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Tulsa kept from chance at LLBWS bid, judge rules
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Tulsa kept from chance at LLBWS bid, judge rules

A Texas judge backed a decision to remove a Tulsa, Oklahoma, team from the Southwest Region and keep it from playing in Tuesday's title game for a spot in the Little League Baseball World Series, according to a statement from a Little League spokesperson.

Post your questions for John Hannah
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Post your questions for John Hannah

Your mum’s favourite star of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Sliding Doors, Spartacus and a new GoPro-filmed thriller is ready to answer your quetionsHe’s your mum’s favourite, after playing the jolly nice man who is jolly nice to Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors, and the jolly nice man who delivers the heartbreaking WH Auden eulogy for his partner in Four Wedd

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UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds
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UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down citiesRepeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows.Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June’s unseasonall

‘I turned down Gandhi because I’m terrified of snakes’: the amazing movie memories of Bruce Dern
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‘I turned down Gandhi because I’m terrified of snakes’: the amazing movie memories of Bruce Dern

Famed for playing loners, cranks and wayward angels, the Hollywood star is now a wolfish 90 – but he still jogs daily. As he takes his latest film to Edinburgh, we meet the man Hitchcock called ‘the golden calf’‘Can you take another story?” asks the veteran actor Bruce Dern towards the end of our talk, as though every tale is a drink and the landlord has cal

investingLive Asia-Pacific Financial Market news: Oil edges higher
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investingLive Asia-Pacific Financial Market news: Oil edges higher

Australia sets world leading pay floor for 250,000 gig delivery workersGulf states quietly by-pass choke points as Hormuz risk lingers, Saudi Oman deal fits patternAsian shares diverge as chip rally lifts Kospi, Nikkei awaits US CPIWorld's biggest private gold holder Tether gives users weeks to exit vaultTrump says has total control of Hormuz. Remarks that j

Australia sets world leading pay floor for 250,000 gig delivery workers
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Australia sets world leading pay floor for 250,000 gig delivery workers

The direct macro effect here is likely to be modest but real, and skews inflationary at the margin. A mandated hourly floor of A$31.30, roughly 18% above the national minimum wage, lifts labour costs across a delivery sector that touches food and grocery prices for a large share of households, and platforms will need to decide how much of that cost gets abso

Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight
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Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight

The Comac C919 will fly from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, although experts say it could take generations for it to challenge the west’s dominance of the industryChina hopes to break into the world of commercial aviation with the first international flight of a Chinese-made passenger jet scheduled for Wednesday.The Comac C919 will take off from Beijing

Goldman chief economist Hatzius expects a benign July US CPI print
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Goldman chief economist Hatzius expects a benign July US CPI print

Hatzius's forecast, a headline print around 0.05% month on month and core near 0.19%, would sit in line with or slightly below consensus and reinforce the softer trend he says began in June, a read that would ease pressure on the Fed heading into September if it holds. The more consequential number in the interview may be the sharp downward revision to Goldm

Japan bond yields rise as oil gains stoke fresh inflation concerns
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Japan bond yields rise as oil gains stoke fresh inflation concerns

The move higher in JGB yields, led by a record high on the five year and the highest two year print since May 1995, reflects markets pricing a firmer case for further Bank of Japan tightening as imported inflation risk builds via crude. That the two year, the tenor most sensitive to BOJ policy, is leading the move fits with Tokyo Tanshi data showing traders

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NVIDIA AI Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class
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NVIDIA AI Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class

We announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent financing platforms designed to mobilize over $500 billion of third-party capital to support the buildout of AI infrastructure over time. This is a major milestone for NVIDIA and the AI industry.

All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu performs solo haka against New Zealand in South Africa tour match
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All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu performs solo haka against New Zealand in South Africa tour match

Nonu on Sharks bench after signing for South African side last week‘I thought it was the right thing to do,’ says 104-cap former All BlackSouth African rugby teams love facing the haka. None have ever replied to New Zealand’s traditional pre-match challenge with another haka until Tuesday.Ma’a Nonu stepped in front of his new Sharks teammates and performed a

Reuters Tankan hits highest manufacturing reading since March on chip boom
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Reuters Tankan hits highest manufacturing reading since March on chip boom

The improvement in both readings, and particularly the jump in the chemicals and metal and machinery sub-indexes, points to semiconductor supply chain strength continuing to broaden out across Japan's industrial base rather than staying concentrated in a narrow set of chipmakers. That the manufacturers' index has reached its best level since March suggests t

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Households near new pylons to get £250 taken off annual energy bills
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Households near new pylons to get £250 taken off annual energy bills

Discounts confirmed near more than 40 locations across Great Britain amid biggest upgrade to electricity grid since 1960sHouseholds living near new power pylons will have £250 a year taken off their energy bills as the UK government prepares to push ahead with more than 40 grid upgrade projects across the country.The government has promised hundreds of thous

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Premier League 2026-27 preview No 5: Brighton
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Premier League 2026-27 preview No 5: Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler has lost key players including Welbeck and Van Hecke with Brighton needing squad depth to cope with the demands of European footballGuardian writers’ predicted position: 9th (NB: this is not necessarily John Brewin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 8th Continue reading...

