US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran should pay reparations for what he labeled “the…
On August 4, Kazakhstani Minister for Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliyev announced that the Russian e-commerce platform Wildberries would expand its warehouse capacity in the country. According to the minister, Wildberries plans to build 260,000 square meters of storage, split between Astana and Almaty, expanding its capacity more than eightfold from its current 46,000 square…
An investor group featuring Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is reportedly closing in on a deal to acquire a significant minority stake in Liverpool FC. The consortium is led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia, former Queens Park Rangers (QPR) shareholder and son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. Current club owners Fenway…
BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 August 2026 – On August 8, China’s 18th National Fitness Day, the opening ceremony of the 17th Beijing Sports Games was held at the National Indoor Stadium, with many champion athletes on hand to lend support. A performance at the opening ceremony of the 17th Beijing Sports…
Leaders of governments with stricter migration policies have criticized Sánchez. Denmark and Italy, for example, accused Spain of not being able to secure the E.U.’s only border with Africa. How has Spain responded? Spain deployed armed forces and police to Ceuta, where migrants were met with water cannons and tear gas and escorted back across…
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to seek a judicial probe into the killing of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali, Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said on Sunday. Ali’s body was found in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he went missing on July 28. While his family is convinced that he was kidnapped,…
Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023. José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days…
Abdul Mikael, Head of Sales at AND Solutions Every time someone hops out of a Grab without touching their wallet, or taps “pay later” on a Shopee checkout, they are using a piece of financial infrastructure they never consciously chose. There is no app to download, no form to fill, no trip to a bank…
Glenn Thrush August 9, 2026 — 10:39am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Washington: The three lame-duck Republican senators who narrowly saved Todd Blanche’s confirmation as US attorney-general ended up backing him because they believed he was the only person who…
KANO, Nigeria — For groom Haruna Bashir, this weekend’s mass wedding event in Nigeria was more than a celebration – it was a hope-filled turning point after the months of pain and grief following the loss of his first wife and six children in a brutal attack earlier this year. Bashir was among 1,500 couples…
