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Section 20216 of the latest CLARITY draft states that a self-custodied digital asset cannot become abandoned, unclaimed, or forfeited. It also cannot become subject to adverse possession or finder’s title solely because its owner has not moved it or otherwise shown continued interest.The language overrides state and local laws that treat years of wallet inactivity alone as grounds for transferring ownership to someone else.The May 8 and May 20 Senate drafts protected only the ability to hold a self-hosted wallet, and the July 22 version adds scope beyond that, extending into property law and covering whether a person still owns…

Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Officers located the suspect at around 6:00 pm, Berlin police said in a statement on X. He “ran towards them with a bladed weapon”, prompting officers to open fire, killing him. To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices Investigators believe that the deadly attack near Berlin’s Pride parade on Saturday evening was motivated by Islamist ideology, Germany’s interior minister said Sunday. “Everything we see here indicates…

The Democratic Party is so short on cash that leaders at its headquarters have undertaken a new gambit to mask the severity of the problems: asking vendors not to send bills until after the midterm elections.The bookkeeping maneuver, which was described by three people briefed on it, is the latest sign of financial duress for the Democratic National Committee and its embattled leader as money troubles threaten to undercut Democratic momentum with 100 days until the midterms.So much is going politically right for Democrats these days. President Trump’s approval is down, gas prices are up and an unpopular war with…

All new UK homes should be built with air conditioning to cope with the effects of the climate crisis, according to the Liberal Democrats.The party says British homes are dangerously unsuited to rising temperatures, meaning passive cooling measures such as planting more trees in residential areas are necessary.The Lib Dems also want air conditioning to be mandatory in essential public buildings such as schools and health facilities.The problem of overwarm homes has been highlighted by a UK Health Protection Agency yellow alert for high temperatures to run from Tuesday morning until Friday morning for the south-east, south-west and east of…

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.At Samsung Unpacked 2026, Samsung introduced its newest Galaxy foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Flip 8. They’re both foldable smartphones, but they’re more different than you’d think. The Z Flip 8 is a flip phone (like from 20 years ago, but with a cover screen), whereas the Z Fold 8 is a book-style foldable phone with a rather unique passport-sized form factor. Also: Samsung Galaxy vs. Google Pixel: I’ve used both brands extensively, and this one’s betterWhen fully spread out, the Z Fold 8 looks like a 7.6-inch tablet…

Traders spent most of July with a pretty good explanation for why Bitcoin wouldn’t move. A dense cluster of options contracts had the price boxed in, they argued, because the dealers who sold those contracts were buying every dip and selling every rally to keep their own books balanced. Clear the contracts away, and Bitcoin would finally be free to go somewhere.The contracts have now cleared on two consecutive Fridays, and Bitcoin is sitting roughly where it started. It traded just under $64,000 on Saturday, closing out a week in which it failed to hold $66,000 and then slid back…

Home Europe Unprecedented wildfires swept across France and Spain, youth-led protests in India forced the country’s education minister to resign and Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom’s new prime minister. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week’s most striking images.  Issued on: 26/07/2026 – 16:49 2 min Reading time Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau in southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire. © Maximilien Lamy, AFP Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds a pint of beer during a visit to…

Pour les automobilistes, ils proposaient de neutraliser l’effet sur le prix à la pompe en diminuant d’autant les taxes (ce qui impliquait de réviser la taxe régulièrement). Pour les bâtiments, seuls les ménages modestes auraient été compensés via une augmentation du chèque énergie. Une compensation insuffisante aux yeux de Valérie Létard, ministre du Logement à l’époque. “A partir de quand on est modeste ou on ne l’est plus ? On parle de millions de personnes affectées”, interroge-t-elle, sollicitée par POLITICO. Si elle ne se souvient pas avoir été sollicitée sur ce courrier, Valérie Létard se rappelle avoir alerté. “Bien sûr,…

Democrats in Maine have reset a Senate race seen as critical to their party’s chances of retaking the chamber after an improvised scramble to swap out a damaged candidate, Graham Platner, for a new one, Troy Jackson, after a wild 17 days.Now comes the tricky part.Mr. Jackson, a former State Senate president, is trying to keep alive the grass-roots energy that Mr. Platner built over the past year while distancing himself from the former nominee’s personal history. With help from her allies, Senator Susan Collins, the five-term Republican he is trying to defeat, is seeking to tie the two Democrats…

Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at the heart of UK international relations by taking up the country’s seat on the board at the World Bank.The position, which is usually delegated to a junior minister, means Miliband will play an active role in shaping the changes to the World Bank that developing countries have called for, and ensuring the climate remains a core focus for overseas aid.Miliband, who was energy and net zero secretary under Keir Starmer, will say: “International development is not an add-on to British foreign policy…