Kalshi has permanently barred former Rep. George Santos after he secretly wagered against his own undisclosed plans to attend the State of the Union.

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Regulators say George Santos made public comments intended to increase the value of bets he had placed on whether he would attend the State of the Union address. Kalshi has barred the former US congressman from trading. The platform said the ban followed manipulation concerns.

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Prediction market startup Kalshi permanently barred former U.S. congressman George Santos from its platform on Monday and imposed a $71,356 penalty, citing insider trading.

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Prediction-market platform Kalshi has permanently banned George Santos for manipulation, marking its first lifetime ban. The move comes as the industry continues trying to demonstrate that it is addressing bad behavior.

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Prediction marketplace Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Congressman George Santos, its first-ever permanent ban, after he bet on himself.

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Kalshi has permanently barred former U.S. Rep. George Santos from trading, marking the platform’s first-ever permanent ban. The action concerns trading related to the State of the Union.

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Lionel Messi has called time on his Argentina career following the heartbreak of a World Cup final defeat.

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Argentina captain Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 39.

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Soccer legend Lionel Messi announced on Monday that he is retiring from international soccer and will no longer play for Argentina’s national team.

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Soccer superstar Lionel Messi has announced that he is retiring from Argentina’s national team.

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Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football after leading Argentina to a second successive World Cup final. The 39-year-old said the painful decision was the right one, following Argentina’s 1-0 defeat by Spain in the 2026 final. Messi had captained the team to the 2022 World Cup title.

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World-renowned footballer Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from Argentina’s national team. He said the decision hurt deeply, but he understood that the time had come to make it.

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Health officials say Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least five people. Two died in a strike near a park crowded with displaced families in Gaza City, while at least three were killed when a vehicle was hit in western Gaza City. Israel’s military claimed the attacks targeted Hamas fighters without offering evidence. The attacks have intensified in recent days despite a US-brokered “ceasefire”.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan said in a joint statement on Monday that they had agreed to create a secretariat in Saudi Arabia under their Mecca joint defence agreement. A Pakistani secretary-general will initially lead it for three years.

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A Saudi minister says the kingdom is committed to activating the mechanisms of the Mecca pact. The pact’s Strategic Political and Defence Committee held its first meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye, on August 31, 2026.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says the Mecca defence alliance could bolster stability across the region and make the security environment less uncertain.

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have named their new mutual-defence arrangement the Mecca Defence Alliance and established a strategic political and defence committee. The group will work on military interoperability, joint exercises, defence-industrial cooperation and counterterrorism, while its structure and the circumstances for invoking mutual defence remain unclear.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is open to all regional countries. He said the signed pact has launched a process to build a new regional security and cooperation architecture, with an attack on one member defined as aggression against all members.

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Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are meeting in Istanbul for the first time since signing the Mecca Defence Agreement. The pact aims to strengthen collective deterrence against aggression and treats an armed attack on any one of the three countries as an attack on all three.

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Officials say catastrophic flooding in a remote part of the Grand Canyon has killed at least two people, while more than a dozen others remain missing.

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Federal and state authorities continued searching Monday for at least 15 hikers and backpackers missing after a devastating flash flood swept through the lower Grand Canyon over the weekend. At least one person died.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the progress of Russia’s special military operation during their meeting in Bishkek, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Modi said the Ukrainian conflict should be resolved as soon as possible through peaceful means.

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Trump firmly defended controversial data centers, arguing that they will make communities “successful and rich.”

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John Galliano has withdrawn from a major exhibition of his fashion work planned at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2027. The show drew criticism because of his 2011 conviction over antisemitic and racist remarks. Galliano said he remained accountable for the harm caused and that an exhibition could be painful for some.

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Fashion designer John Galliano has apologised again and cancelled a retrospective planned ahead of the 2027 Met Gala because of racist and antisemitic comments he made in the past.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled its planned exhibit honouring British designer John Galliano. The show faced severe backlash from the Jewish community and others over Galliano’s past antisemitic and racist statements.

