Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant came within 9 centimetres of its automatic shutdown threshold as low Danube levels sharply reduced output.
Morocco and Spain prevented a repeat mass entry into Ceuta on August 15, detaining at least 111 people—109 from sub Saharan African countries and two Moroccans.
1000xRESIST’s Switch 2 Edition launches digitally on August 20, 2026, with improved frame rate and resolution; new buyers get 40% off during launch week, while existing Switch owners can upgrade for free.
The European Commission’s July 17, 2026 package aims to make EU banks more competitive by simplifying capital and reporting rules, reducing national barriers and freeing roughly €230 billion in trapped liqui...
Spot gold rose 0.44% to about $4,394.70 an ounce and silver gained 1.32% to about $65.43 in the reported session.
Aramco is combining riskier direct Gulf loadings with a discreet ship-to-ship (STS) option outside Hormuz, while also using westbound pipeline routes. These measures preserve some flows, but they do not remo...
Gold and silver were higher in the reported session: spot gold rose 0.44% to about $4,394.70 an ounce, while spot silver gained 1.32% to about $65.43, aided by a softer dollar and reduced expectations of a n...
Payward’s second quarter was mixed: adjusted revenue rose 17% year over year to $508 million and funded accounts climbed 42% to 6.6 million, but adjusted pretax earnings fell 71% to $23 million as trading ac...
Omega Pilot Evolution launched on August 13, 2026, for PS5 and PSVR2, offering 28 tracks, VR or flatscreen play, Career Mode and up to five player Standard or Combat races; early feedback praises its speed a...
On August 14, 2026, two Russian jet powered drones struck a home in Ukraine’s Sumy region, killing a 29 year old mother and her 9 year old son; the attack underscored a worsening air war as the UN recorded 4...
Microsoft is combining its consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps into one Microsoft Copilot experience.
Aave V3 controls more than 50% of tokenized gold deposited as DeFi lending collateral, but only about $63 million of PAXG and XAUT—1.5% of their combined $4.2 billion market value—is currently deployed.