Tether and Fasanara have launched a $400 million fund for stablecoin-enabled private credit. The firms are seeking up to $3 billion from institutional investors to deploy through Fasanara’s global fintech lending network.

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Twelve countries, including the UK, Canada and France, said Tuesday they would restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Their foreign ministers said Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden also planned restrictions, following weeks of increased settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied territory.

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Israel announced four retaliatory measures after the UK banned imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and announced further sanctions. They include closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem, ending related support and barring some British MPs. Israeli officials called the measures interference in Israel’s elections and warned that actions against Israel would not go unanswered.

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The UK has announced a ban on goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, alongside measures targeting companies and individuals that support or profit from settlement activity. Yet official trade data cannot separate Palestinian-made goods from settler-produced goods, and services such as finance, logistics, legal work and tourism are not automatically covered. UK-Palestine trade was recorded at £40m in the year to March 2026, while the government did not provide a specific figure for settlement imports.

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The UK will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in one of London’s strongest recent policy moves on Israel and Palestine. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing.” Canada and France said they would impose similar bans, while Israel announced entry bans for 12 British MPs and the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem. UK parties reacted dividedly.

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Britain, France and Canada said Tuesday they would ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. A UK minister accused Israel of ignoring the “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians there, prompting Israel to angrily announce immediate counter-measures targeting Britain.

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The UK has announced a ban on all goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Canada and 11 other countries backed restrictions on settlement trade, while Spain, Ireland and others had already imposed bans. The measures are expected to have limited economic impact but carry greater symbolic weight.

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A strongly worded report by the European Court of Auditors says inadequate grid infrastructure and cross-border interconnectors in EU countries are major obstacles to creating a fully integrated energy market and achieving greater independence from Russian energy.

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Bangladesh, once close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record. Since March, 999 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths have been reported, while hospitals struggle with overcrowding, shortages and a continuing influx of sick children.

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Archaeologists found a tomb containing the remains of 38 people, along with gold and copper objects, at the ancient Chan Chan site in northern Peru.

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The Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association have asked a court to temporarily halt an Illinois tax law while their legal challenge proceeds. The groups filed suit to block the law a few weeks ago.

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At least two people were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike at a crossing on the Ukraine-Moldova border, according to Odesa’s regional governor. Moldova’s Prime Minister Vasile Tofan said 17 drones had struck Moldovan territory in August alone, as Kyiv and Moscow intensify long-range attacks on military and energy infrastructure.

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Russian drones struck the Starokozache border crossing in Ukraine’s Odesa region, killing two civilians and injuring three, Ukrainian officials said. The attack caused a fire and temporarily halted passenger and vehicle traffic. Kyiv and the Mykolaiv region were also targeted.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies to take stronger action after overnight Russian attacks across Ukraine. Two people were killed, three injured and 16 evacuated at the Starokozache border crossing with Moldova, while a drone strike on a Kyiv apartment building injured four. Russia said it struck a Ukrainian cargo vessel and a drone warehouse in Kyiv.

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Russian drones struck the Starokozache international vehicle checkpoint in Ukraine’s Odesa region, according to Ukrainian authorities. Two people were killed and three injured, preliminary data showed, and operations were suspended. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed the strike, saying the site was used to deliver military cargo into Ukraine.

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An Anthropic researcher is leaving the AI field while warning that artificial intelligence could be out of control by late 2027. OpenAI’s chief scientist is also calling for caution, saying no one is ready for increasingly intelligent machines.

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An AI researcher has resigned from Anthropic, warning that the industry is racing to build superintelligent AI. The systems could eventually improve themselves beyond human control, the researcher cautioned.

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Anthropic AI safety leader Evan Hubinger said he personally estimates a greater-than-one-in-10 chance that AI could kill everyone within the next decade. His comments followed researcher Jacob Coxon’s resignation, which he attributed to Anthropic and OpenAI racing toward uncontrollable self-improving superintelligence despite safety risks.

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An Anthropic safety researcher said there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could “kill all humans,” following the resignation of a former colleague over safety concerns.

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Anthropic researcher Coxon said he resigned because people seriously building AI believe it could kill everyone by the end of the decade, warning of a risk reminiscent of The Terminator.

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World leaders gathered in Oslo to pay tribute to Norway’s late King Harald V. A 21-gun salute accompanied his coffin from the royal palace to the Lutheran cathedral, while thousands lined the streets. The funeral began with a minute of silence, ending 13 days of national mourning.

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Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine’s government knows precisely what it must do to genuinely move toward a peaceful settlement of the conflict. He described the Kiev regime as being in a very difficult position because of shortages of funds and weapons, prompting some flexibility that he said was not the kind required.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kiev regime was displaying “flexibility” because it lacked money, but not the kind that could help achieve a settlement. He said Ukraine’s economic situation was rapidly worsening, with insufficient funds and weapons, and that Kiev became flexible only after opening “Pandora’s box” by striking civilian infrastructure in Russia.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says a number of countries are interested in providing a platform for possible talks on Ukrainian reconciliation. He says the venue, including Russia’s preferred location, will matter if both sides decide they are ready to resume negotiations.

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Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said Washington could soon stop providing direct assistance to Kyiv as a way to end hostilities in Ukraine more quickly. He added that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had discussed achieving a peaceful settlement and how to accomplish it.

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Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said Moscow and Washington had discussed resuming contacts with Ukraine, including trilateral negotiations. He said he had not seen a settlement roadmap and suggested Abu Dhabi could again host talks if they resume. Ushakov also said Washington could stop direct aid to Kyiv to help end hostilities sooner.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia expects trilateral Russian-US-Ukrainian negotiations to resume in the foreseeable future, while no formal roadmap for a Ukraine settlement currently exists. He said prisoner exchanges would continue and argued that the budget deficit poses no serious concern, while Europe faces worsening gas storage and price pressures.

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