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Romell Glave soars to European men’s 100m title in British one-two ahead of Jeremiah Azu
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Romell Glave soars to European men’s 100m title in British one-two ahead of Jeremiah Azu

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs pulls up injuredItaly’s Nadia Battocletti wins gold in women’s 5,000mOn Marcell Jacobs’ right arm there is a tattoo of the Roman colosseum and a gladiator: a reminder of his fighting spirit and what Italy’s capital means to him. But in the swirling bearpit of a European championships 100m final, the former Olympic champion’s b

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Coinbase secures Abu Dhabi license for tokenized securities
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Coinbase secures Abu Dhabi license for tokenized securities

Coinbase has secured Abu Dhabi regulatory approval to arrange investment deals and provide custody as it prepares an international hub for tokenized securities and onchain capital markets. Coinbase secures approval for tokenized securities Coinbase said in an announcement published by…

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Arthur Fery ready to test himself at Masters level after Wimbledon run
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Arthur Fery ready to test himself at Masters level after Wimbledon run

Briton reached SW19 semi-finals as a wildcardWorld No 36 has first-round bye in CincinnatiArthur Fery believes he is at the start of a new chapter in his career as he returns to competition for the first time since his surprise run to the Wimbledon semi-finals as a wildcard.Fery will compete for the first time in a month at the Cincinnati Open this week, aft

Mexican Peso hits 25-month high as US CPI lurks
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Mexican Peso hits 25-month high as US CPI lurks

The Mexican Peso (MXN) is poised to end Tuesday’s session with solid gains of 0.32% against the US Dollar (USD) as money markets await the release of the US July inflation figures, while USD/MXN trades at 17.08, a level last seen in June 2024.

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Spritehood NFTs raise $1.28M on Robinhood Chain
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Spritehood NFTs raise $1.28M on Robinhood Chain

Spritehood has sold 42,956 paid NFTs on Robinhood Chain in about 53 minutes, generating nearly $1.28 million for Pudgy Penguins co-founder Cole Villemain. Spritehood NFT sale reached $1.28 million The Defiant reported that Villemain launched Spritehood on Aug.

40 balls, 80 runs - Seifert's sensational 52 minutes at the crease
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40 balls, 80 runs - Seifert's sensational 52 minutes at the crease

Manchester Super Giants' Tim Seifert hits 80 runs off just 40 balls inside 52 minutes, in an innings that includes seven sixes, as he guides his side to a 10-wicket win against Sunrisers Leeds, a victory which sees the Super Giants move above their opponents and in pole position to qualify for the Eliminator match.

Birmingham 2026: European Athletics Championships day two – live
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Birmingham 2026: European Athletics Championships day two – live

Highlights are men’s 100m and women’s 100m hurdles Hodgkinson up and running | Ticket backlash | Mail BillyWomen’s 5,000m: Koster starts to make a move towards the front and Britain’s 20-year-old Innes FitzGerald, a student at the University of Exeter, tries to go with her. Here comes García, who is joined at the front by her compatriot Idaira Ferrero.

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Emery positive about Aston Villa’s outlook despite summer exits as PSG await
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Emery positive about Aston Villa’s outlook despite summer exits as PSG await

Ebullient manager takes his side to Salzburg to cross swords with the European champions in the Super CupOne thing was almost instantly detectable as Unai Emery walked into a stuffy room inside the Red Bull Arena on the eve of Wednesday’s Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain. After a summer of change, Aston Villa’s manager appeared uber-relaxed, confident h

CT3 begins preparations for CT3GB token listing
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CT3 begins preparations for CT3GB token listing

CT3 is preparing for the CT3GB token listing by expanding storage infrastructure, building reserves, upgrading smart contracts, and planning an independent audit. CT3 has started comprehensive preparations for the future CT3GB token listing as it expands the CT3 Cloud ecosystem.…

Buzzer-beaters and besties: the rivalries and friendships that make the WNBA
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Buzzer-beaters and besties: the rivalries and friendships that make the WNBA

From Comets-Liberty and Lynx-Sparks to Wilson-Gray and the StudBudz, the feuds and friendships that have shaped 30 years of the WNBASign up to get WNBA 30 in your inbox every TuesdayIt’s Rivals Week in the W, and it’s already given us so many spicy viral moments. But when I look at the matchups that headline the schedule, it made me think of all the differen

Flowdesk secures full broker-dealer license in Dubai
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Flowdesk secures full broker-dealer license in Dubai

Flowdesk has secured a full broker-dealer license in Dubai, allowing its local entity to provide regulated crypto services to qualified and institutional investors in and from the emirate. Flowdesk completes Dubai’s licensing process Flowdesk said Tuesday that the Virtual Assets…

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Stokes’ presence and group stage drama add to One-Day Cup’s quiet resurgence
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Stokes’ presence and group stage drama add to One-Day Cup’s quiet resurgence

Dawn of the Hundred may have ‘devalued’ the competition, but events at New Road show there is still life in county cricketThe Metro Bank One-Day Cup has been a bit of a sleeper hit this summer. Words such as “devalued” and “second tier” have followed the tournament since the dawn of the Hundred in 2021 but there has been a quiet resurgence of late.The prolon

New York Jets’ Qwan’tez Stiggers in hospital after collapsing during practice
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New York Jets’ Qwan’tez Stiggers in hospital after collapsing during practice

Cornerback loses consciousness during joint practiceTeam indicate 24-year-old is recovering wellNew York Jets cornerback Qwan’tez Stiggers was taken to a hospital by ambulance after he briefly lost consciousness during a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday.Jets coach Aaron Glenn said the 24-year-old Stiggers was conscious and talking on t

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‘I am quite optimistic’: Newcastle’s Jaissle on leading club after turbulent summer
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‘I am quite optimistic’: Newcastle’s Jaissle on leading club after turbulent summer

The former Al-Ahli head coach, chosen by the Saudi owners to replace Eddie Howe, admits ‘vacuum’ after sale of three key playersMatthias Jaissle has been described as “fire” and a “rockstar”, but his formal “unveiling” as Newcastle’s manager revealed a rather more considered and conservative character than advertised.At the precise moment the clock struck 3p

Bitwise Solana ETF approved for loans at 25% LTV
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Bitwise Solana ETF approved for loans at 25% LTV

Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF has received approval from a major bank for customers to borrow up to 25% of their shares’ value, adding a lending function to the U.S.-listed crypto fund. Bitwise co-founder and CEO Hunter Horsley disclosed the approval…

Ten Ways to Die Happy review – gameshow invites you to don a robe and treasure time
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Ten Ways to Die Happy review – gameshow invites you to don a robe and treasure time

Underbelly, Bristo Square, EdinburghAudience members are invited to examine what they will do with their lives in this earnest shared thought experimentIf you could hold the years of your life in your hands like coins, would you choose to spend them differently? This is the thoughtful, earnest tone of Ten Ways to Die Happy, an existential but somewhat formul

Address poisoning attack drains $100K USDT
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Address poisoning attack drains $100K USDT

A crypto user has lost approximately 100,000 USDT after transferring the funds to a lookalike wallet address planted in the victim’s transaction history 66 days earlier. Cyvers Alerts reported on Aug.

Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users
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Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users

Google also shared numbers of how people are actually using the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking directly to the assistant using the voice feature. Plus, Gemini now generates more than 150 million images every day, according to Google.

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Oil: Strait of Hormuz risk premium – Commerzbank
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Oil: Strait of Hormuz risk premium – Commerzbank

Commerzbank’s energy team notes fading hopes for a US–Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, driving Brent toward USD 90 and gas oil to nearly USD 1,350 per ton. Drone attacks on refineries in Saudi Arabia, Russia, Libya and tight diesel supply add to the risk premium.

The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial
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The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial

Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome developmentAs the huge societal ramifications of artificial intelligence have become clear, some of the tech industry’s most senior figures have taken to writing thinkpieces on what comes next. The latest to do so is

Silver Price Forecast: XAG pullback puts $63.50 in focus
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Silver Price Forecast: XAG pullback puts $63.50 in focus

Silver price reverses its course, drops some 2.70% on Tuesday, even though US Treasury yields and the Greenback remained steady, amid news that if the US does not comply with Iran’s demands, the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed. The XAG/USD trades at $64.77, after hitting a daily high of $66.49.

Japanese Yen pares losses ahead of US inflation report
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Japanese Yen pares losses ahead of US inflation report

The Japanese Yen (JPY) trades flat above 159.00 on Tuesday after several days of US Dollar (USD) strength following the intervention that briefly boosted the Yen. The pair has retraced most of its sharp intervention-driven decline, facing pressure from elevated Oil prices and a firm US Dollar (USD).

Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football
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Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football

Uefa, Concacaf and AFC working together on systemFifa has ignored calls for an independent reviewGianni Infantino’s opponents are working together to produce a new framework for running world football to replace what they regard as a system of patronage that Fifa has adopted since he replaced Sepp Blatter as president 10 years ago.Repeated calls from Uefa, C

Reports: Judge rules Tulsa can play for LLBWS bid
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Reports: Judge rules Tulsa can play for LLBWS bid

A Little League team from Tulsa, Oklahoma, disqualified from the Southwest tournament due to an ineligible player, has been granted a temporary restraining order, according to multiple reports, and will play for a Little League World Series berth Tuesday.

Will Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side?
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Will Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side?

The prime minister’s money-saving policies are popular but they are yet to convince voters he can take on the big thingsIt was last year that Martin Lewis, the money-saving guru, advised the government to find “100 small things that piss people off” and set about sorting them out.That approach has been adopted almost immediately by Andy Burnham since enterin

EIA raises crude oil price forecasts as Middle East supply risks tighten outlook
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EIA raises crude oil price forecasts as Middle East supply risks tighten outlook

The latest EIA outlook includes a notable upward revision to crude oil price forecasts for both 2026 and 2027, while also adjusting its expectations for global supply and demand. The agency also highlighted significant Middle East production disruptions in July and continued risks surrounding key shipping routes.Key takeaways from the latest outlook: U.S.

Apple TV eyes US broadcast rights to the Open as foray into sports broadcasting continues
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Apple TV eyes US broadcast rights to the Open as foray into sports broadcasting continues

NBC is current US broadcaster of tournamentStreaming services making inroads into live sportsApple TV has joined the battle to win US rights to golf’s Open Championship in the streaming platform’s latest move into sport.The Guardian has learned that Apple has had preliminary discussions with the R&A about bidding for the Open, whose current US deal with NBC

US treasury sells $75 billion 3 year notes at a high yield of 4.291%
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US treasury sells $75 billion 3 year notes at a high yield of 4.291%

High yield 4.291% WI level at the time of the auction 4.296% Tail -0.5 basis points versus average of 0.0%. Bid to cover 2.71X versus 6 month average of 2.61XIndirects (overseas buyers) 64.2% versus average of 64.3% Directs 24.0% versus average of 21.7%Dealers 11.8% versus average of 13.9%AUCTION GRADE B+Solid demand with a negative detail.

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Flat racing’s biggest draw Bow Echo in shock retirement after training injury
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Flat racing’s biggest draw Bow Echo in shock retirement after training injury

Unbeaten colt’s career cut short after six racesBoughey: ‘He has given us some extraordinary days’The trainer George Boughey announced on Tuesday the shock retirement of his superstar colt Bow Echo because of injury.The three‑year-old had cemented his reputation as the outstanding miler in Europe at the Glorious Goodwood meeting two weeks ago, defying the od

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Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing | Letter
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Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing | Letter

Water boards in the south of England should have paid attention to scientific models and built reservoirs, writes Steve Lindsay, while Martin Gray suggests turning salt water into drinking water is the answerIn 1998, I travelled to London for the release of the Meteorological Office’s first forecasts of the impact of climate change on the UK. I was encourage

European shares end mixed, but DAX and Ibex close at record highs
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European shares end mixed, but DAX and Ibex close at record highs

As London/European traders head for the exits, the major European equity indices are closing mixed, but Germany's DAX and Spain's Ibex stand out after closing at new record highs. The DAX rose 0.26%, while the Ibex added 0.20%, extending the recent run of record-setting performances across European equities.

