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· Mike Turay
Police investigate payments to Reform UK first revealed by The Guardian
Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 election
· Geraldine Mckelvie
Rogue real estate agents accused of deceiving landowners in scheme to sell to mates
A group of rogue Port Melbourne real estate agents has been accused of deceiving landowners in Melbourne’s outer suburbs by repeatedly undervaluing their properties and then selling them to friends or business associates without disclosing personal links to vendors.
· Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola
Alan Joyce has been writing his book. Here’s how five people illegally sacked by his airline have fared
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· Chris Zappone
Clean energy investment is facing headwinds. Could superannuation help?
Topic:Renewable Energy
· Romy Stephens
Walmart recalls over 16,000 dressers that violate federal safety law due to potentially deadly hazard
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· Fox Business
Samsung, SK and Nvidia join $700bn US-Korea AI push
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center, hosted AI Summit, which brought together leading U.S. and South Korean business figures, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, fourth from left, and Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong, third from left, on July 24 in San Francisco. (Photo courtesy of Nvidia)
· Staff Writer
Homebuyer Demand Remains Strong In High-Risk Areas: Report
Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times,
· Tyler Durden
Bain reaps Japan record-setting $17bn from Kioxia stake sale
Bain Capital acquired Toshiba Memory, now Kioxia, from Toshiba in 2018 through four special-purpose companies. (Source photos by Nikkei)
· Staff Writer
How Yumi became P-pop's most unexpected girl group
THERE was a time when P-pop groups were a rarity on Philippine stages. Today, they are everywhere. From town fiestas and university fairs to mall tours, corporate launches and the country’s biggest music festivals, P-pop has become a defining sound of modern Filipino entertainment.
· Iza Iglesias
China hits Trip.com with $765M penalty
BEIJING — China’s market regulator said Saturday it had fined and confiscated 5.18 billion yuan ($765 million) from the country’s largest online travel provider Trip.com Group for violating monopoly laws.
· Agence France-Presse
IBM lays out AI-first roadmap for APAC
SINGAPORE — Tech giant IBM said Asia-Pacific is positioned to lead the next phase of enterprise artificial intelligence as organizations shift from isolated AI projects to operating AI across their businesses, underpinned by digital sovereignty, hybrid cloud and quantum computing.
· Jing Garcia
NGCP lifts yellow alert on Visayas grid
THE yellow alert status for the Visayas grid, earlier announced to last between 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 pm. on Friday has been lifted.
· Philippine News Agency
SKorea’s Lee calls for new AI era at tech meet
SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted an AI summit in San Francisco on Friday, bringing together the heads of leading AI developers with top South Korean business figures to accelerate efforts by Seoul to make the country a global AI powerhouse.
· Reuters
When a trade becomes a mistake
THERE is a common saying in the stock market that an investor is sometimes just a trader who made a mistake. Many people begin with the intention of making a short-term profit, but when the trade moves against them, they refuse to sell. Instead of admitting that the trade failed, they change the story and tell thems…
· Rienzie Biolena
Turning insights into impact: Why data-driven comms is a business imperative
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· The Manila Times
Philippines, Thailand deepen economic ties
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· Allen Limos
SONA to track anti-graft efforts, economic gains
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· Javier Joe Ismael, Aric John Sy Cua, James Daniel Danio, Franco Jose C. Baroña, Catherine S. Valente, Philippine News Agency
Who will sit atop the next world order?
BERLIN — The era in which global order rested on a United States monopoly over military and economic power and values has finally come to an end, taking Europe’s long period of stability with it. The world has become significantly more turbulent and uncertain, and the near future will bring even more instability.
· Joschka Fischer
Danon calls Mamdani a ‘clown,’ warns anti-Israel rhetoric is a dangerous game
Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon denounced New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recent anti-Israel and anti-Netanyahu rhetoric, as well as the recent attack on Jews on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, during an appearance Friday on Larry Kudlow’s Fox Business program.
