UK inflation hits new 40-year high as food prices rocket

German chancellor Olaf Scholz faces lawmakers' questions this week over his role in tackling a multibillion-euro tax fraud as a sprawling probe into the scheme threatens to undermine him as he grapples with an energy crisis and the fallout of war.

North Korea fired two cruise missiles from the west coast town of Onchon early on Wednesday, a South Korean military source said.

Torrential rains hit New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday, flooding rivers, houses and roads and forcing roughly 200 households to evacuate, media reported.

French healthcare company Sanofi said it would stop further work on amcenestrant, once seen to have large potential against breast cancer, after a second trial failure dealt a major blow to its drug development prospects.

Apple is reportedly prepping to launch a new entry-level iPad and an iPad Pro with the M2 chip under the hood in October.

Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said.

French maize crop conditions declined steeply last week to their lowest level in at least a decade, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed.

A spike in wholesale energy prices has fed into retail charges for businesses and households.

The London Metal Exchange's (LME) global warehousing network is shrinking rapidly.