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Christmas season arrives early in the Philippines.
In a Manila market shops are already stacked high with Christmas decorations, despite the holiday being four months away. But in the Philippines, the start of the "ber months" signals the start of the world's longest Christmas season
Christmas season arrives early in the Philippines.
In a Manila market shops are already stacked high with Christmas decorations, despite the holiday being four months away. But in the Philippines, the start of the "ber months" signals the start of the world's longest Christmas season
A study based on 5,800 interviews across six countries finds that Europeans overwhelmingly want a strong, united and independent Europe, but increasingly doubt it is achievable. Seventy-four percent say Europe is handling major challenges poorly and 56% believe its future is in danger, creating fertile ground for far-right narratives of decline.
The British pound has gained from a resilient economy and expectations of higher rates, but the Bank of England is looking increasingly dovish as a crucial budget approaches, potentially putting the currency’s run at risk.
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Singapore has announced a one-off salary increase of more than 60% for government ministers. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s benchmark annual pay will rise from S$2.2m to S$3.6m, while he says he will donate the entire increase to suitable good causes. The government defends high salaries as a way to attract talent and ensure good governance, though the issue remains politically sensitive.
UK airports are facing further disruption after a system issue affected air traffic control. The National Air Traffic Services said late Tuesday that it was still working to resolve the disruption, with 177 flights cancelled.
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More than 150 flights were cancelled across the UK on Wednesday as the country’s air traffic control service worked to recover from a technical glitch that had caused widespread disruption.
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Major disruption was expected to continue at British airports, including Heathrow, after an air traffic control outage lasting several hours caused widespread flight delays and cancellations.
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European budget carriers Wizz Air and Ryanair called on Tuesday for an overhaul of Britain’s air traffic control provider NATS after a new technical issue disrupted hundreds of flights at key airports across the country.
A technical fault at the UK’s air traffic control provider NATS disrupted operations at major airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick, cancelling hundreds of flights and delaying many more. NATS said its flight-data processing problem had been fixed, while airlines called for CEO Martin Rolfe to resign and urged government action.
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A technical problem in the UK’s air traffic control system disrupted operations at major airports, grounding more than 600 flights and leaving thousands of passengers facing delays and long queues. National Air Traffic Services said the fault had been fixed, but disruption could continue.
A technical problem caused more than 1,000 flight cancellations across the UK. Air traffic control operator NATS said the system issue had been resolved, operations were normal and efforts were underway to clear the flight backlog.
A technical problem in Britain’s air traffic control system disrupted operations at major airports across the U.K. on Tuesday, resulting in more than 600 inbound and outbound flight cancellations, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24.
A technical problem at air traffic control provider NATS disrupted hundreds of departing flights from major British airports on Tuesday. Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted were among the hubs affected by cancellations and delays.
A technical fault in the UK air traffic control system has disrupted flights at airports including Heathrow and Gatwick, with London departures hit hardest. About 300 flights have been cancelled and more cancellations are expected. Nats says it has identified the problem in its flight processing system, but recovery will take time.
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Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered an almost intact Chimu funerary platform containing the remains of at least 38 people. Its main chamber had been sealed for nearly 600 years, offering rare insight into the pre-Incan civilisation.
Moscow will propose a 2027 business forum involving Russia, Germany, the United States and the Alternative for Germany party, Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev says. He said the event would revive business dialogue and restore common sense, while calling AfD Germany’s emerging “common-sense party” that could help save the country.
BRICS events have featured youth icons such as Brazilian football star Vinicius Junior and Chinese film star Zhou Dongyu while helping connect young people from developing countries. The group’s role is extending beyond politics as it increasingly facilitates global youth exchanges.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the global oil market could become oversupplied in the foreseeable future. He said the timing was uncertain, citing developments involving Venezuela, a possible end to the Russia-Ukraine war, normalization in the Middle East and the possibility of OPEC falling apart.