Djed Spence nears Tottenham exit with Inter in talks over £25.6m move
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Djed Spence nears Tottenham exit with Inter in talks over £25.6m move

England defender keen on move to Italian championsUdogie and Porro set to be Spurs’ first-choice full-backsTottenham are prepared to allow Djed Spence to join Inter, with the England defender expected to cost around €30m (£25.6m).Spence – who started four games at the World Cup, including the semi-final against Argentina – has fallen further down the pecking

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‘Subsidies for fossil fuels ... are pouring fuel on the fire’: your questions on fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis answered
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‘Subsidies for fossil fuels ... are pouring fuel on the fire’: your questions on fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis answered

Reporters Jillian Ambrose and Damian Carrington discussed their story on oil firms’ profits amid the war in Iran and the climate crisis and answered your related questionsPCMcGarry asks: Given the facts that we live on a collection of islands and that tides are predictable, what serious efforts have been made to harness sea power and with what success?Damian

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USD/CHF Price Forecast: Buyers struggle to clear the 21-day SMA
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USD/CHF Price Forecast: Buyers struggle to clear the 21-day SMA

USD/CHF trades with a positive bias on Tuesday as the US Dollar (USD) consolidates its recent gains ahead of Wednesday’s US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. Price action has stabilized above the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) following a sharp pullback from above 0.8200 in late July.

Twenty One Capital posts $413.5M Q2 loss as Bitcoin falls
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Twenty One Capital posts $413.5M Q2 loss as Bitcoin falls

Tether-backed Bitcoin-focused company Twenty One Capital has reported a $413.5 million net loss for the second quarter of 2026 after Bitcoin’s decline reduced the value of its holdings. Bitcoin losses have dominated Twenty One Capital’s results According to Twenty One…

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British Pound holds near 1.3500 as US CPI, UK GDP loom
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British Pound holds near 1.3500 as US CPI, UK GDP loom

The Pound Sterling (GBP) holds firm against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday following the release of softer-than-expected US jobs data, while investors await US inflation data on Wednesday and UK GDP releases on Thursday. At the time of writing, the GBP/USD pair trades at 1.3508, nearly unchanged.

‘There is no age-limit on love!’: Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan on their heart-melting TV romance
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‘There is no age-limit on love!’: Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan on their heart-melting TV romance

Ten years later, the actors are stopped in the street to talk about their chemistry in the fantastic BBC sitcom Mum. The pair open up about joy, naughtiness and Tinder swipingMore from our series Making Love: ‘We met and two minutes later we were kissing’ – how Gavin and Stacey became Britain’s most bang tidy TV coupleTen years ago, Stefan Golaszewski introd

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Australia taking ‘one week at a time’ as mammoth Test schedule begins against Bangladesh
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Australia taking ‘one week at a time’ as mammoth Test schedule begins against Bangladesh

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey says it has been a ‘long winter’ of waiting for the match in Darwin which is the first of at least 20 Tests over the next 12 monthsTest cricket in Darwin is an oddity, as Australia and Bangladesh prepare for the first five-dayer in the Top End since 2004. But there is something downright strange about the red-ball adventure the Austra

Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating
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Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating

Where the 80s series was all pastels and shoulder pads, the noughties action thriller has flip phones and Linkin Park – a better fit for a less optimistic worldOn its release in 2006, Michael Mann’s Miami Vice seemed primed to quickly fade from cultural memory. A summer blockbuster with the flavour-of-the-month hook that it was based on a popular 80s TV seri

‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
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‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men

In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like herSign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsQin has never said “I love you” to her parents or friends. She has only ever said those three special words to her AI “boyfriend”, Lu Ch

Shipfinex taps ADI Chain to tokenize $500M vessel portfolio
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Shipfinex taps ADI Chain to tokenize $500M vessel portfolio

Dubai-based Shipfinex has partnered with ADI Chain to tokenize about 35 vessels valued at roughly $500 million, with the planned structure designed to give shipowners access to blockchain-based financing and investment channels. According to Shipfinex, each vessel in the planned…

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Copernicus! Tony Soprano! The inventor of the semicolon! The heroic obsessions of artist Isabel Nolan
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Copernicus! Tony Soprano! The inventor of the semicolon! The heroic obsessions of artist Isabel Nolan

Ireland’s artist at the Venice Biennale steals religious imagery for her secular celebrations of scientists and humanists, including an Italian punctuation master – and even TV’s famous mobsterIt’s a long way to the Irish pavilion at the Venice Biennale. First, you pass through the biennale’s colossal central exhibition, housed in a sequence of cavernous med

Sources: Cowboys, Williams reach $105.9M deal
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Sources: Cowboys, Williams reach $105.9M deal

The Cowboys and star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams have agreed to terms on a three-year, $105.9 million extension to make him one of the highest-paid defensive linemen in the NFL, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt
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Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt

Flight from Victoria to Toronto forced to return to terminal after repeated attempts to secure child in seat failedA Canadian airline cancelled a flight from Victoria to Toronto after a child refused to wear a seatbelt.The child was standing in their chair as the 6 August Porter Airlines flight taxied towards the runway, the airline said. Repeated attempts b

US July existing home sales 4.06m vs 4.05m expected
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US July existing home sales 4.06m vs 4.05m expected

Prior was 4.09m (revised to 4.13m)Sales -1.7% vs -2.4% prior (revised to -1.4%)Home prices +2.0% y/yMedian price $434,100Inventory at 4.6 months vs 4.6 months priorThe housing market is in a steady state that isn't helped by high mortgage rates due to rising Treasury yields. There is some steady growth in that chart but when you discount it against CPI, ther

Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra … review – how to sell a single shoe on eBay and other stories
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Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra … review – how to sell a single shoe on eBay and other stories

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghA comic on the verge of the big time offers a ‘very silly hour’ around the highways and byways of her lifeA former winner of the Sean Lock award for comic originality, Harriet Dyer richly delivers on that promise of oddity in her latest show, Easily Distra … As its title suggests, you can shelve any expectation of coherence or narrati

