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As the United States of America celebrated its 250th birthday on terra firma with fireworks displays this weekend, two Asian countries made some splashes of their own farther from Earth. On Sunday, an aging Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa2, which completed its initial sample-return objective more than half a decade ago, found success with an extended mission that saw the vehicle fly by a peanut-shaped asteroid named Torifune. Hours later, the Chinese space agency released images from a spacecraft, Tianwen-2, arriving at its target asteroid following a journey of 1 billion km. At this small asteroid, the Chinese spacecraft will attempt…

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US President Donald Trump speaks at the launch of Trump investment accounts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday defended making a phone call to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, which led to the soccer association controversially overturning a one-game World Cup suspension of U.S. Men’s National Team striker Folarin Balogun.”I asked for a review because I didn’t think it was a foul,” Trump said, referring to a referee issuing Balogun a red card in his team’s victory last week over Bosnia…

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and Co-Founder of Swedish fintech Klarna, gives an interview with CNBC during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 10, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersKlarna, the Swedish fintech firm best known for its buy now, pay later offerings, said Monday it applied to federal and state regulators to establish a U.S. bank subsidiary.The firm said that, if approved, Klarna Bank USA would be a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-backed institution chartered in Utah. The proposed bank would be led by Gary Harding, former CEO of Milestone Bank and Prime…

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But his critics point out that he was the honorary president of Reform UK and they argue that if he wasn’t campaigning why did he need the hired skills of those with social media expertise, paid for, as the Sunday Times revealed, by George Cottrell?Does this amount to “political activities” as set out in the rules above?His fellow MPs in other parties are aghast at all this. As many of them see it, a failure by the parliamentary commissioner for standards to come down hard on Farage would make a mockery of plenty of other MPs’ diligence.”Why should we be…

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President Donald Trump on Monday morning rang the opening bell of the stock market from the White House Oval Office in a first-of-its-kind joint ceremony with the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.The event marking the launch of “Trump Accounts,” the administration’s new tax-advantaged investment vehicles for U.S. kids, was attended by an array of CEOs and other officials who are supporting the new accounts. They include: Dell chief Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, who together pledged to donate more than $6 billion to the program; Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital and CEO and founder of the Invest America…

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks with Indonesia’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Budi Arie Setiadi, on the day of their meeting with Indonesian President Joko WIdodo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024.Willy Kurniawan | ReutersMicrosoft is eliminating 4,800 jobs, representing 2.1% of its workforce, with the company’s Xbox division losing about one-fifth of its staff in the software giant’s latest effort to cut costs in the era of artificial intelligence. “The way technology is built, deployed, and used is transforming faster than at any point in my time here,” Amy Coleman, Microsoft’s chief people officer and a 27-year…

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