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Trump's tariffs face new court challenge from small businesses
The United States Court of International Trade is seen in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal building in this, March 18, 2015 photo, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
· Mae Anderson
How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform
· Yuanyue Dang
How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform
· Yuanyue Dang
US-Iran war spreads as Saudi Arabia, Houthis trade airstrikes in Red Sea escalation
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· Caitlin Doornbos
Summertime events canceled in Wisconsin as Madison grapples with police shooting
Protesters march after a Madison police officer shot and killed a man Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
· Scott Bauer
America In Focus: New tariffs, soaring gas, mortgages and a down week for Wall Street
President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, at a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP,File)
· Michelle Chapman
Why MLB trade deadline will reveal Dodgers’ trust level with Dalton Rushing
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· Jack Harris
Kalshi promo code NYPMAX: Trade $25, get $500 for the MLB Trade Deadline
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· Michael Leboff
Surviving drought means ranchers must haul water to cattle
Hauling water across the high country’s rugged landscapes is a daily chore no Rockies rancher asked for. Historically, snowmelt would refill stock ponds and creeks. Now the worst snowpack on record, made worse by climate change, means many must haul water. (AP video by Brittany Peterson).
· Brittany Peterson
The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon
Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay
· Eduardo Porter
Can Japan avoid a Liz Truss-style shock as its PM embarks on a giant spending spree?
Sanae Takaichi’s blueprint to inject £1.7tn and double economic growth leaves many investors fearful
· Phillipinman
Analysis: A powerful new coalition of AI skeptics is coalescing right in Trump's blind spot
The emerging coalition of religious leaders, labor unions and local activists that worries about artificial intelligence and the broader economic upheaval it portends poses a political problem for anyone who gets on the wrong side of that issue. And President Donald Trump is the person most at risk.
· Matt Peterson
How Trump’s presidential pardons became booming business for law firms: ‘You have to pay $2 million, $3 million’
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· Emily Goodin
(LEAD) Naver gets $10 bln investment from Nvidia, Brookfield
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· Choi Kyong-ae
Trump meets with Aoun over Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
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Finland & Spain Have The Highest Unemployment Rates, Japan The Lowest
Unemployment across the OECD averaged 4.9% in May 2026, but labor market conditions continued to vary significantly from one country to another as economic growth slowed across parts of the developed world.
· Tyler Durden
Businesses sue to block Trump’s tariff reboot
Two small businesses sued the Trump administration Friday over its new tariffs targeting forced labor, teeing up another legal fight over President Donald Trump’s trade policy.
· Ari Hawkins
‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape
Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation
· Christopher Mathias
PH, Thailand deepen economic ties as foreign policy shifts to trade
House prosecutor and Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon says National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag has been firm in his testimony under defense cross-examination on the grave threat charge against Vice President Sara Duterte during the impeachment trial on July 21, 2026. Assessing the ei…
· The Manila Times
Houthis and Saudi Arabia trade fire amid Red Sea blockade
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Japanese restaurant operator Yamaya eyes India as part of broader expansion
Yamaya Sohonten Zen in Fukuoka has begun offering Japanese-style breakfast to customers. (Photos by Fumika Nakashima)
· Staff Writer
Japanese investment drive in US brings in Citi and JPMorgan
Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will extend initial loans, along with JBIC, for power stations, with project costs potentially reaching $74 billion. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and AP)
· Staff Writer
Why US grocery prices shoot up like rockets and fall like feathers
Elizabeth Martínez pushes a shopping cart through a grocery store aisle on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Cleveland, Texas. (Sandy Guatibonza/La Esquina TX via AP)
· Dee Ann Durbin
The two factors that cut $450 from your household’s monthly budget
Soaring petrol prices and multiple interest rate hikes have delivered the biggest quarterly hit to household finances in more than two decades.
· Matt Wade
UKMTO reports tanker 'encounter' with 'military forces' in Gulf of Oman
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an "encounter" between a tanker and "military forces" in the Gulf of Oman on Friday.
· Middleeasteye
Kuwait signs $16bn oil pipeline lease deal with Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR | The National
Kuwait Petroleum Company has signed a $16 billion leasing agreement with a consortium of investment firms for its crude pipelines, as the Gulf nation seeks to boost its capital sources amid strikes by Iran.
· Alvin R Cabral
Ombudsman files 14 graft charges vs lawmaker for securing DPH contracts while in office
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman filed 14 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan against USWAG Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James Ang Jr. on Saturday for allegedly maintaining a financial interest in a construction firm that secured Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contracts while he was …
· James Daniel Danio
Ombudsman files 14 graft charges vs lawmaker for securing DPWH contracts while in office
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman filed 14 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan against USWAG Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James Ang Jr. on Saturday for allegedly maintaining a financial interest in a construction firm that secured Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contracts while he was …
· James Daniel Danio
Houthi blockade of Saudi trade threatens wider Middle East conflict
As Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping, analysts warn of ‘brinkmanship’ that could yet spiral into all-out conflict
· Tom Hussain