Sabotage attack on French trains ahead of Olympics

‘Massive’ and ‘coordinated’ sabotage attack on French trains ahead of Olympics, Luxon calls for witnesses to alleged '80s politician paedophile ring to speak out, Woolworths Holdings brings in BCG to slash costs at Country Road, TikTok goes all-out in Washington with its US survival at stake, Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, and JPMorgan launches in-house chatbot as AI-based research analyst.

Hasbro Shares Surge on Profit Beat, Digital Gaming Strength

Harley-Davidson's profit beats on strong demand for pricier Touring bikes, Apple's China smartphone shipments drop 6.7% as Huawei surges, data shows, Amazon’s Swelling Cash Pile Makes Conditions Ripe for Dividend, Nvidia Partner SMC Raising $950 Million to Tap AI Server Boom and We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl

Harris has enough support from delegates to be Democratic nominee

Trump becomes Clear Front Runner

Venture capitalists in line for windfalls from Google’s $23bn Wiz deal

Will Samsung and its union finally sync?

Samsung Electronics and striking union to resume talks, Doctors warn fees will need to rise due to funding 'shortfall', CrowdStrike shares tank 20% in premarket after major outage hits businesses worldwide, BNZ follows other major banks and trims fixed home loan rates, Australian court fines AmEx $5.3 mln over breach of credit card rules, Universities plead for more government subsidies, and a housing construction couple jailed for $800k tax evasion after splashing out on jewellery, beauty salon visits.

PwC’s China unit loses two-thirds of its accounting revenues.

Trump Appears for the First Time Since Assassination Attempt

Pharmac Minister David Seymour claims the drug-buying agency “burned a lot of energy” considering the Treaty of Waitangi as he directs Pharmac to refrain from doing so, Donald Trump, wearing a bandage partially covering his right ear, appeared in public for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt over the weekend, Apple releases iOS 18 public beta for iPhone — Here’s what’s new and how to get it.

AUS Banks to refund customers on low incomes

Donald Trump survives assassination attempt

Biden has another brain freeze

Biden mixes Harris with Trump but insists he is staying in the presidential race, Warehouse Group to cut jobs at its head office, NZ extends support for US strikes against Houthis in Red Sea, ANZ’s alleged bond trade manipulation is ‘disturbing’ according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ office, NZME says it is compliant after share price jump, and Inland Revenue to spend $29m on chasing tax cheats.

More people than ever expected to bet on Summer Olympics after U.S. legal gambling boom

PepsiCo quarterly revenue misses estimates as demand slows for snacks, sodas, Apple reaches deal with EU regulators to open up mobile payments system to rivals, BHP shuts down nickel business, arresting losses and NATO accuses China of fuelling Putin’s war in Ukraine.