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Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has said it will contribute to Trump Accounts for the children of its U.S. employees, becoming the latest major public company to layer corporate money on top of the federal savings program. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company (Nasdaq: MSTR) announced it will deposit $250 annually into a Trump Account for every eligible child under 18 of a U.S. employee, regardless of when the child was born.  For children born on or after January 1, 2025, Strategy will also make a one-time $1,000 contribution in the child’s birth year, matching the seed deposit the U.S. Treasury provides…

High-energy whirlpools speckle the sun’s surface.  New telescope images show characteristic swirls of magnetized plasma across a 19-kilometer-wide patch of the sun’s surface. The observations, reported August 5 in Nature, are the most detailed taken of the sun to date. The images also provide evidence for a type of fluid instability that might explain the sun’s outbursts, such as solar flares and eruptions.   “This instability occurs everywhere at the boundaries of solar magnetic elements,” says astrophysicist David Kuridze of the National Solar Observatory headquartered in Boulder, Colo.   Solar magnetic elements are regions of highly magnetized plasma on the sun’s surface. There are millions of them, and energy from their magnetized plasma can be transferred, stabilized and transformed by swirling motions — a phenomenon called the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.   Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week’s scientific…

Searah, a 50/50 independent joint venture between Eni and Petronas that combines their key businesses across Indonesia and Malaysia, has hired Destini Oil Services (DOS), a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Destini, for a multi-year tubular running services (TRS) assignment off the coast of Malaysia, Southeast Asia. Kasawari gas platform in the South China Sea off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia; Source: Searah Destini has secured a letter of award (LOA) from Searah, formerly known as Seara Energy, for the provision of tubular running services for the operator’s West Region operations. Based on the agreement, DOS will deploy its specialized technical…

by Juan Vassallo, Investigate Midwest, Investigate Midwest August 5, 2026 A shrinking U.S. cattle herd, driven in part by persistent drought and the New World screwworm, has forced the industry to rely more heavily on imported beef to keep up with strong demand.  It’s a trend that’s been building for the past three years. The latest USDA projections show beef imports continuing to rise and exports decline through 2027. The U.S. will import 6.059 billion pounds of beef by the end of this year, up 12.5% from last year, according to projections. The increase in imports has angered one of…

Devolution has become the flavour of the month (The Guardian view on England’s centralised state: Andy Burnham must unbundle it, 31 July). The case is well argued and the need for such reform fits neatly into the situation we find in the Tees Valley – chronic underinvestment, lack of economic growth, depopulation, and so on.But the Tees Valley has had a devolved authority for 10 years and the benefits of devolution have not landed. The Tees Valley authority was issued a best value notice in April 2025, though there’s nothing to show for it.The new-age proponents of devolution, by ignoring how Tees…

The claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci used his staff to solicit cash prizes is unproven. Experts say there is no evidence Fauci broke any ethics laws.  During a July Senate hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., accused Fauci of using his staff at the National Institutes of Health to solicit cash prizes. Hawley appeared to rely on information shared by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who released hundreds of internal NIH emails that, if legitimate, show Fauci’s staff talking about putting together required components for award nomination packages after other scientists had already nominated Fauci for the awards. Some of those awards…

The pontiff’s first Latin America trip will take him back to Peru, where he spent decades as a missionary and bishop.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Pope Leo XIV will return to the region that shaped much of his ministry, making his first trip to Latin America as head of the Catholic Church in November.The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Leo will travel to the three South American countries — Uruguay, Argentina and Peru — from November 6 to 17.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listPope Leo’s stop in Peru is especially significant. He spent decades, on and off,…

Trump’s participation in the June G7 summit in Evian was praised as a high point in the relationship, with the U.S. president showing signs of support for Ukraine and prolonging his visit to France to join Macron and his wife for dinner at the gilded Versailles Palace. “We have our ups and downs in our relationship with the U.S.,” said a former French official, who has kept informed of the transatlantic relationship. Macron is capable of challenging America’s bullying at the Economic Forum of Davos, but “can also hug President Trump and invite him to sign his Iran deal in…

A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy.Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially harassing Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger in 2016, while already serving a separate jail sentence for sharing antisemitic posts.Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had defended the decision to select him as a candidate for the new Somerset Council seat of Crewkerne South, saying he had been rehabilitated and her party “believes in second chances”.But Bonehill-Paine said he had now withdrawn his candidacy, and had been offered a position as an anti-extremism adviser…

A former neo-Nazi activist who was convicted of harassing a Jewish MP has withdrawn as a Conservative election candidate after Kemi Badenoch offered him a role as an advisor to the party.Joshua Bonehill-Paine said on Wednesday he had withdrawn from next year’s local elections, and that Kemi Badenoch had instead offered him a role as an advisor to her party’s culture and integration commission, specifically focusing on how young men become radicalised.The Tory leader, who has come under pressure in the last 48 hours from individuals and organisations, including the the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said she was…