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Following the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido in Mayotte earlier this month, France observed a national day of mourning on Monday. President Emmanuel Macron led the nation in a minute of silence to honor the storm's victims.

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The UK government has approved the £3.6 billion takeover of Royal Mail's parent company by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group, following agreement on legally binding commitments. The government will retain a so-called "golden share" that will require it to approve any major changes to Royal Mail's ownership, HQ location and tax residency.

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Recently in London, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, envisioned a transformational future with the latest revolutions in AI and marked a new epoch for the IPhone. It was during his weeklong trip to the UK and a slew of commitments that underlined how Apple had made well over $22 billion of investment in the region during the past five years and underlined the company’s growing ambition on innovation, community development, and AI-enabled strides.

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Japanese auto giants Honda Motor and Nissan Motor are set to begin talks on a potential merger. This move aims to enhance their competitiveness against Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers, as reported by the newspaper Nikkei early Wednesday.

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Indonesia recently banned the sale of Apple’s iPhone 16 because of its inability to comply with the local content requirement. It has asked Apple to invest a whopping $1 billion to get the ban lifted, which is 100 times more than what Apple had proposed.