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Two tankers carrying Saudi crude to China & India make U-turns in the Red Sea, as the Houthis declare a blockade of Saudi Arabia.
Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to China and India reversed course in the Red Sea after Yemen's Houthi rebels declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia, threatening a critical alternative route for global oil supplies.
Iran Claims Missile Strike On Amazon Data Site

Iran's IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain with cruise missiles, framing the attack as retaliation for a US strike on the Darkhovin nuclear facility.
AI Voice Clone Scams Could Cost Americans $40B a Year

A new Insuranceopedia study estimates AI deepfake voice scams could cost Americans nearly $40 billion annually, with one in four adults already targeted and 77% of victims reporting financial losses.
France and Germany take aim at Palantir

Chancellor Merz and President Macron have signed a pledge to examine building a European sovereign digital backbone, naming France's Arcadia AI platform as an example, as Europe's intelligence agencies begin moving away from Palantir.
Trump Claims China Stole 220M US Voter Files In 'Largest Compromise'

President Trump delivered a primetime address alleging China illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files starting during the 2020 election cycle, while ordering the declassification of intelligence documents on election security.
29 nations sign on to China's world AI body

Twenty-nine countries signed the founding agreement for the World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai on July 16, 2026, with China pitching it as inclusive global AI governance ahead of Xi Jinping's keynote at the World AI Conference.
Zuckerberg and Sharapova Back Neko Health's $700M AI Body Scan Launch

Neko Health has raised $700 million in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with backing from Mark Zuckerberg, Maria Sharapova, and others, as the AI body scan startup prepares to open its first US clinic in New York.
DeepMind's CEO wants a referee for frontier AI

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is calling for a US-led AI standards body modeled on Wall Street's FINRA to vet frontier models before release, as AGI inches closer and Washington debates how far oversight should go.
The gunrunner Hollywood made famous is now one of the most feared names in Midwest housing...

Former arms dealer Efraim Diveroli, inspiration behind the 2016 film War Dogs, has won a Delaware court battle giving his lending firm YSA Investments leverage over Vesta Realty, the embattled Tulsa apartment empire run by Marc Kulick.
Institutions and Governments Need to Prepare for AI's Economic Impact

More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates and leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, have issued a joint statement calling on governments and institutions to urgently prepare for AI's sweeping economic transformation.


