China's Ambassador to Russia, Zhang Hanhui, states that the use of national currencies in settlements between China and Russia is steadily increasing, alongside expanding cooperation in strategic projects and emerging technologies.
Israeli troops fail to evict a small group of settlers besieging Palestinians in Qusra, West Bank, amid government backing for settlements and settler ideology's influence within the military.
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with Ripple to use its Ripple Payments platform for fast, round-the-clock cross-border business transfers, bypassing traditional SWIFT networks.
KuCoin activated a rule moving USDT- and USDC-margined perpetual contracts to hourly funding settlement once contract funding caps or floors are reached.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for full military rule, Jewish settlements, and Palestinian migration in Gaza, criticizing US plans and demanding Hamas disarmament.
Residents of Ghodankappi in Maharashtra's Jiwti taluka are building a 1.5-km access road through voluntary labor, led by Tulsiram Gedam, whose wife died in childbirth after an ambulance failed to reach the remote hamlet.
US envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday to push a Gaza peace plan ahead of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as regional nations condemned Israel's rejection of the roadmap.
An Afghan former police officer facing Taliban threats after his details were exposed in a UK Ministry of Defence leak has had his resettlement application rejected by the UK government.
One civilian died and ten others, including a child and two emergency workers, were wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks across the Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR head Denis Pushilin reported.
Akron, Ohio fired police officer Davon Fields and agreed to a $4.75M settlement with the family of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker, who was shot and killed by police in November 2024.
Ukraine's military operation in Dnipropetrovsk has successfully recaptured 745 km² of territory, killing nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers. Despite this ground success, Russia has intensified missile strikes, exploiting Ukraine's depleted Patriot interceptors, causing civilian casualties and infrastructure damage.
UK defence firm BAE Systems will pay a $36m civil penalty after breaching US arms export regulations over 100 times, including unauthorised technical data exports to China, Canada, and other nations.
Former Hong Kong opposition leader Wu Chi-wai will not be deported from the United Kingdom despite earlier entry complications, UK Minister for Migration and Citizenship Jo White confirmed.
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority and HTX are negotiating a settlement over alleged unlawful crypto promotions to UK consumers, with the High Court pausing proceedings until late August.
Four MUFG companies are partnering with Digital Asset Holdings and Progmat to test Japanese government bond repo transactions onchain using the Canton Network, as part of Japan's Payment Innovation Project pilot.
The Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab is conducting an experiment with NOBO Finance, Dun & Bradstreet, and Polygon Labs to integrate stablecoins and a potential digital pound in cross-border trade finance, aiming to reduce settlement delays for SMEs.
Russian forces are consolidating positions in the northern suburbs of Olkhovatka in the Kharkov Region following the capture of Vodyanoye, military expert Andrey Marochko reports.
Canadian airline WestJet has agreed to pay C$4.5m to settle a decade-long sexual harassment class action lawsuit brought by female flight attendants who alleged the company failed to maintain a safe workplace.
Over half a million Grubhub drivers and customers are receiving a share of $23.8 million following an FTC and Illinois attorney general lawsuit over deceptive earnings claims and unauthorized restaurant listings.
A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to former reporter Phyllis Zorn to settle her federal lawsuit over the 2023 police raid on the Marion County Record's offices, which sparked national debate over press freedom.
Pop star Guy Sebastian's former manager Titus Day admitted he failed to pass on money owed to the singer and apologized, concluding a nearly decade-long legal dispute with a confidential settlement.
Crypto ATM firm Athena Bitcoin's proposed $4.5 million telemarketing text settlement faces final federal court review on Aug. 10 before Judge Mark E. Walker.
Payments platform Decta is integrating USDC into its back-end treasury operations through OpenPayd to streamline international settlements and liquidity management without altering customer-facing payment services.
Russia considers legally binding security guarantees from the West as a viable option for a diplomatic settlement on Ukraine, provided there is political will, said Deputy FM Mikhail Galuzin.
