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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ned is a perfectly nice snail. If he had a dating profile, it might read: good listener, stable home, likes broccoli, seeks love.But he’s already exhausted his local options and it’s not because he’s picky or unappealing. Instead, he’s a common garden snail with an uncommon anatomical problem that’s ruining his love life.Ned’s shell coils to the left, not the right, making him the 1 in 40,000 snails whose sex organs don’t line up with those of the rest of their species. Unless another lefty snail is found, the young gastropod faces a lifetime of…

MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to find him and pull a trigger on its pack, alerting searchers above.Then a resounding click. A survivor has been found. The search in Morogoro in Tanzania’s Uluguru Mountains is over and the rat scurries out of the abandoned building to be rewarded with a banana. A successful mission is complete for this African giant pouched rat being trained for search and…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World shares mostly traded higher Thursday after a rally of technology stocks steadied Wall Street and a slide in the dollar made Asian assets more attractive. The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.1% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed less than 0.1%.In early European trading, Germany’s DAX climbed 0.4% to 23,690.74 while Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.1% to 9,187.40. In Paris, the CAC 40 slipped 0.2% to 7,703.00.Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.5% to 42,580.27 while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 1% to 8,826.50. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.5% to 3,200.83. Taiwan’s Taiex climbed…

MADRID (AP) — The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions, which fueled one of the IberianPeninsula’s most destructive wildfire seasons in recorded history, were 40 times more likely due to climate change, according to a study released Thursday.The analysis by World Weather Attribution, or WWA, said the weather conditions were about 30% more intense compared to the preindustrial era, when heavy reliance on fossil fuels began.Summer wildfiresHundreds of wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula broke out in July and August. They spread rapidly thanks to temperatures that pushed above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and strong winds.The fires in Spain and…

The Exchange Centre, which houses the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The S&P/ASX 200 index extended gains to 0.3% after the central bank cut the key cash rate by 25 basis points, a move widely expected by economists and markets. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets mostly rose Thursday following a tech rally overnight on Wall Street that lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, even as growing fears around the economy weighed on equities.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.56% as domestic tech stocks gained, led by…

Jon Morgan, co-founder of business consulting firm, Venture Smarter, was mentoring a Gen Z entrepreneur when he noticed something strange about her life and the one she portrayed online.His 23-year-old mentee had spent 1½ years crafting a luxury travel persona — one that suggested she was living a $500,000-a-year lifestyle, he said. In reality, her annual expenditure was closer to $12,000, he said.”She would book $200 day passes at exclusive beach clubs in Miami [and] take 400 photos in six hours,” Morgan told CNBC Travel. Then she would post the photos over a span of eight weeks to give the impression…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers…DAILY MIRROR Emi Martinez claims he is “happy” despite missing out on a dream move to Manchester United.Manchester United flop Antony has claimed that he held talks with Bayern Munich before returning to Real Betis.Bruno Fernandes has been branded “childish” by former Liverpool striker John Aldridge – who claimed he is not fit to captain Manchester United. THE TIMES West Ham have offered to meet groups of supporters who are planning to boycott two home fixtures and stage a protest outside the London Stadium before each game. Please use Chrome browser for…

Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching on Wednesday and what’s on the radar for Thursday’s session. Communication services The sector soared Wednesday, up 3.75% to a new high. The sector is the top performer of the 11 S & P sectors year to date, up 21%. Paramount Skydance , Netflix and TKO are the best in the sector year to date. Paramount Skydance has seen a 44%…

In a Wednesday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff defended the guidance his company issued — even as the figures disappointed Wall Street.”Our results are absolutely fantastic and our guidance is also, you know, is always appropriately conservative,” Benioff said.The enterprise software company posted its quarterly results Wednesday after close. Although the company shared disappointing guidance, it managed to beat estimates for earnings and revenue. The stock dipped more than 5% in extended trading.Salesforce has lagged behind its peers this year as investors worry about the company’s revenue growth, which has stalled in the single digits since…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer told investors on Wednesday why he thinks Apple is set for success in the Big Tech realm even without its own advanced artificial intelligence technology, saying peers like Google will shell out for prime access to the iPhone maker’s enormous user base.”Yesterday, Apple had no cards. Today they have all of the cards,” he said. “Turns out Apple always had an AI strategy: pay to play. You pay them, not they pay you.”Wall Street has been pressuring Apple to reveal a strong AI strategy, worried it’s falling behind as other tech companies spend billions on data centers…