global agreed to a deal that would merge the storied Hollywood company with David Ellison's Skydance Media, according to people familiar with the matter, moving the complicated transaction a step closer to completion.
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• More Democrats are publicly and privately suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris is the only viable replacement were the president to bow out of the race.
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