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Slovak GDP Growth Slows to 0.7% in Q2, Trailing EU as Fiscal Squeeze Bites
Economy

Slovak GDP Growth Slows to 0.7% in Q2, Trailing EU as Fiscal Squeeze Bites

Weak industry, fiscal consolidation and lower investment kept Slovakia at its slowest annual growth in a year, while the...

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Telehealth 'Pill Mills' Are Turning Easy Access Into a Patient-Safety Problem
Health

Telehealth 'Pill Mills' Are Turning Easy Access Into a Patient-Safety Problem

Cash-pay telehealth sites are prescribing GLP-1s, ketamine and other drugs after minimal screening. Clinicians and a JAM...

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Gen Z Is Drinking as Much as Older Americans—but Spending More Per Drink
Lifestyle

Gen Z Is Drinking as Much as Older Americans—but Spending More Per Drink

New IWSR data shows 74% of US Gen Z adults drank in the past six months, up from 66% three years ago and nearly matching...

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SanDisk Technical Note Says Correction May Be Over After Slump Below $1,000
Markets

SanDisk Technical Note Says Correction May Be Over After Slump Below $1,000

A promotional HSBC technical analysis argues SanDisk's correction from $2,350 below $1,000 may be exhausted, citing Fibo...

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Rheinmetall Stock Climbs Back to €1,175 as Technical Recovery Builds
Markets

Rheinmetall Stock Climbs Back to €1,175 as Technical Recovery Builds

BNP Paribas’ daily note says Rheinmetall has recovered about 31% from its June low and is testing a former gap level, wi...

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US Futures Steady as Cooling Producer Prices Bolster Fed-Hold Bets
Markets

US Futures Steady as Cooling Producer Prices Bolster Fed-Hold Bets

Cooling producer prices and a modest rise in jobless claims leave US futures sideways, while Applied Materials slips aft...

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Lonely Planet's 23 Fall 2026 Destinations: Festivals, Fewer Crowds and Lower Prices
Travel

Lonely Planet's 23 Fall 2026 Destinations: Festivals, Fewer Crowds and Lower Prices

The autumn 2026 list spans Seoul's lantern and kimchi festivals, Oaxaca's Día de los Muertos, New Zealand camper trips a...

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Drone Alert Turns European Defence Into an Investor Theme
Markets

Drone Alert Turns European Defence Into an Investor Theme

After a drone scare at Leipzig Airport, investors are re-examining Europe's defence sector, with TKMS reporting a record...

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What the iShares EURO STOXX 50 ETF Really Offers — and Where It Falls Short
Personal Finance

What the iShares EURO STOXX 50 ETF Really Offers — and Where It Falls Short

A data-driven look at the fund's country, sector and stock concentration shows when a pure eurozone blue-chip ETF fits a...

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Zangge Mining first-half profit doubles as Julong Copper stake contributes 78%
Companies

Zangge Mining first-half profit doubles as Julong Copper stake contributes 78%

Potash and lithium margins improve, but the 30.78% stake in Julong Copper supplied most of the RMB3.64bn first-half prof...

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Agora Beats Q2 Revenue Guidance With 18% Growth and Extends GAAP Profit Run
Technology

Agora Beats Q2 Revenue Guidance With 18% Growth and Extends GAAP Profit Run

Agora, Inc. posted second-quarter revenue of $40.42 million, above the top end of its guidance, and guided Q3 to $41–42 ...

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China Turns 'New R&D Institutions' Into Core Engines for 2035 Tech Goals
Technology

China Turns 'New R&D Institutions' Into Core Engines for 2035 Tech Goals

Flexible, market-run research bodies are now central to Beijing's innovation policy, backed by record R&D spending, new ...

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RiverStone International and QBE Agree $1.6bn Legacy Reinsurance Transfer
Insurance

RiverStone International and QBE Agree $1.6bn Legacy Reinsurance Transfer

Loss portfolio transfer agreements cover North American middle-market, workers’ compensation and European liability rese...

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Korean Re First-Half Net Income Soars 77.6% on Strong Investments and Fewer Claims
Insurance

Korean Re First-Half Net Income Soars 77.6% on Strong Investments and Fewer Claims

Korean Re's first-half 2026 net income rose 77.6% to KRW 347.3bn, as a sharp jump in investment profit and benign large-...

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United Card Showdown: Explorer, Quest, Club and Business Compared
Personal Finance

United Card Showdown: Explorer, Quest, Club and Business Compared

United's MileagePlus revamp made cobranded cards more valuable, but the right pick depends on how often you fly and whic...