Kevin Buckland’s outlook for European and global markets focuses on the prospect of Brent crude reaching $100 and the yen’s unexpectedly strong performance.
Chipotle has entered Asia through its first-ever international joint venture, opening its first restaurant in South Korea. Singapore is planned as the next market in 2027.
Martin Robinson told a Mexican court that identifying the bodies of his sons Jake and Callum turned his life into “hell.” The brothers and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were killed in Ensenada in April 2024, allegedly during an attempt to steal their pickup truck. Three men are on trial, with proceedings expected to continue until the end of September.
The National Transportation Safety Board expects to release a readout from the cockpit recorder and interview the two pilots aboard an Amazon Air cargo plane that overran a runway.
Haaretz, citing sources in a new book, reported that about ten days before the October 7, 2023 attack, UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn that Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major assault on Israel. Netanyahu reportedly reacted calmly and said Israel had the situation in Gaza under full control.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing intensified political backlash over a report that the UAE president warned him days before the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that Hamas was preparing a major operation. Netanyahu denies receiving the warning.
Moonshot, whose Kimi model unsettled markets earlier this year, is one of six Chinese AI firms accused by US agencies of systematically extracting capabilities from American models.
Liu Chang, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, strongly rejected US allegations that Chinese companies use knowledge distillation to copy American AI products. He called the US focus on “distillation” a deliberate attack on China’s AI development and urged Washington to respect facts, abandon bias and end containment of China’s technological progress.
US federal agencies alleged Tuesday that Chinese artificial intelligence firms are stealing trade secrets from their American counterparts on an “industrial-scale” basis, allowing them to cut costs and bring sought-after technology to market faster.
In its most detailed accusation to date, the U.S. government has identified six Chinese AI companies it says copied American firms to obtain AI secrets.
U.S. cyber and law enforcement officials accused Chinese AI companies on Tuesday of conducting what they called “aggressive, industrial-scale distillation activities,” according to a statement issued by three U.S. security agencies.
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U.S. Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on September 8 following attempted attacks on U.S. warships, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed continued strikes. Iran's Revolutionary Guards then threatened ships in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports hosting Americans.
U.S. Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on September 8 following attempted attacks on U.S. warships, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed continued strikes. Iran's Revolutionary Guards then threatened ships in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports hosting Americans.
China marked 50 years since the death of Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic. Mao brought roughly a quarter of the world’s population under Communist Party rule, and his legacy continues to haunt China’s future.
Bitcoin briefly fell to about $77,600 on Tuesday before recovering most of the loss and ending little changed. Zcash rose roughly 43% over the week, while Grayscale’s new fund surpassed $500 million.
The Pentagon says NATO must be ready for a protracted conflict in Ukraine. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby said the department cannot predict when the tragic war will end and must anticipate Ukraine’s needs continuing for months and years. He said the US goal remains lasting peace and that it supports efforts toward it.
A new survey by Standard Chartered and HKSH Medical Group found that nearly eight in 10 high-net-worth Hongkongers have set health goals, but only 53 per cent have turned those aspirations into a concrete action plan.
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The Trump administration is hiring private contractors to track deported migrants it says owe the US government hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid penalties. The effort will test how far its immigration crackdown can extend beyond US borders.
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The United States has changed how it carries out executions, but drug shortages and protests over medical ethics have made lethal injections increasingly difficult. John Malcolm of the Meese Institute tells Al Jazeera that the US should return to the firing squad.
US forces struck five Iranian oil tankers, sinking one, after Iran targeted an American warship, according to US Central Command. Tehran then fired missiles at a US base in Jordan and said it attacked US vessels and oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The escalating exchanges pushed Brent crude closer to $100 a barrel.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it launched ballistic missiles at a Jordanian base used by the U.S. military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday. The actions followed Washington’s claim that it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, sharply escalating the six-month-old war.
The US military says it destroyed five additional Iranian oil tankers after Iran fired missiles at a Navy warship. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tehran retaliated by targeting a US base in Jordan with missiles, while Jordan’s army reported intercepting 18 Iranian missiles aimed at the kingdom.
