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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes and crimes against humanity…
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Violent crime falls in major US cities in first half 2026
An Axios analysis of the Major Cities Chiefs Association survey covering 66 large U.S. communities found violent crime categories down in the first…
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Afghan girls attend private madrasas amid Taliban education bans
Four 16- to 17-year-old girls described attending a privately run madrasa in Kabul that opened two years ago after the Taliban suspended government…
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Decta uses USDC for international treasury settlement
Decta said it will use OpenPayd's regulated infrastructure to convert company funds into USDC for international operational settlements, using…
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Kazakhstan offers tax breaks to repatriate crypto assets
Kazakhstan introduced a decree to encourage citizens to declare cryptocurrency holdings and move them onto licensed domestic platforms by offering a…
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U.N. hears allegations Russia tortures Ukrainian prisoners
At an informal U.N. Security Council meeting, former Ukrainian detainees, Ukrainian officials and U.N. human rights monitors accused Russia of…
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Massachusetts governor signs law protecting librarians' book selections
Massachusetts governor Maura Healey signed a law at the Franklin Public Library that requires school and public librarians, or other educators…
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ADI Chain and Shipfinex create tokenised maritime asset class
ADI Chain and Shipfinex have formed an exclusive partnership to create a regulated, institutional-grade tokenised maritime asset class, bringing…
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Solana mainnet surpasses 30 months without consensus failures
Solana's mainnet has produced blocks without a single cluster-level outage for 30 consecutive months, equating to roughly 913 days since the last…
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London tube trials live facial recognition cameras
Transport for London and the British Transport Police will trial live facial recognition (LFR) cameras at selected London Underground stations…
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Trump administration plans revamp of career scholarship site
The Trump administration plans to revamp CareerOneStop, a Labor Department funded and overseen career website that lists hundreds of college…
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NYSE merges matching engine with blockchain
NYSE is building a blockchain-based trading and settlement platform that pairs its existing Pillar matching engine with blockchain systems for…
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US caps international student visas, prompting uncertainty for students
The US government replaced the 'duration of status' system with fixed admission periods that generally cap F and J visa stays at four years and…
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US Treasury sanctions Shelbit and Aban Tether over Iran-linked crypto
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated digital asset exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether and operator Siavash Kayvanpour for…
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IMF official warns local stablecoins may boost digital dollar use
IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz said domestic-currency stablecoins intended to reduce reliance on dollar-backed tokens could instead make…
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US sanctions digital asset exchanges and network aiding Iran
The US imposed sanctions on six entities and one individual it says operated a multinational digital asset network that moved millions to Iran and…
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Russia uses A7 payment network to bypass western sanctions
A state-backed payment network called A7 is reported to move more than $100 billion a year in foreign trade payments and to help Russia evade western…
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Tinubu student loan scheme disburses N303 billion, aids 850,000
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said it has processed over one million loan applications and disbursed N303 billion to about 850,000…
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US sanctions crypto exchanges linked to Iran
The United States expanded sanctions on Iran by blacklisting two cryptocurrency exchanges and penalizing several networks tied to the country's…
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Canadian man pleads guilty in international data breach
Connor Moucka pleaded guilty in a U.S. case after authorities said he and co-conspirators used stolen login details to compromise cloud-hosted data…
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US offers over $100M for arrests in CJNG
The US State Department announced reward offers totaling up to $102 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of eight leaders and…
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Government unveils industry-led subjects for senior secondary students
The government will introduce a set of industry-led and ministry-developed subjects for Year 12 and 13 students from 2029, part of a new…
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Laser Digital invests in ZIGChain
Laser Digital, the digital assets arm of Nomura Group, has made a strategic investment in UAE layer1 blockchain ZIGChain, with the amount reported as…
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Chicago board passes budget relying on $150 million from state
Chicago Public Schools board last week approved a revised budget that closes a $732 million deficit while avoiding nearly 1,600 proposed layoffs…
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