Major Western powers condemn Israel's decision to issue tenders for 1,200 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank's E1 area, warning it harms two-state solution hopes.
Arconic's payouts to shareholders over Grenfell Tower's flammable cladding exceed victim compensation, highlighting systemic failures in British corporate accountability nearly a decade after 72 deaths.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russian forces liberate Vasyutinskoye and Toretskoye in Donetsk, down 970 Ukrainian UAVs, and inflict 1,445 troop losses in 24 hours, per Defense Ministry
RWE U.S. Offshore has agreed to a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to relinquish its U.S. offshore wind leases, abandoning projects off New York, California, and Louisiana while pivoting investments toward natural gas.
The Charity Commission in England and Wales has launched an official investigation into charities donating funds to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, initially focusing on eight unnamed organizations following complaints and media reports.
Military expert Andrey Marochko reported that Russian forces took control of almost 600 square kilometers of territory and 32 settlements in the special operation zone in July, an increase of 200 sq km from June, with most gains in Kharkov and Donetsk regions.
Two pilots died in a helicopter collision west of Athens as Greece battles massive wildfires intensified by gale-force winds, destroying over 100 homes. This crisis unfolds as Europe faces widespread climate-driven blazes, prompting evacuations and stretching emergency services across multiple countries.
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced Project Agorá successfully completed real-value testing of tokenized wholesale cross-border payments. The trials involved 28 financial institutions and central banks, settling 800,000 Swiss francs across 17 scenarios with an average settlement time of 80 seconds.
Ukrainian forces attacked 10 DPR settlements in 24 hours, killing 1 civilian, injuring 4, and damaging vehicles, per DPR's war crimes documentation department.
The EU faces a credibility test over its commitment to a two-state solution in Palestine as Israel's illegal settlements expand, with the EU's response being deemed insufficient despite recent sanctions.
A Florida teen, RKC, dropped his lawsuit against Meta alleging its platforms caused his depression and anxiety, days before trial. This follows settlements with YouTube, TikTok, and Snap, and other recent verdicts against social media companies for addictive products.
Bank of China's Shenzhen and Fujian branches processed two cross-border transactions, each over US$1.7 billion, via the mBridge multilateral CBDC platform. This marks a significant step for the emerging payment network and China's ambition to internationalize the yuan, bypassing Western-centric financial systems.
Russia's trade with Asia-Pacific countries, totaling about $500 billion and comprising over 74% of its total foreign trade, has largely transitioned to settlements in rubles and 'friendly currencies,' according to Ambassador Marat Berdyev.
The Dutch government will ban the import, purchase, and sale of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and Golan Heights starting September 22, joining other EU states in unilateral action despite bloc-wide division.
Spain's government is reportedly backing Pablo Hernández de Cos for the European Central Bank presidency, anticipating Christine Lagarde's early departure. Madrid aims to secure a top role, with Hernández de Cos only accepting the presidency, amid a competitive field.
Celsius co-founders Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch Goldstein must pay over $6 million in FTC settlements for misrepresenting the platform's safety before its 2022 collapse. This follows former CEO Alex Mashinsky's earlier settlement and permanent trading ban.
Thousands of Israeli settlers and right-wing activists marched towards the Gaza border, calling on the government to re-establish Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, which were evacuated in 2005 under a disengagement plan.
19 Israeli public figures, including former ambassadors and a former attorney general, have penned an open letter urging the UK and EU to ban all trade with settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing their illegality under international law and alarming expansion.