Brent crude rose toward $100 a barrel on Wednesday as intensifying attacks in the Middle East dampened sentiment in Asian stock markets. The escalation fueled inflation concerns ahead of closely watched U.S. consumer price data.
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The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Tuesday in retaliation for recent attacks on its warships. Tehran said it struck American targets in Jordan, marking another burst of reciprocal attacks in a war that has lasted more than six months.
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The US says it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted a US warship twice in two days. Iran responded with ballistic-missile strikes on the Al Azraq base in Jordan; Amman said 18 of 20 missiles were intercepted and no casualties occurred.
Following the US attack on Iranian tankers, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps urges crews to leave tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain and warns that it will target ships.
The US military released video showing its forces destroying what it says were five Iranian crude oil tankers. The strikes mark the second series of direct US attacks on Iranian ships in a matter of days, with CENTCOM saying they were retaliation for Iranian attempts to hit US warships.
U.S. Central Command said its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on September 8, following attempted missile attacks on a U.S. Navy warship during the preceding two days.
US forces destroyed five Iranian oil carriers on Tuesday after Iran fired ballistic missiles at an American warship twice in recent days. Tehran also struck US targets in Jordan and threatened attacks on tankers near Kuwait and Bahrain.
US Central Command said American forces destroyed five Iranian crude-oil carriers on September 8. It described the action as a response to two ballistic-missile attacks by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against a US Navy warship over the previous two days.
The US military struck several Iranian tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Explosions were reported near the southern port of Jask and Kharg Island, key Iranian oil-export sites. A US official said the strikes retaliated against attempted Iranian missile attacks on a US Navy warship; no casualties were immediately reported.
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The US military struck “multiple” ships linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in response to further attempted missile attacks on a US Navy warship, sending oil prices close to $100 a barrel.
The US military struck targets near Iran’s Kharg Island and the city of Jask, Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported, citing sources. She said Iranian oil tankers were among the targets. Iran’s Tasnim news agency said a tanker near Kharg Island was hit, with its crew evacuated and no injuries reported.
The US struck multiple Iranian oil tankers as tensions surged across the Middle East. Washington had said it carried out strikes on Iranian tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s public broadcaster reported that the US Army struck another oil tanker near the Iranian port city of Jask. The crew are reportedly rowing lifeboats toward the island. Tasnim earlier said US forces had attacked an Iranian tanker off Kharg Island.
The United States struck multiple Iranian tankers on Tuesday in response to additional attempted missile attacks against a U.S. Navy warship, according to an unnamed U.S. official who cited the sensitivity of the military operations.
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The US military struck targets near Iran’s Kharg Island and the port city of Jask, Fox News reported Tuesday. The strikes were described as part of a strategy to apply economic pressure on Iran and bring the war to an end.
The United States attacked an Iranian oil tanker anchored near Kharg Island, Tasnim reported. No one was injured and the crew is being evacuated. Earlier reports said explosions were heard near Kharg Island and in Jask.
Researchers say maternal Tylenol use during pregnancy may affect development of daughters’ reproductive organs. They stress that the study does not establish the painkiller as the cause and does not suggest any impact on the girls’ future fertility.
Crypto groups are spending millions on a national TV campaign ahead of next week’s Senate vote on the CLARITY Act. The ads promote consumer protections and attack banks opposing parts of the bill, while senators and the White House remain divided over ethics restrictions on President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto interests.
Cluster munitions killed or injured at least 1,063 people worldwide in 2025, one of the highest annual totals on record, according to the Cluster Munition Coalition. Most casualties were civilians, including at least 34 children. Ukraine accounted for 87 percent of recorded casualties, while the true toll is likely higher because many cases go unreported.
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US President Donald Trump said he will speak at the Republican Party convention in Dallas, Texas, on September 9 and 10, including closing the event on Thursday. He said strong interest in the gathering had prompted organizers to reserve the stage for candidates in close 2026 midterm races.
