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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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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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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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Us establishes multinational attack drone task force
The US military announced Task Force Falcon Strike, the first multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force, to operate one-way attack drones…
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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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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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Putin visits island claimed by Japan
Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the disputed island known in Russia as Iturup and in Japan as Etorofu after attending the final stage of…
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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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PFL finalizes Tampa lineup with Cyborg defending featherweight title
The Professional Fighters League finalized the Aug. 22 PFL Tampa card at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida, with Cris Cyborg defending…
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Codelco expects lower copper output this year
Codelco expects to produce less copper this year, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Chilean state-owned miner grapples with…
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Putin threatens seizure of British vessels
Vladimir Putin has threatened to seize British vessels in retaliation for European operations against Russia, according to reporting from a…
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Nigeria rescues hundreds of kidnapped villagers
Authorities freed 308 people, including 163 from Woro, after the February attack on the village near the Benin border, in what the government…
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US core inflation rises 0.2% in July
US consumer prices showed modest underlying inflation in July, with core CPI (excluding food and energy) up 0.2% month over month and 2.5% year over…
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IPID alleges KwaZulu-Natal police took payments from tow-truck operators
Len John, deputy director of IPID investigations in KwaZulu-Natal, told the Madlanga Commission that some South African Police Service members…
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Federal agents arrest 362 previously deported migrants in California
Federal authorities launched Operation Guardian Angel, using real-time federal warrants to take custody of criminal foreign nationals from county…
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Sri Lanka name squad for first Test against India
Sri Lanka announced a 16-member squad for the first Test against India, with Niroshan Dickwella returning to the red-ball setup after three years and…
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