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Trip.com fined for abusing market position
China's State Administration for Market Regulation said Trip.com abused its dominant market position by using traffic-allocation algorithms, platform…
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Vitol pays shareholders $5.9 billion in 2025 buyback
Vitol, the Geneva-headquartered oil trader, paid shareholders $5.9 billion in 2025 through its annual buyback, down from a record $10.6 billion in…
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US records worst measles outbreak in 35 years
The United States is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, with 2,318 confirmed cases since 2026 began, the CDC says, surpassing…
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Congo outbreak kills over 1,000 as cases surge
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 1,033 confirmed deaths and 2,536 cases since it was declared on 15 May, making it the fastest to reach 1,000…
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UK volunteer receives experimental Ebola vaccine
Ed Hunt, a 37-year-old UK man, became the first volunteer to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine in Oxford, where scientists developed the…
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Merck proposes early licensing and manufacturing plan for monthly HIV PrEP pill
Merck announced early voluntary, royalty-free licensing and manufacturing plans to enable rapid access to alimatravir (MK-8527), an investigational…
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China to tax citizens' offshore trusts
China will officially begin taxing offshore trusts established by its citizens, closing a longstanding loophole used by wealthy families for asset…
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Indonesia starts construction of Makassar Strait North Hub
Indonesia has begun construction work on the Makassar Strait North Hub, a US$15 billion national strategic project led by Searah, a joint venture of…
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AstraZeneca trial failures dent investor confidence
AstraZeneca faces investor scrutiny after an unexpected Phase III failure of Wainua in a heart disease trial erased roughly $20 billion of market…
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Ford and Geely form joint venture for Valencia plant
Ford and Geely announced a joint venture to restart and repurpose Ford's underutilized Valencia plant to produce new electric and multi-energy…
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Louisiana expands Pell grants to workforce training
Beginning July 1, the federal Pell Grant program was expanded to cover short-term workforce training, and Louisiana students will be eligible for…
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Justice Department sues Colorado over in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Colorado, naming the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, the state Department of Higher Education and…
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Researchers find microplastics in blood of heart attack patients
Italian researchers analyzed coronary artery blood from 61 patients undergoing angiograms and detected micro- and nanoplastics in nearly 84% of…
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DHS ends duration of status for F-1 students
The Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule ending the long-standing duration-of-status (D/S) policy for F-1 academic students, J-1…
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US tariff expiry restores MFN rates for Indian exports
The 10% tariff imposed under Section 122 was allowed to expire on July 24, returning most Indian merchandise exports to US most-favoured-nation (MFN)…
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Lenacapavir offers six-month HIV protection
Lenacapavir is a long-acting injectable PrEP that requires one shot every six months and targets the HIV capsid, creating a depot that dissolves…
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France records 5,764 excess deaths during June heatwave
France's public health agency said 21,674 people died from all causes during a June 17 to July 2 heatwave, versus 15,910 expected, producing 5,764…
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UC academic council orders review of SAT and course requirements
The University of California Academic Council directed the system admissions board to review whether to reinstate SAT or ACT testing and to…
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China seeks feedback on reciprocal tariff cuts with US
China's commerce ministry said it is widely soliciting views from domestic companies, business associations, local governments and U.S. business…
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Foreign investors applied 1.37 trillion baht in Thailand
Foreign investors applied to invest 1.37 trillion baht ($40.6 billion) in Thailand in the first half of 2026, an 80% increase from a year earlier, as…
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Infanta mayor criticizes slow DepEd classroom construction
Infanta mayor Arnel Ruanto criticized the slow roll-out of the Department of Education classroom construction program, saying no new classrooms have…
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Over 1.5 million eggs recalled over salmonella risk
Federal regulators and Midwest Poultry Services said a voluntary recall covers 1,589,577 dozen white and brown cage-free shell eggs after routine…
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Texas trims community college funding incentives
Three years after Texas overhauled community college funding to reward completions, colleges delivered higher graduation and certificate numbers but…
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Congo to enforce 10% local share requirement for miners
The Democratic Republic of Congo will begin enforcing a 2018 law from July 31 that requires mining companies to transfer 10% of their equity to…
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