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The Republican National Committee’s first midterm convention, held in Dallas, aims to mobilise voters before November’s legislative elections. Supporters say Donald Trump can energise Texas Republicans, while critics dismiss the event as entertainment that does little to address high living costs or dissatisfaction with Republican leadership.
Raymond Greene, the top US diplomat in Taipei, warned that a conflict across the Taiwan Strait could have a greater impact on the global economy than World War II. He said the upcoming US-China summit offers a chance to avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations, while Washington supports Taiwan’s defence capabilities.
The top U.S. diplomat in Taipei warned that any conflict across the Taiwan Strait would have a greater impact on the global economy than World War Two. He said the upcoming U.S.-China summit offers a chance to avoid miscalculations.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Chbib was preparing to go on air on September 6, when a reported Israeli strike hit near him, footage shared by the Hezbollah-affiliated TV channel showed.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Chbib was preparing to go on air on September 6, when a reported Israeli strike hit near him, footage shared by the Hezbollah-affiliated TV channel showed.
A study found that babies born to mothers with anaemia had brain volumes averaging 4% lower than those of babies born to non-anaemic mothers, with differences in regions involved in movement, learning and emotion regulation. Researchers said the gap could contribute to cognitive difficulties at school age.
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A 25-day motorhome journey follows Croatia’s contrasting coastline, taking in Roman cities, Venetian towns, pebble beaches and islands, along roads offering views of some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery.
Bonds issued by companies including Alphabet and Amazon have made up more than a quarter of Swiss franc corporate issuance this year, reshaping the Swiss credit market as AI-related borrowing surges.
Mark Carney is leaning further into a pivot toward Europe by imposing counter-tariffs on US goods. Separately, Republican senators are pushing back against Donald Trump’s threat toward Bombardier.
President Donald Trump announced US import bans on Canadian dairy products, motorcycles and alcoholic beverages, along with 50% tariffs on other goods including mattresses, motorboats and golf carts. The measures followed Canada’s tariffs of up to 50% on about $20 billion of US goods and threaten the future of the USMCA trade pact.
The United States and Canada intensified a bitter trade dispute on Tuesday. Washington imposed new bans on imports of Canadian alcohol, motorcycles and dairy products as Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on US goods took effect.
Iranian authorities have quietly eased foreign-exchange controls to encourage traders to bring urgently needed funds back into the country, as the authorities turn to cryptocurrency to bypass sanctions.
Fintech Revolut is taking aim at business banking and has set its division a target of reaching 1mn customers globally by 2027, including FTSE 250 companies.
Investors see an almost certain European Central Bank rate hike on Thursday, yet the decision is more awkward than the numbers suggest: inflation is being driven almost entirely by energy, while underlying pressures are easing.
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Tom Borsa says the death of his 18-year-old daughter in a highway collision Sunday night has been “an absolute nightmare.” Four people were killed in the crash.
Cross-border payments and interoperability among national payment systems are expected to be central at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13. India says it supports linking existing fast-payment systems and central bank digital currencies, not creating a common BRICS currency. Russia says about 90% of its BRICS transactions use national currencies, while UnionPay and Brazilian partners are piloting links between Chinese QR payments and Pix.
A re-survey of the Helan Mountains rock art site in Ningxia has identified more than 500 previously unrecorded petroglyphs, including a rare four-horse chariot carving. Launched in 2020, the work uses field inspections, drone mapping and imaging, with new finds to be digitally archived for site protection.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it targeted a US air base in Jordan and two US destroyers after the US destroyed five Iranian crude carriers. Jordan said its defenses intercepted 18 of 20 ballistic missiles launched from Iran. Tehran and Washington have resumed exchanges of fire, while the US announced new sanctions targeting 36 Iranian individuals and entities.