Axe stamp duty? How Andy Burnham could change property tax
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Axe stamp duty? How Andy Burnham could change property tax

The new PM could bring in revenue for social care or defence with a land levy or by reforming council taxResidential property is the largest store of wealth in the UK, and has long been a target for those who believe homes should be taxed more. Real estate remains a juicy plum for Andy Burnham to pick as he searches for ways to pay for an overhaul of the soc

Keely Hodgkinson puts on shades and breezes into European 800m semi-finals in style
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Keely Hodgkinson puts on shades and breezes into European 800m semi-finals in style

Briton wore sunglasses for first time in a race in victoryHodgkinson’s time of 1min 57.28sec her fastest in a heatKeely Hodgkinson breezed through the opening round of the 800m at the European championships with her ­fastest time in a heat – before laughing about why she had worn sunglasses for the first time in a race.“It’s sunny out there,” she joked. “I’m

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eToro to buy TradeZero as crypto trades fall 73% year over year
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eToro to buy TradeZero as crypto trades fall 73% year over year

eToro has agreed to acquire U.S.-focused brokerage TradeZero for up to $231 million as the trading platform pushes further into the American market while crypto activity among its users continues to fall. eToro said Tuesday that the cash-and-stock transaction would…

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Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
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Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them

Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performersSpotify is to label AI artists and exclude them from algorithm recommendations as part of a crackdown on fake performers.The world’s largest music streaming platform is creating a label for AI-generated artist identities called “

Japan: BoJ inflation focus and rate risks – Rabobank
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Japan: BoJ inflation focus and rate risks – Rabobank

Rabobank's Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley examines Japanese inflation dynamics and Bank of Japan policy. The report notes elevated Oil prices and supply risks, but stresses BoJ’s focus on core inflation and wage-driven pressures after decades of deflation.

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European Athletics Championships face backlash over ‘crazy prices’ and empty seats
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European Athletics Championships face backlash over ‘crazy prices’ and empty seats

Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium half-full on MondayAthletes and fans join chorus of concern over pricesKeely Hodgkinson’s coach, and the BBC commentator Steve Cram have led a chorus of concern about high ticket prices causing low ­attendances at the European ­Athletics Championships in Birmingham.Fans have also criticised the high food prices at the Alexander

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Feel the burn: why holidays from hell make for blistering fiction
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Feel the burn: why holidays from hell make for blistering fiction

Family fallouts, failing marriages, sunburn, food poisoning ... from Deborah Levy’s hypnotic and disturbing Hot Milk to All In, Claire Powell’s all-inclusive nightmare, Leon Craig looks at the best novels about vile vacationsEvery summer, we long for a much-needed break from daily life, dreaming of self-reinvention in some distant paradise.

Juilliard Orch/Royal Academy Symphony Orch / Salonen/Frang review – student players let rip, eventually
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Juilliard Orch/Royal Academy Symphony Orch / Salonen/Frang review – student players let rip, eventually

Royal Albert Hall, LondonEsa-Pekka Salonen led an orchestra of players from London’s Royal Academy of Music and New York’s Juilliard School through 20th-century classics with Vilde Frang the electrifying soloist in Berg’s Violin ConcertoHot on the heels of the National Youth Orchestra’s Prom, here was another outstanding student ensemble: an orchestra recrui

Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction
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Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction

Two likely lads in their 20s deal with problematic lives that dramatically intersect in this persuasive London dramaThis gritty crime drama unfolds entirely within the Punjabi community in London’s Hounslow district, a plausible demographic situation in which white people are so peripheral to the story that they are little more than extras. In fact watching

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Oil prices hover near $90 a barrel and gold hits two-month high as Trump makes new demands on Iran – business live
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Oil prices hover near $90 a barrel and gold hits two-month high as Trump makes new demands on Iran – business live

US president demands compensation for damage incurred by US, complicating standoff with TehranOil prices have see-sawed: Brent crude jumped more than 2% to just over $90 a barrel, the highest level since 31 July, but has now dipped 0.3% to $87.53 a barrel.It went higher earlier after a small cargo ship was attacked on Tuesday by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis

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US ADP Employment Change 4-week average drops to 8.25K
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US ADP Employment Change 4-week average drops to 8.25K

Private-sector hiring in the US has further cooled in late July. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 8.25K jobs per week in the four weeks ending July 25.

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ADP weekly NER pulse 8.25K vs 15K prior
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ADP weekly NER pulse 8.25K vs 15K prior

Prior was 15.0KFor the four weeks ending July 25, 2026, US private employers added an average of 8,250 jobs a week down from 15,000 last week.What is this release?Initiated in late 2025, ADP releases the NER Pulse, an estimate of the week-over-week change in employment based on a four-week moving average. These releases are seasonally adjusted and have a two

Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly offered to Manchester United as left-back solution
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Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly offered to Manchester United as left-back solution

Chelsea also made aware of 19-year-old’s availabilityNewcastle’s Lewis Hall remains prime United targetMyles Lewis-Skelly has been offered to Manchester United as a potential left-back option, with Arsenal wishing to recoup some of the £75m paid to Newcastle for Bruno Guimarães.Chelsea, it is understood, have also been made aware of the 19-year-old’s availab

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Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning
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Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning

Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominanceHello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Montgomery this week.

