Fri 14 August 2026: A Saudi-led investment group finalized the $55 billion acquisition of American video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), according to official statements and industry reports released on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The deal, which takes the publisher of major franchises such as EA Sports FC, the Sims, and Mass Effect private, marks the largest leveraged […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Military escalation continues for days after the Yemeni government announced it is attacking Houthi positions. Yemeni government forces have thwarted an attack by the Houthis on positions along the al‑Mafalis front, south of Haifan, in the southeastern part of Taiz province, as military escalation spikes in several governorates. An official of […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Courts in England and Wales have followed the lead of various restaurants, theatres, and pubs by banning Meta’s smart glasses, driven by rising worries about potential “spyware,” media reports say. According to an exclusive report from The Guardian on Tuesday, the court service has stated that anyone attempting to bring the […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Global youth unemployment is rising amid stagnant economic growth, weak job creation and rapid technological change driven by artificial intelligence, the International Labor Organization said in a report released on Tuesday. “Global youth unemployment is rising as stagnant economic growth and weak job creation increase barriers to job entry for young people […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: The death toll from a ferry accident in Zimbabwe rose to 44 on Wednesday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the incident a state of disaster. The vessel sank on Lake Kariba on Tuesday after it was hit by a strong wave and overturned, according to police. The boat was built to […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Ramzan Kadyrov aggressively promotes Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in public. In reality, the Chechen leader is systematically shielding his population from the draft, utilizing Kremlin funds to hire outside mercenaries while sending political rivals to the front lines. Ramzan Kadyrov loudly champions the Russian invasion of Ukraine while quietly orchestrating […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: The head of the World Health Organization has accused U.S. President Donald Trump with disregarding “decades of evidence” through his efforts to revise the country’s childhood vaccination policies. The warning from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday comes days after Trump signed an order calling for a rethink of school […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Criminal networks in western Sweden are increasingly turning to an unlikely asset — valuable Pokémon trading cards — to move and potentially launder money, according to police. Swedish investigators say they have discovered large quantities of Pokémon cards during criminal investigations, raids and checks at borders. Rare, vintage and professionally graded […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Hamas will participate in upcoming Palestinian elections under the broadest possible national coalition, a member of the group’s political bureau said Wednesday. Hussam Badran said in an interview with Al-Aqsa TV that Hamas and most Palestinian factions and electoral blocs oppose imposing “political conditions or requiring participants to adopt a specific […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Controversial online influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate are due to appear before a US court on Thursday for a hearing that will decide whether they remain in custody in Florida or are released as they challenge extradition proceedings to the United Kingdom. The hearing, set for August 13 before Magistrate Judge […]
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