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Companies pursue space debris removal
Thousands of satellites and spent rocket stages are crowding low-Earth orbit, and a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage recently crashed into the moon…
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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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UK regulator clears Paramount-WBD merger
The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery…
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Russia attacks cargo ship carrying Ukrainian wheat
Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Oblast military administration, reported that Russian forces attacked a Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship carrying…
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JPMorgan says tech trade may lean on retail investors
JPMorgan's preliminary assessment of technology, media and telecommunications equity sector hedge funds indicates the technology trade may become…
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Study finds bacteria and archaea evolved metabolism independently
Researchers analyzed protein structures of core metabolic enzymes across bacterial and archaeal genomes and used an algorithm to order enzyme…
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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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Iran and Oman agree coordinates for Hormuz shipping route
Iran and Oman have agreed the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil…
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Inouye telescope reveals Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices on the sun
The Inouye solar telescope on Haleakalā captured the highest spatial resolution images yet of a magnetically active region near a sun spot, revealing…
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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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Bitwise CIO says crypto can survive Clarity Act failure
Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan said he gave the Clarity Act about a 50-50 chance of passage, while noting Polymarket odds later fell to…
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Egypt and Greece ministers agree to deepen strategic partnership
Egypt and Greece's foreign ministers spoke by phone and welcomed growing momentum under their strategic partnership, reaffirming plans to expand…
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Favignana courts film tourism while avoiding overtourism
Christopher Nolan's film 'The Odyssey' was shot on Favignana and is now being used to promote tourism while avoiding overtourism. The production…
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Poland seeks permanent US base in talks with Washington
Poland, which borders Ukraine and Russia, is holding talks with Washington on whether to establish a permanent American base on its territory…
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BlackRock to tokenize money market fund shares with JPMorgan
BlackRock will offer tokenized versions of select European money market funds using JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain infrastructure, covering pound…
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EU transfers €1.4 billion interest from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
The European Commission announced that it has transferred €1.4 billion, generated as interest on cash balances that are part of Russian central bank…
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Texas report shows 85,000 families join private school voucher program
A Texas comptroller report released during the program's first year shows 85,344 families had accepted education savings accounts as of July 29, with…
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US and UK coordinate digital asset regulation
US and UK regulators met as part of the 13th Financial Regulatory Working Group in London on July 8 and later issued a joint statement on Aug. 4…
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