Trump said he was “down there right after this happened” and that firefighters near ground zero carried him to safety. He later wrote on Truth Social that he was not at the World Trade Center on the day the towers collapsed, but arrived shortly afterward.
As the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack approaches, Donald Trump told another story at the White House on Tuesday about what he supposedly saw and did on 9/11 and shortly afterward. He has repeated false or unproven versions of such stories for years.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said expanding a buyback program for older US government securities last month was intended to calm what he called a “fever” in the bond market.
Tung Chee-hwa, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, died of illness in Hong Kong at 9:57 p.m. Tuesday. He was 89.
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive after the 1997 handover to China, has died aged 89. His tenure was marked by the Asian Financial Crisis, epidemics and mass protests against a proposed national security law. He resigned in 2005.
The Innoprom. India international industrial exhibition is being held in New Delhi from September 9 to 11, with more than 120 Russian and Indian participants presenting technologies in industrial equipment, transport, nuclear energy, space, artificial intelligence, urban infrastructure and finance. A plenary session on strengthening Russian-Indian trade and industrial partnership is scheduled for September 10.
The poetic dance drama “A Tapestry of a Legendary Land” has begun its third U.S. tour, returning to New York for a second engagement at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. Inspired by the Northern Song painting “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains,” it uses dance to portray the work’s origins, its artisans and a Chinese aesthetic shaped by a bond with nature.
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The Pinglu Canal, a major project linking western China’s New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, will begin navigation on Sept. 16. The 134.2-kilometer waterway connects Guangxi with the Beibu Gulf and is expected to cut inland shipping distances by more than 560 kilometers and reduce logistics costs by 18% to 30%.
The Chinese-flagged yacht Yangdu Tong sailed from the Qingshui Bay Yacht Marina in Hainan’s Lingshui to Hong Kong on Monday after completing exit procedures. It was the first yacht to clear outbound customs since Sanya Port’s Qingshui Bay area opened to international voyages, providing berthing and entry-exit services for international yachts.
Evommune said Tuesday it would abandon development of its experimental skin-disease drug after the treatment failed to meet the main goal of a mid-stage trial. The company’s shares fell 24% in after-hours trading.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says it plans to interview the two pilots who survived Sunday’s Amazon cargo-jet crash in Miami. Investigators have obtained data from the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder, recovered Monday, but are not releasing it yet.
The National Transportation Safety Board said evidence recovered from the flight data recorder indicates the pilots of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane may have considered aborting their landing before the aircraft crashed in Miami, killing five people on the ground.
Officials from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board held another news conference after an Amazon Prime Air cargo jet crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday. The aircraft ran off the runway and hit vehicles, killing five people and injuring five others.
Investigators are seeking to determine why an Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6. The accident killed five people and injured others on the ground.
Five employees of an airline cleaning company were killed when an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport and hit the company’s van and a passenger SUV. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Rolando Aleman, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Julio C. Pineda, Carlos Acosta Fajardo and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo.
Authorities identified five airline cleaning company employees who died Sunday after an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran a runway at a Miami airport, hitting the company’s van and a passenger SUV.
Authorities say an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people. All of those who died were in a van used by plane-cleaning workers.
Investigators say all five people killed when an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday were in vehicles struck as the aircraft skidded across a road. Newly released video shows someone crawling from the plane to safety.
China’s Supreme People’s Court has issued the country’s first systematic judicial guidance for property developer bankruptcies. It seeks to end inconsistent practices that have slowed asset disposals and deterred capital, calling for timely reorganisations of viable developers and swift liquidations of those without sustainable value.
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Chinese court guidance aims to smooth developer bankruptcies, reassure creditors
Lebanon’s army says it has increased patrols and strengthened positions in Nabatieh after Israeli airstrikes, responding to local requests for security. At least 80 troops were reportedly deployed Tuesday to Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, designated under an agreement with Israel as southern Lebanon’s first “pilot zone.”