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John Galliano will no longer be the subject of an exhibit linked to the Met Gala after backlash over antisemitic remarks he made in the past.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled a John Galliano exhibit following controversy. The exhibition had been planned around the 2027 Met Gala.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled a planned Met Gala exhibition centered on controversial fashion designer John Galliano.

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Eight people died in a ferry disaster off the coast of northern Cyprus. Survivors recalled the terror and panic as passengers scrambled to escape while the vessel sank.

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Following the August 26 mudslide on the China–Nepal border, crews are using more than 100 machines and steel-wire gabions to repair the destroyed section of the G216 National Highway. The road is the only vehicle route from China to Gyirong Port, making its restoration a key rescue priority despite increasingly complex challenges.

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A catastrophic flash flood struck the China-Nepal border on August 26, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing in Nepal. In Tibet, footage of the torrent and the destruction of Gyirong Port was removed within hours, while state media filled platforms with sanitized rescue reports and approved imagery.

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Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po led a Buddhist ceremony at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze on Monday for people affected by the mudslide in Gyirong County. The 90-minute sutra chanting was attended by more than 200 monks and religious representatives. At least 16 people have been confirmed dead and 546 remain missing after the disaster struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border.

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Before-and-after images show the devastating destruction around Gyirong Port. Buildings have been stripped to bare steel frames, while roads that were once clearly visible are buried under thick mud and debris.

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US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Washington’s sanctions on Iran are intended to force Tehran to “come to the table.” He wants other countries to help isolate Iran and compel its capitulation in a war that has recently passed the six-month mark.

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Singer D4vd told a Los Angeles judge on Monday that he had dismissed his high-profile legal team and chosen public defenders to represent him in the murder trial.

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France will begin charging a penalty this week on cheaply made clothing sold by ultra-fast-fashion retailers. The fee could approach €20 per item by 2030 and targets platforms including Shein, Temu and AliExpress under a June law addressing disposable fashion’s environmental costs, while H&M and Zara are exempt.

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Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal indicates how Nvidia aims to remain essential to AI infrastructure as major technology companies begin developing their own AI chips.

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Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek, deepening their collaboration as it seeks to persuade more companies to build chips compatible with its dominant data-center ecosystem.

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Basanta Raj Adhikari, director of Tribhuvan University’s Center for Disaster Studies, says the floods expose the limits of conventional prevention in the Himalayas. With flood speeds estimated at 170 to 180 kilometres per hour and threats including avalanches and glacial lake outburst floods, he calls for satellite mapping of high-risk hotspots, ground monitoring, early warnings and risk-sensitive land-use planning.

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After Nepal’s deadly floods, survivors face a new ordeal as they search for shelter, food and the basic means to survive. Rescue workers continue looking for possible survivors, while those who escaped try to rebuild their lives under the threat of another flood. France 24 correspondents visited Sinchaur, a village in Nuwakot district hit on August 26.

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Nearly a week after catastrophic flooding in Nepal, vehicles still cannot reach Gyirong Port, where at least 33 missing Australians were believed to be shortly before the flood. The border area has been flattened and buried under metres of silt and debris, while China coordinates the search and rescue effort.

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Rescue efforts are intensifying in Nepal and Tibet nearly a week after catastrophic floods, with thousands still missing, including dozens of Americans. Workers are struggling to reach devastated communities, where hundreds of hydropower tunnel workers remain trapped.

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Nepal’s Foreign Ministry says 590 foreign nationals from 39 countries remain listed as missing after the floods, while more than 323 foreign nationals have been rescued. Overall, over 10,000 people have been rescued, though about 4,200 are still missing.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to work with China to make the bilateral visa-free regime permanent if Beijing considers it feasible and useful. He said visa-free travel increased tourist flows between the countries by 43% in the first half of the year.

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