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Excerpt from TheStreet: “Older borrowers hold a balance that most expected to pay off by now.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “SoftBank Group Corp. chief Masayoshi Son — one of AI’s fervent believers — said that even he’s worried about safety risks as machines quickly gain more abilities.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Russian forces struck a major bridge in Kyiv spanning the Dnipro River for the second day in a row as Moscow continues to target Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is using her party’s annual convention to call for the end of inheritance tax and an expansion of childcare support to higher earners.”

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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Major OPEC+ nations have an agreement in principle to keep oil production quotas unchanged next month, as conflict in the Middle East continues to shutter swaths of the group’s output.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Ethiopian forces seized control of the airport and other parts of Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, as leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front retreated from the city, a major turning point in the renewed conflict.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ party won a record number of seats in Latvia’s parliamentary elections, a result that should help him consolidate power at a time of growing security threats from Russia.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The UK’s dependence on big American cloud providers poses “a strategic and economic vulnerability” to the country, politicians warned, as US authorities have the power to switch off Britain’s public services or demand personal information under federal law.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The UK government said it will scrap earlier plans for some criminal trials to be heard by a judge alone, watering down proposed legislation that had sparked strong opposition from legal professionals and some Labour backbenchers.”

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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated Germany’s backing for Ukraine as he arrived in Kyiv on Sunday and warned that Russia could attack the Western alliance if it’s not stopped.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “South Korean regulators urged financial institutions to promptly complete internal security inspections and report the results to authorities after a series of cyberattacks led to personal data breaches across the industry.”

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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Bankers in Hong Kong skipped the summer break as an artificial intelligence-fueled rush for capital sent share sales to a record, defying a bruising selloff in the city’s stocks.”

Excerpt from TheStreet: “A weakening economy is changing expectations for interest rates.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “A new White House task force will produce a report assessing risks posed by artificial intelligence and what responsibility the US federal government should have over the technology.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of an intermediate-range strategic missile using a hypersonic weapons system, state media said, underscoring his intent to further strengthen the country’s nuclear deterrent.”

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Excerpt from Bloomberg: “The US and Mexico have jointly deployed military personnel in a border area in Texas as part of “mirror operations,” the Mexican government said Saturday.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro remain locked in a tight race as Brazil prepares to vote in Sunday’s election, according to three new polls.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “Borrowing is getting harder for companies.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized prominent artificial-intelligence figures’ warnings about existential risks posed by the technology as alarmist and unhelpful, calling on the industry to police itself and produce solutions.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “An OpenAI employee focused on AI safety has quit the company and warned that top artificial intelligence firms aren’t doing enough to mitigate the technology’s risks, joining a growing chorus of employees raising alarms from within the industry.”

Excerpt from Bloomberg: “US soldiers tasked with hacking American adversaries and defending the nation’s computers are set to see their incentive pay cut by as much as $12,000 a year as part of an overhaul that’s drawn ire from the ranks, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg and people familiar…”

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