- Trump Suggests Economic, Not Military, Pressure Now Favored Against Iran
on August 10, 2026 at 7:13 amUS President Donald Trump appeared to back off threats of immediate military action against Iran, despite ongoing disputes with Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting he would allow economic pressure to force the Islamic republic to make a long-elusive peace deal.
- French state heritage architects block roof-insulation projects over height restrictions
on August 10, 2026Sarking, which involves slightly raising zinc roofs to insulate them, is authorized under Paris's bioclimatic local urban plan but often faces resistance from guardians of the city's landscape.
- Funding Circle – an unloved fintech going cheap
on August 9, 2026Lending platform Funding Circle has had a tricky time since floating in 2018, but it looks well-placed for growth. […]
- Medicaid Work Requirements Leave Unhoused People Out in the Cold
by Katheryn Houghton on August 8, 2026 at 8:56 pm“You can’t really worry about getting paperwork done when you don’t know where you’re eating today,” said one advocate.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
The rise of artificial intelligence and the widespread use of domestic and international large language models (LLMs) have had a profound impact, for better and worse, on the work of Chinese investigative journalists and news editors. New AI tools have reverberated through campus newsrooms, state [...]
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin [...]
The notice below was issued by the Hunan Library, a provincial institution located in Changsha. It announces the temporary suspension of library Wi-Fi in response to "hazardous" use of censorship circumvention tools. The message is underlined by the inclusion of partly redacted cellphone numbers belonging [...]
Recent weeks have seen extreme weather across central and southern China, particularly in Guangxi, where a dam breach led to at least 26 deaths. These events sparked widespread online discussion about accountability for human failings that exacerbated the damage; lionization of rescue efforts as a [...]
Translations: On Foreign and Domestic Media and “Man-Made Problems Lurking Behind Natural Disasters”
Disaster preparedness and disaster-relief efforts are hot topics on Chinese social media as the country braces for as many as three new typhoons in the next ten days. This follows the devastation earlier this month of twin typhoons Bavi and Maysak, which caused 39 deaths [...]
More than 60,000 years ago, humans in southern Africa were engraving ostrich eggshells with intricate geometric patterns that appear far more organized than previously realized. Researchers found recurring grids, parallel lines, right angles, and repeated shapes, suggesting the designs followed deliberate rules rather than being [...]
A study tracking more than 340,000 adults for over a decade found that heavy drinking increased the risk of death regardless of beverage type. At lower levels, however, the picture became more surprising: beer, cider, and spirits were linked to higher mortality, while wine was [...]
Frequent cannabis users may wake up with unusually high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggesting their daily stress rhythms could be disrupted. Researchers say the finding raises questions about whether using cannabis for stress relief might, over time, interfere with the very system that [...]
Full-fat dairy may be healthier than conventional advice has suggested. In a 12-week study, adults who ate three servings a day showed no meaningful increases in weight, body fat, cholesterol, or insulin resistance. They also experienced improved blood pressure and consumed more calcium, protein, and [...]
Atomically thin semiconductors could enable dramatically smaller and more efficient chips, but a stubborn problem at the boundary between materials has limited their performance. Researchers have now engineered that atomic interface to protect electron flow while still allowing extremely thin insulating layers. The resulting transistors [...]
An intensive seven-day meditation retreat triggered striking changes across the brain and body, including shifts tied to neuroplasticity, immunity, metabolism, and natural pain relief. Participants also showed brain connectivity patterns resembling those associated with psychedelic experiences, suggesting that powerful altered states may be achievable without [...]
Changing how much sweet-tasting food people eat may not change how much they crave or enjoy sweetness after all. In a six-month trial, researchers found that people assigned to high-, low-, or average-sweetness diets showed no meaningful differences in their preference for sweet foods, body [...]
Stress may literally scramble the brain’s internal GPS. Researchers found that cortisol, a hormone released during stress, made people significantly worse at navigating a virtual environment and disrupted the precise activity of grid cells, specialized brain cells that help us understand where we are in [...]
Israel's PM says its military will not pull out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed. [...]
Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank. [...]
Pakistan says an attack on any of the three will amount to an attack against all, amid conflict in the Middle East. [...]
The Houthis say they launched missiles and drones at "Saudi military build-ups" in the central provinces of Marib and Hadramawt. [...]
Yinon Levy is charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen. [...]
Amal Khalil was killed and her colleague Zeinab Faraj wounded in an Israeli attack in April; Israel denied targeting the journalists. [...]
Lebanese authorities says one person was killed in the strikes, which came after the first Israeli military fatalities in Lebanon in more than a month. [...]
There were among seven to be granted humanitarian visas while playing in Australia - but the other five changed their minds and returned to Iran. [...]
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey pledge mutual defense in the face of aggressive Iranian and Israeli operations. [...]
Social callousness pushes even the prosperous to seek new lives overseas. [...]
After Hormuz, global waterways will return to being sites of bloody contention. [...]
Plus, a satire about a Nigerian on holiday, and more international fiction in August. [...]
The latest leftward shift was shorter-lived and less accomplished than its predecessor. [...]
Any level of Iranian control would mark a major geopolitical shift in Tehran’s favor. [...]
The history of the disputed exclave should inform what Spain does next. [...]
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[allAfrica] Why good African businesses and projects can struggle to cross the funding redline [...]
[allAfrica] For years, African finance ministers have made the same case at investor conferences and multilateral summits: the continent is not short of bankable projects, it is short of affordable capital. This week, that case took a tangible step forward. Legal & General Asset Management, [...]
[RFI] Benin's newly created Senate elected former president Patrice Talon as its leader on Thursday in Porto-Novo, less than three months after he left office. He will serve a five-year term at the head of the country's new second chamber of Parliament. [...]
[This Day] Abuja -- Women leaders from 16 communities in Kundu Ward of Kwali Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have launched a community-driven campaign aimed at ending open defecation and improving hygiene practices across the ward. [...]
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Social media posts and AI-generated search results claim that 2 million doses of HIV medication have gone uncollected in South Africa in July 2026. But these claims are false. They have been shared without any supporting evidence, and promote false, dangerous [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has directed Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to move with speed against individuals wearing camouflage and other security-style uniforms while allegedly posing as police officers or members of specialised security units. [...]
[Premium Times] This installment of PREMIUM TIMES 'series of exclusive reporting on last year's failed coup details how a veteran Nollywood actor became involved with suspected coup plotters after developing a friendship with a soldier, before being assigned a propagandist role. [...]