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How Artisan Cheesemakers and Winemakers Are Reviving a Remote Tuscan Island
Travel

How Artisan Cheesemakers and Winemakers Are Reviving a Remote Tuscan Island

On Capraia, a volcanic island of about 150 residents, a new generation of producers is rebuilding local cheese, wine, ho...

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OpenAI Ships a Linux ChatGPT Desktop Preview—but the Browser Still Wins for Now
Technology

OpenAI Ships a Linux ChatGPT Desktop Preview—but the Browser Still Wins for Now

OpenAI's proprietary Electron client brings ChatGPT, Work and Codex to Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, but early testing find...

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Acura's Nexera Vision Concept Maps the Brand's Next Design Era
Automotive

Acura's Nexera Vision Concept Maps the Brand's Next Design Era

The Monterey reveal teases Acura's future styling—including a new A-Mark signature and a likely hybrid RDX—as Honda's lu...

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Marines’ Darwin Rotation Becomes First Certified Air-Ground Task Force in 15 Years
Defense

Marines’ Darwin Rotation Becomes First Certified Air-Ground Task Force in 15 Years

The 2026 Marine Rotation Force-Darwin is the program’s first certified Special Purpose MAGTF, operating across the Indo-...

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Fitch Warns New Student Visa Time Limits Could Hit US College Revenues
Education

Fitch Warns New Student Visa Time Limits Could Hit US College Revenues

Fitch Ratings says the end of duration of status may raise revenue risks for colleges, particularly those with heavy int...

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Pentagon Signs $2.03 Billion in Battery and Critical Minerals Supply Deals
Defense

Pentagon Signs $2.03 Billion in Battery and Critical Minerals Supply Deals

Conditional loan and equity commitments target battery cells, rare earth magnets and bauxite processing as the Defense D...

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Airbus Initial Findings: Air India A320 Lost Normal Flight Control for Four Seconds
Travel

Airbus Initial Findings: Air India A320 Lost Normal Flight Control for Four Seconds

Airbus's early assessment of Flight AI 2379 says all three hydraulic systems lost pressure, leaving pilots without norma...

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From Teenage Carpenter to AI Founder: The Trunk Tools Story
Technology

From Teenage Carpenter to AI Founder: The Trunk Tools Story

Sarah Buchner turned a construction career that began as a teenage carpenter into Trunk Tools, an AI startup helping con...

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Ajay Ajmera Brings 60 Surat Textile Vendors to Bharat Mandapam Trade Fair
Companies

Ajay Ajmera Brings 60 Surat Textile Vendors to Bharat Mandapam Trade Fair

A 10,000 sq ft pavilion at Bharatiya Vyapar Mahotsav 2026 will showcase Surat's fabric and apparel suppliers to national...

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X Opens Its Ranking Algorithm and Adds a Shadowban Checker
Technology

X Opens Its Ranking Algorithm and Adds a Shadowban Checker

X published more of its 'For You' code on GitHub and introduced tools that let accounts see if ranking labels have limit...

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US Opens Door to Vetted Private Firms to Launch Offensive Cyber Operations
Technology

US Opens Door to Vetted Private Firms to Launch Offensive Cyber Operations

A new White House memorandum lets vetted cybersecurity companies conduct surveillance and disruptive attacks against for...

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Ford Says $2B Louisville Plant Overhaul Is on Track for Fathom EV Truck
Automotive

Ford Says $2B Louisville Plant Overhaul Is on Track for Fathom EV Truck

Prototype builds of the sub-$30,000 Fathom are set for Q1 2027 as Ford shifts to a three-branched assembly system and Te...

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Reddit Joins S&P 500 as AI Deal Talk Lifts Tech; Workday Surges on Silver Lake Report
Markets

Reddit Joins S&P 500 as AI Deal Talk Lifts Tech; Workday Surges on Silver Lake Report

A tech-led rally carried the S&P 500 above 7,800 for the first time, while Reddit's index promotion, AI funding talks an...

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OpenAI Previews Ultrafast Mode Promising 14x Faster GPT-5.6 Sol
Technology

OpenAI Previews Ultrafast Mode Promising 14x Faster GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast, a mode it says runs GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14x speed and 750 tokens per second for enterpr...

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Lenovo Shares Jump 20% as AI Hardware Powers Record Quarterly Profit
Companies

Lenovo Shares Jump 20% as AI Hardware Powers Record Quarterly Profit

Adjusted net profit rose 176% to $1.08 billion and AI-related revenue surged 60% to a record CNY63.4 billion. Management...

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