An Israeli strike hit near Al-Manar TV reporter Ali Shbib as he prepared to go live from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Sept. 6. Shbib and cameraman Mohammed Barjawi suffered cuts and bruises from debris and were hospitalized; Shbib underwent surgery to remove shrapnel from his shoulder. Israel’s military said it does not target uninvolved people or journalists.
A study of a large trove of titanosaur eggs discovered in Argentina finds that the biggest dinosaurs ever to live could reproduce in high-latitude regions far from the equator. They used a clever strategy to keep their eggs warm.
A suspected Houthi roadside ambush on Yemeni government forces was caught on camera. Gunmen opened fire as the convoy travelled through Hodeidah governorate, killing one person and injuring several others.
President Adama Barrow says The Gambia will increase power supplies, including through a 24-megawatt generator by the end of October and a planned 50-megawatt solar plant. Prolonged outages have sparked violent protests in Banjul and nearby cities, where demonstrators burned tyres, erected barricades and demanded his resignation. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds.
The OECD’s 2025 PISA results show US 15-year-olds’ reading scores fell 14 points from 2022 to their lowest level in about 25 years. The US had 25.7 percent low performers and 13.3 percent top performers. The findings come as the Trump administration pushes “school choice” and seeks to reshape federal education.
Liberal operative Jeremy Greenwood has denied fabricating a pink note that he says recorded an agreement with fugitive developer Jean Nassif. Counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry suggested the note was a recent invention and challenged Greenwood over conflicting accounts of his legal arrangements.
Ahead of the LAPTOP memecoin’s launch, Hunter Biden outlined its airdrop and burn-or-charity rules. About 30% of the supply is linked to 30 public real-world events, with the outcomes determining whether the tokens are burned or donated.
China’s consumer price index rose 0.8% year on year in August, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The producer price index, which tracks factory-gate costs, increased 3.8% over the same period.
The 81st UN General Assembly has opened with Secretary-General António Guterres urging diplomacy, dialogue and collaboration to restore trust in multilateralism.
Record rainfall inundated Nagoya, Japan, reaching an all-time high of 105 millimetres in one hour. Flood warnings were issued, and daily life was severely disrupted.
Twelve-year-old Samuel Henderson has gone viral for mimicking birds. He explains how he became interested in bird calls and how many he has learned so far.
Preliminary shipping data showed that six commodity vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from nine the previous day and below the roughly 12-vessel 10-day average.
Oil prices rose Wednesday as escalating tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and Iran heightened concerns about further disruptions to energy supplies in the Middle East. Brent crude approached $100 a barrel.
StoneX says Robinhood Chain’s launch and the company’s prediction-markets business are creating new growth drivers, supporting its view that Robinhood has 45% upside.
Ukraine is signing contracts to purchase about 1,000 Patriot missiles with an EU loan, Defense Minister Yevgeny Khmara said. Most deliveries are expected in the coming years, so Kyiv is asking partners to transfer missiles from their current stocks. He also requested 300 Patriot missiles, 500 air-to-air missiles, air-defense systems and $2 billion for drones.
The US Supreme Court declined Missouri’s request to reinstate a Republican-backed congressional map, leaving the older map in place for November’s midterm elections. A federal judge then temporarily blocked the older map and ordered the state to use the new boundaries, deepening uncertainty over the legal dispute.
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The US Supreme Court rejected Missouri’s effort to use a congressional House map backed by Donald Trump. Disputes over congressional redistricting have repeatedly drawn the court into the matter.
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The US Supreme Court rejected Missouri’s request to use a congressional district map drawn by Republican lawmakers to benefit the party in November’s midterm elections.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Republicans’ emergency appeal seeking to keep a redrawn congressional district map favorable to the GOP for the November election.
The Supreme Court rejected Missouri’s request to use a congressional map in the midterm election that would have given Republicans an opportunity to flip a seat.
The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans’ request to use a redrawn congressional map this year. Republicans had rushed to the high court after Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked the map, which was designed to eliminate one Democratic-held seat.
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