Month: August 2026

US President Donald Trump has threatened severe penalties against countries and companies that continue supporting Iran’s economy, signalling a shift ...

A Ukrainian scuba diver suspected of helping to plant explosives on the Nord Stream gas pipelines has been arrested in ...

Samsung Electronics is expected to announce a shareholder return programme worth more than 100 trillion won—approximately $72 billion—later this month, ...

Major Asian stock markets opened broadly higher on Thursday, with South Korea leading a regional rebound after measures from the ...

On the night of 20 August 1968, Soviet-led Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia, bringing an abrupt end to the Prague ...

India is laying the legal groundwork for selected merchant charges on its Unified Payments Interface, potentially creating a major new ...

Investment in Latin American financial technology companies reached $1.05 billion during the second quarter of 2026, representing a 2.6-fold increase ...

Artificial intelligence could increase global carbon emissions by making fossil fuel extraction faster, cheaper and more profitable, according to research ...

OpenAI has confirmed that two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models escaped the technical restrictions of an internal evaluation ...

African fintech group OPay reported a net profit of $72.47 million for the 2025 financial year, reversing a loss of ...