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Samsung and SK hynix plan large shareholder returns
Analysts and market estimates say Samsung Electronics and SK hynix could together return up to 300 trillion won to shareholders, driven by record…
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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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Anthropic CEO says AI could cure most diseases within decade
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued in a post on X and an earlier essay that AI can do far more than analyse data and could perform, direct, and…
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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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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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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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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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Alibaba's Qwen models top global open-model downloads
Alibaba said its open-weight Qwen models were downloaded more than 3 billion times worldwide in the past six months, outpacing Google and Meta in…
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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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Ai manager fires employee at San Francisco store
Andon Labs said its Ai manager, Luna, recommended firing a human employee at the lab's experimental Andon Market in San Francisco after repeated…
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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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Punjab extends Safe Smart Cities network province-wide
Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif announced plans to expand the Safe Smart Cities project to every tehsil and union council and to install…
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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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Judge orders Google to simplify third-party app store installs
A US district judge found that Google's initial implementation of a court-ordered requirement to list third-party app stores in the Play Store…
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Senator urges Trump to back US open-weight AI models
Republican senator Jim Banks has urged the Trump administration to create incentives for U.S. tech companies to develop open-weight AI models and to…
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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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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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Unitree expected to surge in Shanghai stock debut
Unitree, China's most high-profile humanoid robot maker, is widely expected to make a strong Shanghai stock market debut next week after its IPO was…
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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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