Transfer roundup: Nottingham Forest seal £34m deal for Sporting’s Diomande
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Transfer roundup: Nottingham Forest seal £34m deal for Sporting’s Diomande

Fulham sign Shea Charles from Saints for £30mChelsea’s Filip Jorgensen moves to Strasbourg on loanNottingham Forest have signed Côte d’Ivoire defender Ousmane Diomande from Sporting Lisbon for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £34.2m.The 22-year-old centre-half, who featured in the Côte d’Ivoire’s World Cup squad, has agreed a four-year deal with Forest, wh

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County cricket: One-Day Cup group stage coming to the boil in another heatwave
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County cricket: One-Day Cup group stage coming to the boil in another heatwave

With the final round of fixtures played on Tuesday, only one county are sure to be playing in the quarter-finalsBy the 99.94 Cricket BlogMiddlesex, having lost just one of seven matches to date, cannot be caught for a top three slot in Group B and will play in the knockout phase on Friday or Sunday or both – it’s complicated. The better of their two wins las

investingLive European FX news wrap: RBA holds steady, Iran-Oman close to Hormuz deal
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investingLive European FX news wrap: RBA holds steady, Iran-Oman close to Hormuz deal

US July NFIB small business optimism index 99.8 vs 97.5 expectedAnother cargo ship reportedly struck by the Houthis in the Red SeaUK stats office to only decide in July next year on plausibility of transition to improved labour market dataItaly trade surplus widens to €4.2 billion in June as exports accelerateThe S&P 500 rally stalls as US-Iran deal gets del

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Chelsea face Real Sociedad in WCL third qualifying round with riches at stake
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Chelsea face Real Sociedad in WCL third qualifying round with riches at stake

WSL team will be favourites against Spanish sideFinancial implications of missing out are significantChelsea will face Real Sociedad in the Women’s Champions League’s third qualifying round, needing a victory over two legs to earn a place in the main league phase of the competition.The 2021 runners-up and six-time European semi-finalists are taking part in t

Premier League 2026-27 preview No 4: Brentford
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Premier League 2026-27 preview No 4: Brentford

Keith Andrews and the high-scoring Igor Thiago face difficult second album after outperforming expectationsGuardian writers’ predicted position: 8th (NB: this is not necessarily John Brewin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 9th Continue reading...

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The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering. It devastated mom-and-pop businesses instead
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The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering. It devastated mom-and-pop businesses instead

Small businesses pay hidden toll after money-transfer rule change to curb illicit activities near the US-Mexico borderLast April, the Trump administration rolled out its latest tool in the fight against Mexican cartels: an aggressive crackdown on money transfers near the US-Mexico border.The administration said that, in an effort to stop money laundering and

Spin Cycle review – romcom hits full speed as couple air their dirty laundry
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Spin Cycle review – romcom hits full speed as couple air their dirty laundry

Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh There is crackling chemistry between Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell while their washing gets done but this play remains a puzzleNames go missing like lost socks in this laundry-based, amnesia-laced romcom. With crackling chemistry but a holey structure, Zofia Zerphy’s Offie award-winning story of a queer meet-cute asks wha

MiCA deadline left 1,062 EEA crypto firms without authorization
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MiCA deadline left 1,062 EEA crypto firms without authorization

Only 281 of 1,343 crypto service providers operating across the European Economic Area have secured MiCA authorization after the EU’s final transition period expired on July 1, leaving more than 1,000 firms without approval under the bloc’s licensing regime. According…

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Hotel prices in Europe jump before total solar eclipse
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Hotel prices in Europe jump before total solar eclipse

Rooms in Icelandic capital Reykjavík cost double usual rate and Spain also enjoying strong bookingsEurope’s total solar eclipse: the best place to see itHotel prices have surged in key European cities as hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to see the first total eclipse visible from the continent this century.Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, has seen one of

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CryptoQuant predicts bear market nearing its end: Whales are accumulating BTC, ETH, and XRP, creating an opportunity to earn $10,000 a day
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CryptoQuant predicts bear market nearing its end: Whales are accumulating BTC, ETH, and XRP, creating an opportunity to earn $10,000 a day

CryptoQuant says large holders are accumulating BTC, ETH, and XRP despite market weakness, while EiCrypto highlights cloud mining for diversified crypto income. Analytics firm CryptoQuant notes that despite recent market weakness, large holders of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have continued…

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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales

Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leaveCourts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as “spyware”.Last month courts in New York announced a ban on th

Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell
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Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell

A recent letter signed by 1,367 researchers and engineers at frontier AI labs – mainly OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Deepmind – points to a dangerous momentIt is fashionable in certain circles to dismiss the catastrophic risks of AI. One often hears that “the real experts” who work on the technology every day are really not concerned at all; that only “doomer

Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
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Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism

This new adaptation of Michael Ende’s 1973 novel contains some neat parables for our digitally nihilistic age, but even a mystical tortoise can’t save it it from monotonyMomo – the 1973 fantasy novel by German author Michael Ende, who also wrote The Neverending Story – has been adapted in live and animated forms before, in 1986 and 2001. This latest version,

US July NFIB small business optimism index 99.8 vs 97.5 expected
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US July NFIB small business optimism index 99.8 vs 97.5 expected

Prior was 97.4Full report hereOptimism among US small business owners strengthened further in July, with the NFIB index rising 2.4 points to 99.8. The reading moved above the index’s 52-year average of 98.0 and reached its highest level since August 2025.The July increase was broad-based, with eight of the index’s 10 components improving, while two declined.

Australian Dollar: RBA keeps door open – Rabobank
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Australian Dollar: RBA keeps door open – Rabobank

Rabobank's Senior Macro Strategist Bas van Geffen reports that the Australian Dollar (AUD) slipped briefly after the RBA left its policy rate unchanged, as markets interpreted the statement and downgraded growth and inflation forecasts as dovish.

