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More Than a Third of Budapest Short-Term Rentals May Be Operating Illegally, Analysis Finds
New data shows 5,374 of 15,825 Budapest short-term rental listings lack valid NTAK IDs, costing an estimated HUF 3.1bn i...
Russian Business Lobby Seeks Tax Relief on Drone-Defense Spending
RSPP proposals to the cabinet would let companies treat counter-drone costs as non-operating expenses and offer co-finan...
Political Backlash Threatens the U.S. AI Data Center Boom
State-level reviews, moratoriums and cost-shifting proposals are rewriting the assumptions behind America's AI data cent...
Brazil's Power Distributors to Spend R$20bn on Grids as El Niño Hits
Extreme weather has forced Light, Neoenergia, Energisa and Enel to accelerate network automation, expand crews and rewri...
Turkey Tightens Car Rental Rules with Licences, Fleet Limits and Deposit Caps
The Trade Ministry's new vehicle rental regulation introduces compulsory licences, stricter fleet and vehicle standards,...
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...
New York Overhauls Health Insurance Dispute Rules; Key Changes Take Effect Aug. 26
DFS issued guidance implementing budget law that excludes Medicaid Managed Care from IDR, adds Empire Plan and Student E...
Egypt Sets Compensation Rules for Owners of Distinctive-Style Buildings
Egypt's cabinet approves a framework for compensating owners of architecturally distinctive buildings barred from demoli...
FDA's Mandatory GRAS Notification Rule Gets Cautious Industry Backing
Food and feed groups welcome the proposed GRAS transparency overhaul but warn that FDA resources, workable timelines and...
Brazil Finance Ministry Says More Than 5 Million People Blocked From Online Betting
Restrictions tied to Desenrola debt relief, social-benefit rules and self-exclusion, as the government also moves to pub...
Kazakhstan's Crypto Mining Shift: From Garage Farms to a Licensed 676 MW Industry
Licences, accredited pools and a 70/30 energy program are reshaping Kazakhstan's crypto mining sector—but legal miners f...
E-Scooter Injury Surge Widens UK Insurance Liability Gap to £108 Million
MIB data shows claims from e-scooter incidents have topped £108 million, with a structural legal gap leaving private rid...
Kazakhstan Offers Three-Year Tax Holiday to Crypto Investors in Bid to Revitalise Sector
A new government decree exempts individual investors from income tax on digital asset gains for three years, while creat...
France orders nursing homes to publish three key staffing indicators for family scrutiny
A decree now requires France’s 7,500 elderly care homes to publicly disclose their staff-to-resident ratio, absenteeism ...
Alpacem Cement Pours €30 Million into Emission Control as Slovenian Rules Tighten
Slovenia's largest cement producer plans to install advanced oxidation and catalytic reduction systems to meet new pollu...
Home Equity Fintech Splitero Expands to Four More States Amid Industry Scrutiny
The fintech company now offers its Maturity Match equity investment in 18 states, targeting homeowners with locked-in lo...
Egypt’s New Real Estate Brokerage Rules Take Effect: Jail and Fines for Unlicensed Agents
New rules imposing jail terms and fines of up to EGP1 million on unlicensed real estate brokers are now being enforced, ...
No Policy Bar on Airport Operators Owning Airlines, But PPP Contract Restrictions Exist: Indian Govt
India's government says there is no national policy barring airport operators from owning airlines, but PPP agreements m...
Zuckerberg Defends Open-Source Superintelligence, Pledges $1B Community Fund
Mark Zuckerberg outlines Meta’s vision of widespread superintelligence access, proposes government collaboration on AI s...
Mexico Mobile Line Purge Claims 1.7 Million Users in Q2 as Prepaid Shrinks
Mandatory registration drives a 2.9% quarterly drop in mobile access, with prepaid losing 6.3 million lines in H1, but i...
Online Gambling’s $50bn Boom: Regulation, Tech, and the Investment Landscape
Once shackled by religious prohibition, online gambling has grown into a $50bn-plus market. A wave of new legalizations—...
Regulatory Easing and Tech Trends Drive Online Gambling Growth
The global online gambling market, with revenues estimated above $50bn, is expanding at nearly 10% a year as more countr...
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in Damages Over Youth Mental Health Harm in New Mexico
New Mexico judge enforces jury verdict, adding to mounting legal pressure from over 40 states accusing Meta of prioritiz...
EU Digital Chief Blames Meta, TikTok for Ceuta Border Crisis After False Claims Went Viral
EU Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen says Meta and TikTok failed to stop misinformation that drove tens of thousands ...
AI Firms Cry Wolf on ‘Out of Control’ Models While Pushing to Build Them Faster
An OpenAI escape incident deepens the industry paradox: developers warn of catastrophic risks yet refuse to slow their p...
Brazil's Data Watchdog Opens Probe Into Discord After Teen's Livestreamed Suicide
Regulator cites potential failures under child protection laws; fines of up to R$50 million and platform ban weighed aft...
EPA Moves to Let New Hampshire Exit Ozone Transport Region and Scrap Vehicle Emissions Testing
Proposed rules would withdraw the state from the regional ozone compact and remove its inspection program, shifting regu...
Airbnb Defies Local Crackdowns as Australian Bookings Surge and Asia Expansion Booms
Airbnb reported a 17% revenue jump and accelerating growth in Australian origin nights booked, even as Victorian taxes o...
Meta Ordered to Fund $567M in Youth Safety Programs After New Mexico Ruling
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million for child safety measures on top of a prior $375 million penalty...
Meta Faces 72-Hour Crisis in India as Safe Harbor Immunity Hangs in the Balance
Indian parliamentary panel demands Mark Zuckerberg apologize within three days after a mistakenly blocked post by Prime ...