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OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40B | The Asia Trade 8/14/2026Tech

Bloomberg Television’s Asia Trade highlights that OpenAI’s revenue run rate has surpassed $40 billion, alongside market developments including the S&P 500 reaching a record high as inflation cools.

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Record rainfall floods Japan’s Chiba prefecture, killing at least fourWorld

Record-breaking rain hit cities east of Tokyo overnight, killing at least four people, flooding roads and dozens of homes, stranding thousands and causing power outages. Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued its highest-level warning for heavy rain and landslides in the prefecture for the first time.

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Philippines launches truth commission into Duterte’s deadly drug warPolitics

An independent body has begun hearings into killings linked to former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign. The government puts the death toll at about 6,000, while rights groups say extrajudicial killings by police and suspected vigilantes may have killed as many as 30,000 people. Luzviminda Siapo testified about her disabled teenage son Raymart, who was abducted and killed nine years ago while she worked in Kuwait.

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Palestinian American says family remains under threat in West Bank villageWorld

For days, Loui Ridi has monitored from Ohio, via a security camera, settlers gathering outside his family’s home in Qusra, an occupied West Bank village. Israeli forces say they dismantled illegal outposts and sent more troops, while US Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemned the settlers. Ridi says the settlers still move freely and that his family needs protection, not statements.

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Colombia earthquake search ends as government declines foreign helpWorld

Colombia’s desperate search after Monday’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake has ended. Nearly 4,000 people were injured and at least 281 died, with the toll expected to rise as more bodies are recovered. On day four, rescuers abandoned efforts to reach a trapped person at 3am after the final signs of life vanished, well beyond the crucial 72-hour survival window.

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LEGAL LIMBO: Luigi Mangione reportedly expected to plead guiltySociety

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, is reportedly expected to plead guilty to federal charges, a move that could jeopardize the state case against him. A senior DOJ official told Fox News that no plea deal has been reached.

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Nigel Farage faces 34 rivals in Clacton by-electionPolitics

Ballot papers for the Clacton by-election are nearly a metre long, with a record 34 candidates and only one representing a mainstream party. That candidate is Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigrant Reform UK, who is facing a predicament of his own making after resigning his seat last month amid questions over multimillion-dollar financial affairs.

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Kuril visit follows Pacific Fleet and Russia-China drills near JapanWorld

Vladimir Putin’s first visit as Russian president to the disputed Kuril Islands prompted a formal protest from Tokyo. The move came amid closer military cooperation between Russia and China and North Korean support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, raising questions about whether it reflects a bilateral territorial dispute or a wider test of Japan’s alignment with the West.

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LIVE: Votes counted in Clacton as Reform UK's Farage faces Count BinfacePolitics

Votes are being counted in a local by-election in the seaside resort of Clacton to decide whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage returns to Parliament. His main challenger is comedian Jonathan Harvey, who is running dressed as a trash can under the name Count Binface, making the contest a test of Farage’s populist political brand.

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Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan coalition heads into crucial weekendPolitics

Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan coalition faces a pivotal weekend as Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the Democratic Action Party hold annual meetings following two consecutive state-election defeats. Both are expected to review the results and shape their stance for upcoming polls, while DAP delegates will vote on whether its leaders should leave government posts.

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Trump’s name to be added to Kennedy Center againCulture

President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board has voted a second time to close the performing arts institution for two years for renovations, according to two people briefed on the decision. The board also approved adding an inscription saying the complex was “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”

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Zambia counts votes in election seen as referendum on HichilemaPolitics

Zambia is counting votes from presidential and parliamentary elections widely viewed as a test of President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic policies. The campaign was dominated by concerns over rising living costs. Although Hichilema led debt restructuring and recovery after taking office in 2021, voters remain worried about living costs, unemployment and unreliable electricity.

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Karoline Leavitt to leave her post as White House press secretaryPolitics

Karoline Leavitt, one of the Trump White House’s most prominent defenders, is set to depart. Her exit raises questions over who will present the administration’s message during an increasingly combative media cycle ahead of the November midterms.

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S&P 500 posts record close as rate-hike fears easeEconomy

The S&P 500 finished at a record high, helped by gains in Sandisk and other heavyweight technology shares. Mild producer-price inflation reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged at its September meeting.

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Kilmeade: A fairy tale, indeed—but story time is OVERPolitics

Fox News co-host Brian Kilmeade weighs socialism’s impact within the Democratic Party, while Michigan U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed gains stature on Jesse Watters Primetime.

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Ukrainian drones strike deep inside Russia, hitting refinery and Wildberries warehouseWorld1:55

Russia says a Ukrainian drone attack reached a region about 2,000km from the border. Ukraine’s military says it struck an oil refinery and petrochemical complex there. Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, says the strikes triggered a fire in an industrial area containing one of its warehouses, prompting an employee evacuation; no retail goods were stored there.

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Hegseth faces questions after reports of sailors going overboardWorld

Three US officials told CNN that a sailor went overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month during its extended deployment for the Iran war. The sailor was rescued within an hour and medically evaluated. One official said the sailor wore a life vest, was uninjured and that the Navy viewed the incident as a mental health episode, amid reports of worsening crew mental health.

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