Another cargo ship reportedly struck by the Houthis in the Red Sea
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Another cargo ship reportedly struck by the Houthis in the Red Sea

Maritime security sources and coast guards in the region are reporting that a cargo ship has been targeted in the Red Sea, in the Bab al-Mandab strait. The sources are reporting that the deck of the cargo ship was struck and that three persons were killed in the attack.This just keeps the tensions up with not just the Strait of Hormuz being impacted by attac

Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset review – a stellar comic finds laughs in the darkest places
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Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset review – a stellar comic finds laughs in the darkest places

Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghWith charisma and craft, the Australian standup discusses childhood sexual abuse in a show with a healing qualityIf fringe audiences know Frankie McNair’s work at all, it’s as a purveyor of vaporously insubstantial nonsense-comedy – see her 2023 show Relax Your Knees, which made a brief London visit. So it’s quite the pivot to

AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
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AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds

Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoidAI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels than they avoid from renewables, a study has found.Researchers modelled the technical potential for AI to boost clean power generation along with proje

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Crystal Palace and Everton seal Brennan Johnson-Dwight McNeil swap deal
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Crystal Palace and Everton seal Brennan Johnson-Dwight McNeil swap deal

Pair sign four-year deals after swapping clubs‘This is a club that wants to go in the right direction’Crystal Palace and Everton have agreed a straight swap for Brennan Johnson and Dwight McNeil – six months after McNeil’s partner accused Palace of messing with his mental health after pulling out of a deal.McNeil and Johnson, who became Palace’s record signi

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‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
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‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal

Jaw-dropping documentary Whatever It Takes details an aggressive stalking campaign targeted towards a couple whose reporting criticized the tech companyWhen Massachusetts husband-and-wife team Ina and David Steiner launched their reporting careers covering Silicon Valley at the turn of the century, the tech beat was still cozy enough to feel personal. The st

Virtue and a Sledgehammer – take a literal hammer to your past
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Virtue and a Sledgehammer – take a literal hammer to your past

What do you do when you return to your home town, with your dead mother in your car boot, to find the inhabitants have been turned into robots?In the boot of her car, Pratelle carries the corpse of her mother and a giant sledgehammer. Her mission is simple: take the hammer to her home town.

Fancy a Nobbly Bobbly? Or a Jelly Terror? The eye-popping guide to the greatest ice lolly wrappers ever
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Fancy a Nobbly Bobbly? Or a Jelly Terror? The eye-popping guide to the greatest ice lolly wrappers ever

From Fonzie to Elvis to the Daleks, from a Mini Milk to a Seaside Saucy to a Freak Out, incredibly rare vintage ice lolly wrappers have now been memorialised in a 96-page, nostalgia-inducing delightSeven years ago, Jonny Trunk entered the house of a hoarder in Stockport that was bursting at the seams with a goldmine of British ephemera from the last half cen

UK stats office to only decide in July next year on plausibility of transition to improved labour market data
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UK stats office to only decide in July next year on plausibility of transition to improved labour market data

This builds on the previous story here: ONS to only lay groundwork for labour market statistical improvements in AugustFor some backdrop, this has been an ongoing issue for well over three years now. The issue with UK labour market data is more of the accuracy and consistency during the past few years, largely due to the falling response rate to the Labour F

Italy trade surplus widens to €4.2 billion in June as exports accelerate
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Italy trade surplus widens to €4.2 billion in June as exports accelerate

Italy’s trade balance recorded a €4.23 billion surplus in June 2026, with both exports and imports increasing on a monthly and annual basis, according to seasonally adjusted data.Exports rose 1.6% m/m, while imports increased by 1.2%. The stronger export performance was driven primarily by trade with EU countries, where exports jumped 6.7%, while shipments t

Nvidia links with Wall Street firms for $500bn AI financing deal
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Nvidia links with Wall Street firms for $500bn AI financing deal

Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and KKR among those working with chipmaker to fund infrastructureNvidia ⁠has struck a deal with six large Wall Street firms to raise ⁠more than $500bn (£370bn) to fund the datacentres, chip factories and power stations needed to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.The Nvidia chief executive, Jensen Huang, said on X that it

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LINK could be next in line after Standard Chartered’s UNI and AAVE targets sparked sharp repricings
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LINK could be next in line after Standard Chartered’s UNI and AAVE targets sparked sharp repricings

Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink (LINK) with a $200 price target for 2030, laying out a staged path to get there: $13 by the end of this year, $41 in 2027, $82 in 2028, $133 in 2029, and $200 in 2030. LINK trades near $7.47 today, meaning the 2030 target implies roughly 27 times […] The post LINK could be next in line after Standard Charter

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Heathrow says need for expansion clear as it loses title of Europe’s busiest airport
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Heathrow says need for expansion clear as it loses title of Europe’s busiest airport

Air transport hub in west London reports 7.86m passengers in July, compared with 8.15m for Istanbul’s new airport away from the cityIstanbul airport has overtaken Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport by passenger numbers, leading the London hub to say its “case for expansion has never been clearer”.Figures published on Tuesday showed 7.9 million passengers p

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Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie
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Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie

San Francisco’s pop-punk pioneers Green Day loom large in this fun, puppyish film about a scrappy band desperate to meet their idolsInspired by their own youthful rowdy escapades – “our early days of driving around in a van, tired, hungry, out of gas, out of money, struggling, creating trouble” – here is an amiable road-movie comedy about, soundtracked by an

RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 4.35% but threatens more hikes if needed
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RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 4.35% but threatens more hikes if needed

In a widely expected decision, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds interest rate after three hikes earlier this yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank of Australia has held the official cash rate at 4.35% but warned higher interest rates are “quite possible” even i

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Swiss Franc weakens as market caution lifts US Dollar
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Swiss Franc weakens as market caution lifts US Dollar

USD/CHF extends its gains for the second successive day, trading around 0.8110 during the early European hours on Tuesday. The currency pair has pushed higher as the US Dollar (USD) erased its intraday losses, fueled by a sharp rally in crude oil driven by heightened geopolitical tensions.

Decta taps USDC for international treasury settlements via OpenPayd
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Decta taps USDC for international treasury settlements via OpenPayd

Payments platform Decta has integrated USDC into its internal treasury operations to settle company funds internationally through OpenPayd, without adding stablecoins to its customer-facing payment services. Decta said Tuesday that company funds will be transferred into OpenPayd’s regulated infrastructure, where…

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Mourinho review – if he didn’t want to open up, maybe he shouldn’t have starred in a docuseries…
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Mourinho review – if he didn’t want to open up, maybe he shouldn’t have starred in a docuseries…

Football manager José Mourinho stars in a three-parter from the creators of Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Don’t expect it to be quite so entertaining…Among his previous credits, the director of this mini-series Joe Pearlman can count the revelatory and hilarious 2018 film, Bros: After the Screaming Stops.

