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Japan urges pension funds to boost domestic asset allocations
Japan's finance minister suggested that the $1.8 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund and other retirement funds increase allocations to…
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Lawson tests yen stablecoin payments at Tokyo store
Lawson will run a limited August pilot that integrates JPYC, a regulated yen-pegged stablecoin, into the point-of-sale system at its Takanawa Gateway…
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Japan prime minister backs startups and Web3
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi used a video address to open WebX 2026 in Tokyo on July 13 to reaffirm government backing for startups…
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Nippon Paint makes offers for Akzo Nobel paints unit
Nippon Paint has made multiple offers for Akzo Nobel's decorative paints business in the past month, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with…
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World Economic Forum warns housing unaffordability will persist through 2040
A World Economic Forum report, with input from Marsh, says housing unaffordability will be a defining economic and health challenge through 2040 and…
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American right unites after Charlie Kirk's death
Charlie Kirk died at a Utah university rally on Sept 10, and in the days after his death the American right showed a rare public unity. That…
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Contractor Leonard flees house arrest, is recaptured and seeks clemency
Leonard Glenn Francis, the contractor at the center of a long-running Navy bribery scandal, described how he removed an ankle monitor in 2022…
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Global data center buildout faces delays and cancellations
Research from Bernstein finds the global data centre pipeline is slowing, with 35-40% of announced capacity at risk of delay or cancellation due to…
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Samsung to start Yongin chip plant operations in 2029
Samsung Electronics is moving to begin operations at the first semiconductor fabrication plant in its Yongin chip cluster in 2029, one to two years…
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U.S. and Canada agree to open Gordie Howe bridge
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.7 billion, six-lane cable-stayed crossing between Windsor and Detroit, is set to open on July 27 after the…
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Meta to build C$13 billion AI data center in Alberta
Meta will invest C$13 billion to build a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, its first facility in Canada and its 33rd globally…
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Police probe death of former MP Ann Widdecombe
Devon and Cornwall police are investigating the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe after her body was found with serious injuries at her Haytor home…
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Binance CEO says users moved billions to self-custody after MiCA
Binance chief Richard Teng said that as the EU MiCA regime took effect, about 70% of user funds leaving Binance went to self-hosted wallets while…
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Vega buys e&'s 16.2% Vodafone stake for $5.95 billion
Vodafone shares jumped over 12% after Vega, an investment vehicle owned by Xavier Niel's family, agreed to buy e&'s entire 16.2% stake for about…
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SK hynix plans US listing to fund new chip fabs
Counterpoint Research analyst MS Hwang said SK hynix aims to overtake Samsung in the hot memory chip market and will pursue volume leadership as well…
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Former Afghan lawmaker arrested on drugs and weapons charges
Abdul Zahir Qadeer, a former Afghan Border Force general and ex-deputy speaker of the national assembly, was arrested in Nairobi and extradited to…
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Custodia Bank asks Supreme Court to review Fed master account decision
Custodia Bank, a Wyoming digital asset bank founded in 2020 as Avanti, filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a March Tenth Circuit…
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Justice Department moves to drop charges against BitClub Network defendant
The Justice Department is reportedly moving to drop charges against Matthew Brent Goettsche, the alleged mastermind of the BitClub Network, a scheme…
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Cambridge data shows Ethereum nodes concentrate on cloud providers
New research from Cambridge's Centre for Alternative Finance shows that 31% of global Ethereum beacon node activity is located in the United States…
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EU leaders push electrification to reduce fossil fuel reliance
Top EU energy officials warned that Europe is exposed to fossil fuel supply and price shocks after renewed Middle East tensions, though they said the…
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Grayscale identifies top blockchains powering tokenized stocks
Grayscale's research outlines three distinct models for tokenized equities: wrapper tokens backed by SPVs, regulated securities moved onto blockchain…
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UN reports cholera, aid cuts and Sri Lanka prison deaths
The UN reported a deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan with more than 1,330 confirmed cases and 114 deaths and an extremely high case fatality rate of…
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Drug baron and foreigners arraigned over industrial meth lab
Federal authorities arraigned 11 suspects, including a 63-year-old alleged drug baron and three Mexican nationals, after coordinated NDLEA raids…
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Senate crypto bill stalls over ethics provision
Lawmakers are close to a merged draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, but the package is stalled in the full Senate because Democrats demand…
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