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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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Teen joins government-backed AI apprenticeship pilot
A government-backed pilot is training up to 70 young people in the North West on a three-week TechFirst AI Apprenticeship Pathway, offering practical…
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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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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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ASUU warns federal government over unpaid salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, led by president Prof. Christopher Piwuna, warned on August 14 that unpaid and withheld salaries and…
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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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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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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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PIF and Formula E expand education platform for students
Since its April 2025 launch the PIF and Formula E education platform reached 111,200 students at 1,100 schools in Saudi Arabia, the United States and…
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NASA team predicts sunspot emergence with AI
A multidisciplinary team within NASA's COFFIES center developed a novel machine learning model that predicts the emergence of solar active regions up…
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UK team plans lunar satellite to seek 21cm hydrogen signal
Researchers at the University of Cambridge are developing a suitcase-sized satellite called CosmoCube to orbit the moon and measure the redshifted…
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Pentagon introduces western civilization course in its schools
The Department of Defense Education Activity will offer a high school course, Western Civilization to 1500, this fall using a textbook from Encounter…
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UT Austin proposes streamlined undergraduate core curriculum
The University of Texas at Austin unveiled a proposal to replace its sprawling set of more than 600 core course options with a smaller, structured…
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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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Kansas enacts statewide ban on student cell phones
Kansas has enacted HB 2299, a statewide law banning personal cell phones and similar devices for K‑12 students during the school day, signed by…
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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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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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Heatwave fuels wildfires across Europe
A new wave of record heat and exceptional dryness has driven multiple wildfires across France, central England and northern Greece, forcing…
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Thai schools tighten bag checks after deadly shooting
Students at a Bangkok primary school now undergo systematic bag and pocket checks after a deadly Aug 7 attack in which a 14-year-old killed his…
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