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Chinese humanoid robots compete in Beijing games
Beijing staged the five-day World Humanoid Robot Games to pit humanoid machines in sports and scenario-based tests that mimic factories, restaurants…
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Kazakhstan holds first Kurultai election under unicameral system
On Aug. 23 Kazakhstan held the first elections to its new single-chamber legislature, the Kurultai, a key step in constitutional reforms aimed at…
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Congo parties set verification mechanism but concrete dates remain
Delegates from the Congolese government and the AFC/M23 met in Switzerland from 17 to 21 August 2026 and issued a joint statement that creates a…
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India's national security adviser meets China's foreign minister in Beijing
Ajit Doval traveled to Beijing to meet Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi for round 25 of the India-China special representatives' talks on the…
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Piyush Goyal leads India business delegation to Japan
Piyush Goyal will lead a 200-member Indian business delegation to Japan from August 24 to 27, visiting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka to broaden trade and…
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Treasury action and Washington boost bitcoin and gold
An unexpected Treasury announcement to at least double planned purchases of long-term Treasurys, combined with pro-crypto signals from Washington…
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Alibaba seeks HK$80 billion in share sale to boost AI
Alibaba is offering 710 million shares at HK$112.7 each, seeking about HK$80 billion (roughly $10.2 billion) in what would be Hong Kong's largest…
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Teen volunteers fight Borneo peatland fires in Superman costume
Indonesian peatland fires have burned over 200,000 hectares between January and July, producing thick smog that reached Malaysia and prompting the…
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US restrictions push China toward open AI models
American export controls and market pressure have pushed Chinese AI developers toward open-weight models, cheaper token pricing and domestic chips…
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NASA to launch Roman space telescope next week
The Roman space telescope, named for Nancy Grace Roman, will launch on the 30th aboard a SpaceX rocket and deploy about 1.5 million km from Earth…
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Blockchain groups sue to block Illinois digital asset tax
Two industry groups, the Blockchain Association and the Crypto Council for Innovation, filed a complaint on Aug. 21 in Sangamon County seeking a…
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Iran warns neighbours over joining US economic pressure
Iran's newly appointed head of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, warned neighbouring countries against joining new US efforts to…
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Tesla ends Solar Roof production
Tesla has ended production and supply of its Solar Roof integrated tiles, notifying certified third-party installers and redirecting its consumer…
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Ripple CEO says CFTC willing to act without Congress
At the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting on August 20, chairman Michael Selig instructed staff to examine how existing agency…
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U.S. orders Colorado River water cuts
Federal officials announced that California, Nevada and Arizona will jointly cut Colorado River water use by 1.25 million acre-feet per year for…
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Israel strikes vehicle in southern Syria, wounds one
Syria said a strike in the south wounded one person after an Israeli attack on a vehicle near Beit Jinn, southwest of Damascus, and published a photo…
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U.S. says military moved millions of barrels through Hormuz
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the U.S. military helped move more than 15 million barrels of oil and products through the Strait of Hormuz…
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USPS publishes rule requiring states to supply mail-in voter lists
The United States Postal Service published a rule that would require states using USPS to send mail-in ballots to provide lists of eligible voters…
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Tesla and SpaceX to build Terafab semiconductor plant in Texas
Tesla and SpaceX confirmed a joint venture called Terafab to build a semiconductor manufacturing campus in Grimes County, Texas, with a first-phase…
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Sinaloa Cartel laundered cryptocurrency in Cambodia
Cambodian police working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raided four locations in Phnom Penh and Kandal Province between the 1st and…
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Trump calls Strait of Hormuz US territory as Iran allows Iraqi tankers
President Donald Trump said he views the Strait of Hormuz as under U.S. control amid a U.S. blockade that Centcom says has redirected 68 commercial…
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Ukraine says it struck Russian refinery and Saky airfield
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff said Ukrainian units struck the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery and a logistics hub in…
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Avalanche tokenized assets surpass $3 billion
Avalanche's total tokenized real-world asset (RWA) footprint has crossed $3 billion according to the validated Avalanche RWA source trail, led by…
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Delayed rains and low Nile levels deepen Sudan farming crisis
Delayed seasonal rains and sharply lower Nile flows are worsening an agricultural collapse in Sudan already driven by internal war and rising input…
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