A question for Burnham as he tours the country: how to reduce the magnetic pull of London? | Peter Hetherington
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A question for Burnham as he tours the country: how to reduce the magnetic pull of London? | Peter Hetherington

As someone who has specialised in regional policy, I know the task is huge – not least because there is no plan to ensure prosperity throughout EnglandAndy Burnham is off on his travels this week, aiming to reconnect No 10 and the government with voters and communities across the UK. But just weeks before he set out his stall as prime minister, promising to

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QFWFQ review – If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller is taken in a bold new direction
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QFWFQ review – If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller is taken in a bold new direction

Summerhall, EdinburghGregory Nussen spins Italo Calvino’s surrealist authorial intrusions into a fascinating, playful and political showHow to adapt an unadaptable novel famed for its postmodern surrealism and authorial intrusions? For Los Angeles performer Gregory Nussen, there can be only one solution: a play built out of postmodern surrealism and authoria

Kelly Slater, 54, rolls back years with near-perfect surf in monster Tahiti swell
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Kelly Slater, 54, rolls back years with near-perfect surf in monster Tahiti swell

American scores 19.06 to beat Medina at Tahiti ProEleven-time world champion tames Teahupo’o barrelsEven at the grand old age of 54, the evergreen Kelly Slater’s mastery of surfing appears to know no bounds. Having been handed a wildcard for the Tahiti Pro, the American delivered yet another masterclass as he tamed Teahupo’o, one of the world’s heaviest wave

What are the main events for today?
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What are the main events for today?

EUROPEAN SESSIONIn the European session, we don't have much on the agenda other than the Italian trade balance. The data is not going to change anything for the ECB, so the market reaction will be muted.

Cricket Australia to explore Big Bash League expansion to 10 teams
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Cricket Australia to explore Big Bash League expansion to 10 teams

Plan under consideration if sale of existing franchises is approvedCA board to meet on Wednesday determined to pursue hybrid modelCricket Australia is ready to explore a potential expansion of the Big Bash League to 10 teams if controversial plans to sell off some of the existing franchises are approved.The Cricket Australia Board meet on Wednesday determine

‘Clark Kent grew up’: Audley Harrison on fighting the system, Olympic gold and life after the ring
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‘Clark Kent grew up’: Audley Harrison on fighting the system, Olympic gold and life after the ring

Former Olympic super-heavyweight champion takes satisfaction from changing British boxing for the better, but still wants to train a world champion“I was the Olympic champion, and I was the next big thing, but the system had to win,” Audley Harrison says as he reflects on his rise and fall as a fighter who changed so much in British boxing while failing to f

League Two 2026-27 preview: the contenders, hopefuls and strugglers
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League Two 2026-27 preview: the contenders, hopefuls and strugglers

Salford and Chesterfield look set to challenge for promotion, while Rochdale and York could struggle after managerial changesSalford meekly lost the playoff final and that was the end of days for Karl Robinson as he was sacked. Peter Cklamovski was not the obvious replacement, but the Australian left behind the Malaysia national side for a crack at League Tw

Consumer confidence at near two-year high as World Cup and UK holidaying lift summer spending
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Consumer confidence at near two-year high as World Cup and UK holidaying lift summer spending

Barclays says survey shows people feel more secure in jobs and have more leeway to spend on non-essentialsConsumer confidence hit its highest level in almost two years in July, according to research that indicated the closing stages of the men’s football World Cup and more people holidaying in the UK raised summer spending.A truce in the Middle East conflict

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The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas
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The Pout-Pout Fish review – Nick Offerman is best thing in kids cartoon adventure on the high seas

Offerman leads a talented cast, but this preschool picture book spinoff fails to inspireGrumpy Mr Fish (Nick Offerman) has a reputation for being a sourpuss, but when he teams up with baby sea dragon Pip (Nina Oyama) to locate a wish-granting fish, it’s pretty much guaranteed that we will discover some sort of heart of gold lurking beneath his gloomy exterio

Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be!
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Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be!

The Mad King may bring more dynastic disputes and dotty despots to the RSC – but a ‘mayhap’ or a riddling aphorism does not a Shakespeare play makeAs a latecomer to Game of Thrones, I am struck by how many people tell me it is “very Shakespearean”. It is as if they need to justify its heady escapism and heavy reliance on bonking and brutality.

Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing
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Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing

Bitter Christmas, Late Fame and The Christophers all depict geniuses aware of their waning acclaim and terrified it will endEntertainment culture is so preoccupied with nowness that last month we were inundated with speculation about how directors under 30 topping the box office would change the industry. The flipside of a youth obsession is the conviction t

After Party review – matters of life and death as flamboyant ‘glam-ma’ turns 80
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After Party review – matters of life and death as flamboyant ‘glam-ma’ turns 80

Traverse theatre, EdinburghA grandmother welcomes her family to a birthday bash in a muddled play that addresses its key theme too lateA celebratory family get-together leads to an almighty conflagration in Morna Young’s play. The birthday party reunion is a well-worn storytelling trope for explosive family reckonings – the Traverse featured another such par

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investingLive Asia-Pacific Financial Market news: Oil and gold stay near highs
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investingLive Asia-Pacific Financial Market news: Oil and gold stay near highs

Singapore doubles 2026 growth outlook to 4.5-5.5% on tech cycle upgradeRupee set to open weaker as oil pressure builds, RBI support in focusSources: BoJ could raise rates again at September 17-18 meetingSouth Korea: Kospi rises for second day as Samsung Electronics jumps circa 3.6%Australian business conditions edge higher in July but confidence stays fragil

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