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Brent Crude Crosses $90 and US Gas Returns to $4 as US-Iran War Enters Ninth Night
Brent crude topped $90.32 on Monday as US forces completed a ninth night of Iran strikes, and AAA reported the national gasoline average returned to $4 per gallon. Goldman Sachs warned clients its $100 oil scenario is back in play.
Japan Seeks Stronger US Nuclear Deterrence After China Fires Submarine Ballistic Missile
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Iran Fires Missiles at Jordan’s Aqaba as IDF Scrambles Interceptors Over Eilat
Four Iranian missiles targeted Jordan's Aqaba resort Sunday; three were intercepted as
Ukraine Launches 400 Drones at Moscow in Largest Strike on Russian Capital
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Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te: Democratic Taiwan Will Never Become China’s Taiwan
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Hungary’s PM Magyar Nominates Chess Champion Judit Polgar for Interim President
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Andy Biggs and David Schweikert Pit MAGA Against Fiscal Conservatism in Arizona Governor Race
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JD Vance’s Fourth Child Is First Baby Born to a Sitting Vice President Since 1870
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Hamilton Ends Russell’s Belgian GP on Lap One, Antonelli Claims Sixth Win at Spa
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Kimi Antonelli Wins Belgian Grand Prix at Spa for His Sixth Victory of the 2026 Season
Kimi Antonelli won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday, defeating Charles Leclerc by 1.9 seconds to claim his sixth victory of the
Ryan Fox Wins The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, Claims First Major at 39
Ryan Fox drained an 11-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole at Royal Birkdale to win the 154th Open Championship at ten under par,
Zinedine Zidane to Become France Manager, Replacing Deschamps After 14 Years
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Dricus du Plessis Defeats Kamaru Usman in Return to UFC Winning Form at Oklahoma City
Dricus du Plessis won by unanimous decision in Oklahoma City, outstriking Kamaru Usman 136-92 in his first UFC fight since losing the middleweight championship
WNBA Suspends Coach Brondello One Game for ‘Protected Species’ Remark About Angel Reese
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Brent Crude Crosses $90 and US Gas Returns to $4 as US-Iran War Enters Ninth Night
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US Pending Home Sales Fall 5.4% in June as Mortgage Rates Keep Buyers Away
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Germany’s Top Earners Are Fleeing as Tax Burden and Pay Gap Drive Emigration
More than half of Germany's highest earners have explored working abroad in the past year, with 54 percent applying for foreign positions or researching
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Spain Wildfires Torch 28,000 Hectares as 2026 Fire Season Triples Last Year’s Pace
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Norway’s Largest Modern Fire Destroys Over 100 Homes in Drammen, Forcing 400 to Flee
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Zoox Issues Fourth Recall in 16 Months After Robotaxi Blinded by Wildfire Smoke
Amazon's Zoox robotaxi stopped at an active wildfire scene in June, blinded by heavy smoke, triggering the company's fourth NHTSA software recall in 16 months. NHTSA Administrator Morrison called the failure a
Apple Names OpenAI’s Hardware Chief in Trade Secrets Lawsuit and Leaves Jony Ive Out
Apple's trade secrets complaint names Tang Yew Tan, OpenAI's chief hardware officer,
Nonprofit Current AI Raises $400 Million for Open AI Infrastructure
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China Doubles Humanoid Robot Output in Six Months as Embodied AI Race Accelerates
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Netflix Pays $587 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Filmmaking Startup InterPositive
Netflix is acquiring InterPositive, Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking startup, for $587 million in cash. The deal comes as more than 300 Netflix titles have
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Over 1.2 million South Korean margin accounts hit call thresholds in July as the KOSPI's violent swings exposed a leveraged retail market. Some 360,000 accounts were liquidated; regulators banned new single-stock leveraged
Samsung Biologics to Buy PolyPeptide for $1.8B in South Korea’s Biggest Biotech Deal
Samsung Biologics made a $1.8 billion all-cash offer for Swiss peptide drug maker PolyPeptide, entering the
IBM’s 25% Crash Exposes What AI Hardware Spending Is Doing to Enterprise Software
IBM fell 25% on July 14 in the worst single-day collapse in 115 years, after CEO
US Pending Home Sales Fall 5.4% in June as Mortgage Rates Keep Buyers Away
The National Association of Realtors reported a 5.4% decline in pending home sales in June, as
China’s CXMT Raises $8.6 Billion in Record Shanghai IPO to Challenge Samsung and Micron
ChangXin Memory Technologies has raised $8.6 billion in a Shanghai STAR Market IPO that attracted 212
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Regulatory Trends Shaping Online Casino Operations
Online casino regulation is undergoing significant transformation as policymakers
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Macau Casino Operators Flag Over 2,000 Suspicious Transactions in First Half of 2026
Macau's six casino operators filed 2,018 suspicious transaction reports