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WhatsApp Mass Bans Wipe Out 10 Years of Messages, Push Small Business Owners to Sue Meta
A wave of account bans, including some stretching back to June, has cut Brazilian users off from family memories and liv...
Ruble Weakens Against Yuan on Moscow Exchange, Weekly Loss Hits 51 Kopecks
The Chinese currency rose to 12.24 rubles on Friday, marking a 0.51 ruble gain over the week as demand for yuan persiste...
Oil Climbs 1% but Weekly Rout Exposes Hormuz Deal Anxiety
Brent and WTI edged higher on Friday but remained on track for a second straight weekly decline of over 7% as traders wa...
Zaluzhny Breaks Kyiv’s NATO Illusion, Declares Membership Impossible
Former Ukrainian commander Valeriy Zaluzhny publicly stated that Ukraine will never join NATO, directly contradicting th...
Yuan Hits Five-Month High as Russia's Finance Ministry Ramps Up FX Purchases
The Chinese yuan surged to 12.25 rubles, the strongest since March, after the Russian Finance Ministry unexpectedly incr...
Jorge Messi, the Man Behind Lionel Messi's $1.8 Billion Empire, Dies at 68
Jorge Messi, father and long-time business manager of Lionel Messi, has passed away in Argentina at 68. His death leaves...
France Extends Fuel Grant Deadline for Low-Income Heavy Commuters to 31 August
A €100 fuel subsidy for low-earning workers who drive long distances each day gets a one-month deadline extension as pum...
France's Partial Solar Eclipse on August 12: What You Need to Know
A partial solar eclipse will darken French skies on the evening of 12 August, reaching up to 99.6% obscuration in the so...
Explosive Drone Crashes Near Bulgaria’s Trans-Balkan Gas Pipeline
An armed drone resembling a Ukrainian decoy model crashed and detonated close to a critical gas compression station in n...
Todd Blanche Confirmed as Attorney General After 50-49 Senate Vote
The former Trump personal lawyer will lead the Justice Department after a razor-thin confirmation, having already used t...
Spain Imposes Border Controls on Italy, EU Presses Meta and TikTok Over Ceuta Disinformation
Spain has begun checking travellers from Italy after Rome suspended free movement for non-EU nationals, while Brussels u...
Russian Disinformation Pivots to Influencer-Led Attacks on French Centrist Candidates
Researcher Darren Linvill warns of faster, cheaper influence operations using established influencers instead of troll f...
Kumamoto Earthquake Relief: Water Still Out for 30,000 Households as Govt Ramps Up Housing, Security
Ten days after the quake, PM Takaichi outlines progress in restoring utilities and accelerating temporary shelters, but ...
Kumamoto Earthquake: Government Relief Portal Offers Health Tips, Recovery Steps
Japan's Prime Minister's Office launched a central resource for survivors of the Reiwa 8 Kumamoto earthquake, consolidat...
Nolan's 'Odyssey' still rules Kazakh cinemas, but Spider-Man looms
The epic blockbuster collected another 552 million tenge in its second weekend, holding a 500 million tenge lead over it...
Kazakhstan Moves 40% ERG Stake to Samruk-Kazyna, Raising Budget and Governance Questions
The Kazakh Ministry of Finance has transferred its 40% stake in mining group ERG to sovereign fund Samruk-Kazyna. Expert...
Air Astana Shares Edge Up 0.6% on 16% Revenue Jump as Cost Pressures Shrink EBITDAR
Air Astana reported H1 2026 revenue up 16.1% to $763.9 million, but rising fuel, staff, and currency costs drove adjuste...
Attal Files Complaint Accusing Russia of Deepfake Interference in 2027 French Vote
Gabriel Attal filed a complaint Friday, alleging a Russian disinformation campaign used deepfakes and fake news to under...
French Farmers Union Demands 'Billions' in Emergency Aid as Climate Crisis Devastates Agriculture
FNSEA President Arnaud Rousseau calls for an unprecedented government bailout to counter record drought and heatwaves, w...
For 11 Million French Caregivers, Summer Vacation Is No Break
As 61% of France heads off on holiday, one in six employees who care for a relative faces anxiety, guilt and crushing lo...
Alice Walton, World’s Richest Woman, Finds Purpose in Art, Not Walmart
The Walmart heiress prefers collecting masterpieces and riding horses to running the retail giant, quietly shaping Ameri...
France’s Tax Tightrope: Navigating the New Rules for Living Off Your Savings
From the PFU flat tax to the CDHR levy and rising social charges, France’s tax framework for investment income is shifti...
July Jobs Shock Erases September Rate Hike Bets, Ignites Stock Rally
The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July, far below forecasts of an 83,000 gain, leading traders to abando...
AI Automation Is Erasing Entry-Level Jobs, Threatening Future Talent Pipeline
New research shows AI-driven automation is cutting demand for junior roles while raising skill requirements for those th...
Why Iran-Oman Shipping Talks Alone Won't Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran signals progress in talks with Oman over a new shipping lane, but reopening depends on US compensation and sweepi...
Spanish Police Bust Mediterranean Smuggling Network That Raked In €24 Million
Police operation, backed by Europol, arrests 77 and seizes 18 fast boats in crackdown on a syndicate that smuggled over ...
Montenegro Shortlisted for Food and Travel Magazine's Destination of the Year
The British magazine Food and Travel has included Montenegro in its shortlist for 'Destination of the Year: Nearby Desti...
Trump Signs New Orders to Curb Birthright Citizenship After Supreme Court Reversal
President Donald Trump is again attempting to restrict automatic U.S. citizenship for children born on American soil, si...
Trump's Las Vegas Speech Fuels Fresh Hair-Wig Speculation
Photos from a Las Vegas speech showed a noticeably fuller hairstyle, prompting social media debate and a quip from a for...
U.S. Army Develops Synthetic Human Tissue Models to Study Electromagnetic Exposure
The U.S. Army is building artificial skin, bone, and brain tissue to better understand how radar and communication syste...