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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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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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AC Milan beat Manchester United 4-2 in pre-season friendly

AC Milan defeated Manchester United 4-2 in a sweltering pre-season friendly in Wroclaw, Poland, coming from behind twice to claim victory. Harry…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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University of Michigan to cover first-semester grades

The University of Michigan's largest college is developing a pilot that will show first-semester grades as pass or no credit on external transcripts…

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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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Hundreds of private colleges face closure

The USA TODAY Excerpt episode examined the growing wave of small private college closures after Sterling College in Vermont shut in May. A Huron…

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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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