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Apple stock AAPL gained 1.66% on Thursday, outperforming broader US markets as investors assessed the company's latest hardware announcements and analysts' views on its growth prospects. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.24%, while the S&P 500 declined 0.29%, following disappointing quarterly results from Alphabet that renewed concerns about artificial intelligence spending. Apple's latest product launches and potential opportunities to monetise AI services have attracted analyst attention. However, reports of display problems affecting its new foldable...

Poll shows Annie Andrews, a Democrat, tied with the Republican incumbent, Darline Graham, sister to Lindsey Graham US politics live – latest updates A US Senate race in one of the most Republican states in the country is now a dead heat, according to a new poll showing Annie Andrews, a Democrat, tied with Darline Graham, the Republican incumbent senator. South Carolina has not elected a Democrat...

Audio appears to point the finger at the control centre, but there are also questions around signalling and technical issues At least 69 people died when a high-speed train from Madrid to Seville hit another train on the same track from behind near Toledo on Wednesday morning. Both trains had been brought to a halt earlier when the signalling system failed. The driver of the state-owned Spanish...

‘We want to get the welfare bill down as quickly as possible, and we’re working flat out to that end,’ Andy Burnham said.

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