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Trump’s threats to take Greenland, and Russia’s growing military, are pushing the EU to expand its Arctic presence
The EU wants more icebreakers, stronger surveillance and protected undersea cables as competition for Arctic resources intensifies.
Even some of Trump’s devoted fans doubt his promised $5,000 checks will ever arrive
Trump says the payments depend on Republicans winning the midterms, but his previous promises of government checks never materialized.
Mastercard Opens Up AI Agent Payments With Early Access and Live Demo
At Cloudflare Connect, the company demoed an AI agent running a sample ad campaign across nine payments to two merchants on a single approved budget.
Tipsters for suspected government fraud can get up to $30,000 under a $25 million whistleblower program Trump and Vance are set to announce
Trump has pushed to eliminate fraud throughout the government, establishing a task force in March and putting Vance in charge of it
Lakers, Clippers, Man City: why do so many sports owners have money on both sides of a situation?
Related-party deals are legal and everywhere in sports. A string of 2026 cases highlights their increasing centrality in ownership.
US judge dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit from Sam Altman’s sister
Ann Altman, the Open AI CEO’s sister, accused her brother of repeatedly sexually abusing her over two decades agoA judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sam Altman’s sister against h…
BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels to be shut down next year
Corporation announces broadcast closures and job losses in effort to find savings of £500mUK politics live – latest updatesTelevision channels BBC Three and BBC Scotland are to cl…
Union attacks NatWest plans to reduce working from home
The bank says workers will be required to attend the office at least two days a week from February.
Millennials are ‘kidulting’ through their parenthood stage, spending their free time on blind boxes and claw machines
"It’s got the same kind of psychological draw as a slot machine," Harris Poll chief strategy officer Libby Rodney told Fortune of the "blind box" appeal.
BlackRock seeks to shield bitcoin investors from losses after rival fund weathers 50% crash
BlackRock's proposed fund follows similar products from Calamos that helped investors avoid steep losses during bitcoin's selloff.
Theranos whistleblower barely recognizes Elizabeth Holmes in new documentary: ‘The Elizabeth that I knew completely commanded a room’
Tyler Shultz says the Theranos device Holmes shows off in "You Can See Everything" isn’t the one that was used on patients. He says the film lets her keep shaping her own story.
Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs
Flutter says one in 10 UK and Ireland workers at risk of redundancy because of a ‘material increase in betting and gaming duties’Business live – latest updatesThe gambling company…
French Lawmakers Back Stablecoin Swap Tax by Just One Vote
The amendment would make swapping crypto into euro or dollar stablecoins taxable in France from 2027, with gains measured coin by coin.
Mural, a startup founded by former Palantir engineers, raises $15 million bid to connect banks to the emerging bot economy
Tether led the round in the New York-based startup, which helps businesses manage payments across currencies and borders.
ServiceNow CFO: Overwork doesn’t make you a better leader
Gina Mastantuono joined Olympic champion Janet Evans and Deloitte’s Alicia Hatch to discuss how rest, resilience and decision-making under pressure can help leaders sustain perfor…
Marco Rubio says ‘we’re about as close as you can be’ to an India trade deal after talks in Mumbai
The U.S. imposed tariffs of up to 50% on most Indian goods in August 2025 after trade talks broke down
Kazakhstan court bars Coinbase, five others from unlicensed crypto services in Astana International Financial Centre
The court injunctions apply strictly to users within the AIFC and do not extend across the rest of Kazakhstan.
No, Alberta isn’t leaving Canada as voters overwhelmingly reject independence for oil-rich province
Mark Carney said “Albertans made a clear choice" for "unity, to build together, and to take care of each other. Above all, Albertans chose Canada.”
Agents can trade 24/7 — but Yat Siu warns you could lose access at any time
The Animoca Brands chairman explains that AI agents can make trades while you sleep, but users need to plan for the day they lose access to the bots.
Kroger and Albertsons: the food fight every dealmaker should be watching
A review of what has been filed suggests that Kroger’s argument will be that it really, really, really tried to make the Albertsons deal work.
‘A spark suddenly ignites’: Europe’s Gen Z takes to the streets as economies fail to deliver jobs, schools fail to deliver education
It's not just France. Riots and strikes are popping up in Spain, Italy, even Albania.
DeepSeek fires back at U.S.federal agency ban as ‘overstretching of the concept of national security’
The U.S. said DeepSeek’s models "present multiple threat vectors" like servers hosted in China and the potential for China to get sensitive data
No wonder the White House wants Warsh to cut: A 1% Fed rate hike costs the Treasury an extra $95 billion a year in national debt interest
"Even if primary deficits remain largely unchanged, the growing interest burden materially increases the government's financing needs," the analysts wrote.
FINMA approves Switzerland’s first Bitcoin ETF for retail investors
The Swiss regulator cited a growing appetite for cryptocurrency investments and said that multiple fund providers have submitted Bitcoin ETF applications.