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Thieves have stolen more than 400,000 Kit Kat chocolate bars weighing approximately 12 tonnes from a truck in Europe. KitKat said in a statement that the confectionery, manufactured by Swiss company Nestlé, was stolen as the vehicle was distributing the bars along a route from a factory in central Italy to Poland. “The vehicle and its contents remain unaccounted for and an investigation is ongoing in close collaboration with local authorities and supply chain partners,” the statement said. A total of 413,793 Kit Kat bars were stolen, the company said. Each product is traceable using the batch number on the…

Britain’s Adam Gemili has announced his retirement after 14 years at the top of athletics. In a matter of months, Adam Gemili went from being a Dagenham and Redbridge Academy athlete to world junior 100m champion and on the starting line at the 2012 London Olympics. Gemili left Chelsea’s academy at the age of 15 after training with the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek and went on to compete against Jamaican legends Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake at the Olympics three years later.Now the Londoner has announced his retirement from athletics and will join the Premier League club part-time as a…

Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, attends Milken Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, USA on May 6, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersBillionaire investor Bill Ackman said the current market turmoil has created one of the most attractive entry points for high-quality companies in years, and called on investors to ignore macro concerns and focus on deeply discounted opportunities.”Some of the world’s highest quality companies are trading at very low prices,” Ackman wrote in a post on X late Sunday. “This is one of the best times to buy quality in a while. Ignore the bears.”The…

A month into the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, more and more civilian infrastructure has been attacked, many by design. A factory that produces steel, aluminum, and chemicals. Refineries; Reservoirs; Desalination plants. All civilian airports and universities were also damaged. Some of these targets could be said to support the country’s war machine. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned last week of attacks on “additional targets and areas that support the regime in the production and operation of weapons against Israeli civilians.” Shortly thereafter, Israel closed several steel mills. Analysts say the economic and social costs of attacks…

Manager Thomas Tuchel intends to give John Stones every chance of breaking into England’s World Cup squad, describing the injury-hit centre-back as his “key player”. However, the Manchester City player warned: “I have to be healthy.” Stones has 87 international caps but has only appeared in four games under Tuchel since taking charge, due to injury problems. The City defender was due to play against Uruguay at Wembley on Friday, but was left out of the squad due to a minor calf problem. Ahead of Tuesday’s friendly against Japan, Tuchel said Stones was a key part of his plans for…

AI coding tools generate billions of lines of code each month, creating a new bottleneck in ensuring software works as intended. Qodo, a startup building AI agents for code review, testing, and governance, is betting that validation will define the next stage of software development. The New York-based startup has raised $70 million in a Series B round led by Qumra Capital, bringing its total funding to $120 million. Maor Ventures, Phoenix Venture Partners, S Ventures, Square Peg, Susa Ventures, TLV Partners, Vine Ventures, Peter Welender (OpenAI), and Clara Shih (Meta) also participated in the round. Qodo aims to serve…

BAHRAIN – APRIL 17: Aluminum ingots seen at Aluminum Bahrain BSC factory in Bahrain on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 (Photo by Phil Weymouth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAluminum prices fell to their lowest since 2022 after Iran attacked two Middle Eastern producers over the weekend, raising concerns about a supply crisis for the industry. Futures prices on the London Metal Exchange initially rose 5.5% on Monday, reaching $3,492 per tonne at one point, a price last seen in April 2022.By Monday afternoon, it had rebounded slightly, rising 3.5% to $3,381 a tonne. Aluminum prices have risen about…

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wants to “take oil” from Iran, as the US-Israel war against Iran enters its second month.On Monday, President Trump threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including oil wells, unless Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, which has been under a virtual blockade for weeks and has sparked a global energy crisis.The Trump administration has not disclosed a clear goal behind its military operation against Iran, the world’s largest oil producer and under U.S. sanctions for decades.Here’s a breakdown of what President Trump said, Iran’s oil reserves, and whether he can accept…

Following Max Verstappen’s claim after Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix that he is seriously considering quitting Formula 1, Sky Sports F1 assess how realistic the prospect of the four-time world champion walking away actually is.The biggest rule change in F1 history saw new power units and chassis introduced for the 2026 season, with an attempt to make the sport more sustainable resulting in greater reliance on electrical energy. Across testing and the opening three rounds of the season, the cars have split opinion among the drivers, with Verstappen consistently the most outspoken critic. Others, such as seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton,…

French research institute Mistral AI has raised $830 million in debt to build a new data center near Paris powered by Nvidia chips, Reuters and CNBC report. Mistral first announced plans to build the data center last year, and CEO Arthur Mensch said in February 2025 that the company would consider various financing options. The company has completed construction of a data center in Bruyère-le-Châtel and plans to bring it online in the second quarter of 2026, Reuters reported on Monday. Mistral did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation. Last month, the company announced it would invest $1.4…