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China launches Long March 12 to deploy SatNet satellites

China successfully launched a Long March 12 Y8 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan on August 16 around 04:10 UTC, placing a cluster of…

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NATO jet shoots down drone over Romania

An F-18 fighter on a NATO air policing mission shot down an unmanned aircraft that illegally breached Romanian airspace early Sunday, the fourth such…

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Computer models estimate organ biological age

Scientists at CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute used 25,712 high-resolution tissue images from 983…

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German direct investment into US plunges as new equity falls

German companies sharply reduced new investment in the United States in the first half of 2026, with direct investment falling nearly two-thirds year…

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Japan prepares MMX mission to return samples from Phobos

Japan's unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft is set to launch from Tanegashima in the coming months to study Mars' moons, attempt a…

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Heat waves cut hospitality sales and expose insurance gaps across Europe

European heat waves have reduced hospitality sales and revealed a widening insurance protection gap, with Padua cafes reporting empty outdoor…

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SpaceX launches two Falcon 9 rockets 38 minutes apart

SpaceX achieved a new rapid-launch record when two Falcon 9 rockets lifted off from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg 38 minutes apart, one carrying…

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Ongc wins US licence to resume Venezuela operations

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has obtained an OFAC licence from the US Treasury allowing it to resume full operations in Venezuela, a…

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Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots after March attack

Qatar rejected an Iranian claim that three Iranian fighter pilots were detained after two Su-24 jets went down during attacks in March, calling the…

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Iran detains two French diplomats in interference probe

Iran's intelligence ministry detained two French diplomats during a judicial operation to arrest two suspects in an investigation of foreign…

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7.7 magnitude quake strikes off Flores coast

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores region early on August 15, 2026, at about 10 kilometres depth and roughly 68 kilometres…

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Commerce secretary urges Apple not to buy Chinese memory

A Commerce Department official publicly urged Apple not to use memory chips from China’s CXMT, which the article says the Pentagon blacklisted over…

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Japanese prime minister skips Yasukuni shrine visit

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away from Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of World War II surrender while defense…

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Elon Musk buys land near Grimes County site

Elon Musk and SpaceX are assembling land for a Terafab chip plant in Grimes County, Texas, and nearby landowners are already trying to sell. SpaceX…

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Lebanese president condemns Israeli strikes that killed civilians

Lebanese president Joseph Aoun condemned Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon after attacks on Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani killed 11 people, including…

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Crude oil rises after tanker attacks and stalled Iran talks

Crude oil futures climbed as Brent settled at US$88.52 a barrel, up $1.45, and U.S. WTI finished at US$82.40, up $1.15, with both benchmarks on track…

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Judge allows end of Somalia TPS protections

A federal judge in Boston lifted an administrative stay that had blocked the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Somalia's temporary…

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Researchers discover new quantum state at semimetal–spin ice interface

A Rutgers-led team found a previously unknown quantum state, described as a quantum liquid crystal, at the heterointerface between the Weyl semimetal…

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign Mecca defense pact

On August 7 Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan announced the Mecca joint defense agreement, a pact that frames an armed attack on one as an attack on…

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Lee proposes talks to end Korean War

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 15 proposed direct talks with North Korea aimed at ending the peninsula's long-running war and…

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Ondo Finance posts $27 billion Stocks volume and $8 billion Perps

Ondo Finance reported rapid growth across its tokenized equities, perpetual futures, and treasury products. Ondo Stocks holds $1.01 billion in TVL…

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Heat disrupts summer travel and routines

This summer's widespread heat waves, driven by burning of oil, gas and coal and a supersized El Niño, have pushed temperatures and extreme weather…

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CFTC reviews prediction markets' mention contracts

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched an internal review of "mention markets" on prediction platforms, contracts that let traders bet…

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USDC growth challenges USDT dominance on NOWPayments

NOWPayments reported that USDC transaction activity on its platform grew rapidly in H1 2026, with transaction count up 209.02% year over year and…

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