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Violent crime falls in major US cities in first half 2026

An Axios analysis of the Major Cities Chiefs Association survey covering 66 large U.S. communities found violent crime categories down in the first…

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Afghan girls attend private madrasas amid Taliban education bans

Four 16- to 17-year-old girls described attending a privately run madrasa in Kabul that opened two years ago after the Taliban suspended government…

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Decta uses USDC for international treasury settlement

Decta said it will use OpenPayd's regulated infrastructure to convert company funds into USDC for international operational settlements, using…

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Kazakhstan offers tax breaks to repatriate crypto assets

Kazakhstan introduced a decree to encourage citizens to declare cryptocurrency holdings and move them onto licensed domestic platforms by offering a…

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GM to sell EV battery joint venture stake to Samsung SDI

General Motors is poised to sell its half of a planned $3.5 billion electric-vehicle battery joint venture in Indiana to partner Samsung SDI…

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U.N. hears allegations Russia tortures Ukrainian prisoners

At an informal U.N. Security Council meeting, former Ukrainian detainees, Ukrainian officials and U.N. human rights monitors accused Russia of…

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Massachusetts governor signs law protecting librarians' book selections

Massachusetts governor Maura Healey signed a law at the Franklin Public Library that requires school and public librarians, or other educators…

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ADI Chain and Shipfinex create tokenised maritime asset class

ADI Chain and Shipfinex have formed an exclusive partnership to create a regulated, institutional-grade tokenised maritime asset class, bringing…

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Solana mainnet surpasses 30 months without consensus failures

Solana's mainnet has produced blocks without a single cluster-level outage for 30 consecutive months, equating to roughly 913 days since the last…

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London tube trials live facial recognition cameras

Transport for London and the British Transport Police will trial live facial recognition (LFR) cameras at selected London Underground stations…

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BlackRock signs labor deal to staff data centers and energy projects

BlackRock signed an agreement with organized labor to line up construction workers for new data centers and energy projects, framing the move as part…

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Trump administration plans revamp of career scholarship site

The Trump administration plans to revamp CareerOneStop, a Labor Department funded and overseen career website that lists hundreds of college…

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NYSE merges matching engine with blockchain

NYSE is building a blockchain-based trading and settlement platform that pairs its existing Pillar matching engine with blockchain systems for…

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US caps international student visas, prompting uncertainty for students

The US government replaced the 'duration of status' system with fixed admission periods that generally cap F and J visa stays at four years and…

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US Treasury sanctions Shelbit and Aban Tether over Iran-linked crypto

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated digital asset exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether and operator Siavash Kayvanpour for…

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IMF official warns local stablecoins may boost digital dollar use

IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz said domestic-currency stablecoins intended to reduce reliance on dollar-backed tokens could instead make…

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US sanctions digital asset exchanges and network aiding Iran

The US imposed sanctions on six entities and one individual it says operated a multinational digital asset network that moved millions to Iran and…

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Russia uses A7 payment network to bypass western sanctions

A state-backed payment network called A7 is reported to move more than $100 billion a year in foreign trade payments and to help Russia evade western…

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Tinubu student loan scheme disburses N303 billion, aids 850,000

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said it has processed over one million loan applications and disbursed N303 billion to about 850,000…

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US sanctions crypto exchanges linked to Iran

The United States expanded sanctions on Iran by blacklisting two cryptocurrency exchanges and penalizing several networks tied to the country's…

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ConocoPhillips names Andy O'Brien as chief executive

ConocoPhillips announced that finance chief Andy O'Brien will become its new chief executive and join the board, succeeding Ryan Lance, who will…

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Canadian man pleads guilty in international data breach

Connor Moucka pleaded guilty in a U.S. case after authorities said he and co-conspirators used stolen login details to compromise cloud-hosted data…

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US offers over $100M for arrests in CJNG

The US State Department announced reward offers totaling up to $102 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of eight leaders and…

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Government unveils industry-led subjects for senior secondary students

The government will introduce a set of industry-led and ministry-developed subjects for Year 12 and 13 students from 2029, part of a new…

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