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War / Ukraine war
Zelenskyy: Cut India, China, Turkey’s Russian Oil Trade to End the War
At UNGA, Zelenskyy put India, China and Turkey at the center of his revenue-drain strategy — while asking Trump to turn new tariff authority into leverage.
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Blockchain / Markets
BitMEX shuts down September 2026 after 11 years
The exchange that made the perpetual swap a crypto-market standard has ended trading. The immediate question is how customers retrieve their money; the larger one is what happens when an innovator loses the market it…
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Weather / Mexico
Hurricane Polo Explodes Into a Category 5 Monster Off Mexico — 180 Mph Winds After Record Rapid Intensification
From a 50 mph tropical storm to a 180 mph behemoth in a single day: Polo is the third Category 5 of the 2026 Pacific season, and while its core should stay offshore, life-threatening flooding looms over Guerrero and…
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Technology / Business
Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Sentence for Kakao Founder Kim Beom-su in SM Stock-Manipulation Appeal
Prosecutors want the Seoul High Court to reverse a 2025 acquittal in the SM Entertainment takeover case. The appeal asks how far an aggressive acquisition strategy can go before market conduct becomes criminal…
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World / Syria–Israel
Al-Sharaa Tells Trump: Give Israel New Jersey Instead of Golan Heights
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Atlantic Council speech brought the Trump New Jersey Golan joke — but Syria’s message was serious: no bargaining on Golan sovereignty.
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Politics / U.S.–Venezuela
Trump Meets Venezuela's Rodríguez at UNGA in First Talks Since Maduro Raid
Donald Trump met Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez at UNGA in the first sit-down since the Maduro raid — with a $100 billion oil deal now firmly on the table.
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War / Ukraine–Russia / Black Sea
Deadly Russian Strike Hits Black Sea Cargo Ship, Killing Ukrainian Captain
A deadly Russian strike on a Black Sea cargo ship killed its Ukrainian captain — the latest attack on wartime commercial shipping lanes in the Black Sea.
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War / Ukraine–Russia / Diplomacy
Erdoğan Calls Black Sea Ship Attacks 'Inexplicable' After Zelenskyy Talks
Erdoğan called attacks on Black Sea commercial ships 'inexplicable' after meeting Zelenskyy, as Turkey pushes to shield wartime grain corridors.
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Zelenskyy Accepts Black Sea Maritime Truce, Puts the Ball in Russia’s Court
Kyiv says it’s ready to implement Black Sea navigation terms proposed by Egypt, India and Turkey — but the truce stays incomplete until the Kremlin accepts.
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Zelenskyy Tells UN ‘Don’t Stay Silent’: Demands World Condemn Russia
In his first in-person UNGA address since the invasion, Zelenskyy argued weapons — not institutions — decide survival, urging 193 nations to condemn Moscow.
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War / Sudan
Sudan Army Launches Biggest North Kordofan Offensive Yet
The army is trying to turn its late-July gains around El Obeid into a road toward Darfur—and battlefield momentum into political leverage after rejecting a U.S.-backed peace plan.
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War / South Sudan
Kiir Dissolves South Sudan's Transitional Government, Names Caretaker Administration Ahead of December 22 Elections
The world's youngest country has never held a national vote. Kiir calls dissolving the 2018 power-sharing regime the legal step that makes a December election possible; critics call it a power grab by a president…
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World / South Africa
Shadrack Sibiya Rape Charges: Top South Africa Cop Faces Court
The suspended deputy national police commissioner — once the public face of the SAPS — now sits in a Pretoria prison cell, charged with rape, trafficking and the sexual grooming of a child. What his fall means for a…
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Economy / Africa / Markets
Egypt Holds Rates While Nigeria Slashes to 23%: Africa's Biggest Economies Diverge
Egypt kept its deposit and lending rates at 19% and 20% for a fifth meeting, while Nigeria delivered a 350-basis-point cut that Governor Olayemi Cardoso called a reset, not an easing.
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World / Politics / UNGA
Trump UN General Assembly 2026 Speech: Threats, Deals, Institution Attacks
President Donald Trump's 37-minute UN address mixed an Iran threat, a Greenland pact and attacks on global institutions — and here is what matters next.
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World / Germany / Elections
Germany Election 2026 CDU Defeat Reshapes the Right
Germany’s CDU fell below 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as the AfD won 38.2%, intensifying pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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Economy / Housing / Federal Reserve
Mortgage Rates 7 Percent 2026: Affordability Shock
Mortgage rates crossed 7% after the Federal Reserve’s surprise hike, closing the refinance window and deepening the U.S. housing-affordability squeeze.
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Markets / Energy / Middle East
Oil Prices Brent $100: Pipeline Restart Eases Risk
Brent slipped below $100 as Saudi Arabia restarted its East-West Pipeline and traders weighed tentative U.S.–Iran contacts against persistent Gulf risks.
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World / Japan / U.S.–China
Japan's Takaichi Lobbies Trump on Taiwan at UNGA Before Xi Summit
Japan’s Sanae Takaichi used a ‘timely’ UNGA meeting with Donald Trump to press security and supply-chain concerns before his high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping.
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World / South Korea / Mexico
Lee Jae Myung Mexico Summit 2026: A Two-Front Trip
Lee Jae Myung’s UN debut, unresolved $350 billion U.S. investment package and Mexico summit turn one trip into a test of South Korea’s reach.
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Technology / Artificial Intelligence
GPT-6 Sol and Luna Price Starts an AI Cost War
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol and Luna cut model prices sharply, shifting the frontier-AI contest from raw capability toward inference economics and enterprise scale.
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Claude Opus 5.5 Release Cuts Cost, Raises Stakes
Claude Opus 5.5 pairs lower costs with a one-million-token context window, arriving days after Anthropic’s CEO argued the AI frontier should slow.
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