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Police arrest 139 after violent Suleja rally

Niger State police said they detained 139 suspects following a violent rally in Suleja and subsequent sting operations at multiple hideouts in…

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German auto industry employment falls to lowest since 2005

Germany's automotive industry employed 691,500 people at the end of the first half of 2026, down 42,300 jobs or 5.8% year-on-year, Destatis reported…

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MEXC releases audited August 2026 proof of reserves

MEXC published its August 2026 proof of reserves report, audited by Hacken, showing reserve ratios above 100% for all major assets and a BTC reserve…

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Man told ChatGPT he would rape and kill ex

OpenAI alerted the FBI after a 25-year-old South Palm Beach man used ChatGPT to share repeated, detailed threats to rape and kill his ex-girlfriend…

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U.S. retail sales fall as tax refund boost fades

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined 0.6% in July, the largest monthly drop since May 2025, reversing a revised 0.2% gain. The report attributes…

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Xtep to launch 160X 8.0 marathon shoe series

Xtep will globally launch its flagship 160X 8.0 marathon shoe series on August 21, with the top-tier 160X 8.0 Ultra featuring the new GT1200 premium…

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Dangote refinery plans October IPO to broaden Nigerian ownership

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has submitted an application for a roughly $5 billion initial public offering to Nigeria's securities regulator as part of…

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Former Syrian officer leaves Austria and returns to Syria

Lieutenant Colonel Musab Abu Rukba, convicted in Vienna last month of bodily harm, aggravated coercion and sexual assault against detained opponents…

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Supertankers go dark to transit Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb

Supertankers are prolonging periods of going dark by turning off automatic tracking to move oil through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb…

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MSCI proposes to exclude non-operating companies from indexes

MSCI has proposed adding financial-ratio screens to its Global Investable Market Indexes to exclude companies that act like investment funds rather…

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Crypto projects adopt revenue-sharing and token burns

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued that crypto assets are entering a phase where revenue and returns to token holders will more strongly determine…

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Pony.ai and Uber plan deployment of 2,000 robotaxis across Europe

Pony.ai and Uber announced an expanded strategic partnership to collaborate on deploying more than 2,000 Pony.ai Robotaxis across Europe, building on…

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White House convenes crypto and prediction-market executives

The White House is preparing a meeting next week to gather cryptocurrency and prediction-market executives, with traditional finance figures possibly…

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Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case

A Nevada judge dismissed the yearslong case against six Republicans who signed a certificate claiming Donald Trump won the state's 2020 vote, ending…

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Costa Rica extradites two alleged traffickers to U.S.

Two alleged drug traffickers, Gilbert Bell Fernandez (known as Macho Coca) and Gabriel Lozano (nicknamed Compadre), were extradited from Costa Rica…

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Silver Lake in talks to acquire Workday

Silver Lake has held confidential talks in recent months to acquire Workday, a human-resources and financial management software company with a…

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OCC returns Zerohash national trust charter application

Zerohash said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency returned its July 17 national trust bank application as materially deficient rather than…

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DOJ finds California prisons failed to protect female inmates

The Justice Department announced it has reasonable cause to believe the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and two women's…

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Apple hires Nate Gatten as vice president of government affairs

Apple has appointed Nate Gatten as vice president of government affairs, with his start date on August 31 and a reporting line to Jennifer Newstead…

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MUFG tests blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond repos

Tokyo-based MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept to execute Japanese government bond (JGB) repo transactions on the Canton blockchain network, aiming…

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Trade group backs Custodia appeal over Fed account access

The Blockchain Association has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Custodia Bank's Supreme Court petition that challenges regional Reserve…

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Golar signs EPC deal for fourth FLNG vessel

Golar LNG has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore to build its fourth floating LNG…

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Antofagasta cuts 2026 copper forecast, earnings rise

Antofagasta's shares fell about 5% in early London trading after the company lowered its 2026 copper output forecast to 625,000–655,000 tonnes…

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German ministers clash over river engineering or restoration

Germany's heat wave has lowered water levels on the Rhine, Danube, Elbe and other rivers, revealing sandbanks and severely disrupting cargo shipping…

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