Atletico Madrid thrashed Osasuna 4-0 on Wednesday to move third in La Liga and build some form ahead of Sunday's derby clash against rivals Real Madrid.
NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair was fined more than $11,000 for wearing the name of a Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces on his face markings last weekend, a league spokesman said Wednesday.
A contender to lead the UN called Wednesday for artificial intelligence to be regulated like nuclear weapons, warning that a Third World War would be fought with the emerging technology.
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The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates in the world's largest economy by 25 basis points to tackle stubbornly high inflation, a move sure to anger President Donald Trump, who has demanded lower rates.
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Saudi Arabia accused Yemen's Houthis on Wednesday of launching a "cowardly" attack targeting Islam's holy city of Mecca, sparking outrage across the Muslim world.
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Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday for war crimes, in a verdict that sparked shock and anger among many Kosovars.
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Retired Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal will return to the court in front of a crowd for the first time since retirement in October to celebrate his academy's 10th anniversary.
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US lawmakers are slated to vote Wednesday on sweeping new sanctions designed to squeeze Russia over its war in Ukraine, as the full-scale invasion grinds through its fifth year with no peace settlement in sight.
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Letter of Intent (“LOI”) signed to cooperate in the evaluation, research support, localization, commercialization preparation and regulatory preparation of the PressureSafe™ medical device in Japan.Collaboration addresses a significant potential market need in Japan, which includes more than 36 million people aged 65 and older and approximately 8,000 hospitals, 13,600 long-term care facilities, and 16,000+ home-visit nursing stations.Strategic collaboration combines IR-MED's infrared spectroscopy technology and proprietary algorithm with Dice Technologies' capabilities in coordinating clinical evaluation, localization and regulatory preparation activities in Japan.Clinical research and evidence-generation activities are expected to include cooperation with the Department of Plastic Surgery at Kobe University, subject to required ethics review, institutional approvals and separate written arrangements.
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday that he was ready to take "difficult decisions" as higher fuel prices from the Middle East war drive up inflation ahead of the government's coming budget.
Hollywood stars Naomi Watts, Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz are due to grace Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival from Friday, where great expectations await a mini-series by Chile's Pablo Larrain.
French motorists are clogging TotalEnergies service stations to fill up with discount gasoline but its rivals are crying foul, accusing the energy giant of distorting competition with the encouragement of the government.
Sweden said Wednesday it had expelled an Iranian embassy employee and summoned the country's ambassador, accusing Tehran of making threats against Jewish and Israeli interests in Sweden.
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Social unrest and political squabbles have broken out around the world over soaring energy costs, with protests erupting in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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Toogood Gold Corp. announced the definition of two priority exploration corridors at its Table Mountain Gold-Silver Project in Lincoln County, Nevada, and plans to advance the project toward a 3,000-meter maiden drill program. The company’s Phase 1 fieldwork identified the Widowmaker and Pacifico trends as priority targets within the project’s approximately 4-by-2-kilometer alteration footprint. Toogood holds an option to earn a 100% interest in the low-sulphidation epithermal system, which has never been drilled and is located roughly 9 kilometers south of Nevada King’s past-producing Atlanta Gold Mine.
AI assistants have spent the past year helping traders understand the markets. Leverate’s new MCP for Traders extends that functionality to connected trading platforms.
MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its July–August 2026 security report. The report shows that MEXC successfully intercepted all 215 reports involving risk-related funds during the period, covering approximately 38.66 million USDT. The total balance of the Futures Insurance Fund rose to 792 million USDT. Meanwhile, the reserve ratios for BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC all remained above 100%.
MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today launched "Test Your Wall Street DNA," a new campaign built around the theme "Different Traders. Different Styles. Different Ways to Participate." Following its "Trade Wall Street, Without Walls" initiative, MEXC is taking the next step in supporting retail investors by helping users better understand their own trading preferences and discover participation methods that align with their individual goals.
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