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President Trump’s economic policies drew a fresh round of concern from some Republicans this weekend who criticized his trade policies, as others in the party sidestepped questions about his broader approach amid a midterm election that has put consumer prices front and center.Representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa, a Republican running in one of the most competitive Senate races, reiterated her opposition to Mr. Trump’s recent announcement that he would lower tariffs for up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef over the next 90 days, which he claimed would push down costs.“We need to focus on affordability, but I…

Social media firms told to take down dangerous driving content in wake of fatal A66 crashGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The government has told social media companies to take down content showing people driving the wrong way down roads following a fatal crash over the weekend.Two police officers were among seven people killed when a car travelling the wrong way down a dual carriageway crashed into a force vehicle on the A66 near Middlesbrough.There have been reports that at least one of the young men who died in the collision early on Saturday had…

Interview with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Lorenzo Torrisi on 10 August 202624 August 2026What can be done to try to strengthen European firms, now that they are once again facing challenges because of external shocks?First and foremost, we should try to capitalise on our advantages – the main one being the huge European Single Market. This can enable firms to expand their business, thereby achieving economies of scale that in turn reduce production costs – particularly in IT, finance and traditional manufacturing sectors such as the automotive sector. However, as is well…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group dubbed UAT-10147 that’s targeting Windows and Linux web servers globally across the education, media, technology, and gaming sectors. The vast majority of the targets are located in Brazil, Bolivia, China, Canada, and Vietnam. Details of the threat activity came to light following the discovery of an open directory hosted at “139.180.197[.]150,” which was observed communicating with one of the compromised machines. “The actor leveraged publicly disclosed vulnerabilities to gain initial access at scale,” Cisco Talos said in a two-part report published last week. The actor employed a mixture of open-source…

Bitcoin’s rally squeezed short sellers last the week. By Sunday, the reversal was hitting leveraged longs.At about 07:00 UTC on Aug. 23, CoinGlass showed $101.39 million of crypto long positions liquidated over four hours, almost 86% of the window’s $118.13 million total. The 24-hour view put long liquidations at $250.57 million out of $339.73 million. Related ReadingBitcoin blasts past $72,000 as Trump, Treasury buybacks wipe out $3.1B in shorts Bitcoin liquidations hit leveraged longsBitcoin contributed $38.66 million of the four-hour long liquidations and $55.82 million over 24 hours. At the time, BTC traded near $76,088, down about 1.8% over the…

At its peak, ancient Lake Bonneville would have been a sight to behold. Nearly as large as Lake Michigan, the Ice Age lake spread across much of western Utah and parts of Nevada and Idaho. When it eventually receded, it left behind flat, bright playas and salt flats rich with minerals—a landscape that would later serve as the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation. Lake Bonneville began forming about 55,000 years ago during a cool, wet period, when volcanic eruptions in what’s now southeastern Idaho diverted the Bear River,…

EXPLAINERAt least 145 countries have reported increases in petrol prices since the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel began on February 28.Since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran six months ago, petrol prices have risen in at least 145 countries, adding to the burden on consumers worldwide.The figures are based on data from GlobalPetrolPrices, which tracks fuel prices in 170 countries and territories. Petrol prices in Myanmar rose the most, increasing by 56 percent from $0.77 per litre [0.26 gallon] of 95-octane fuel on February 23 to $1.20 on August 17. Bhutan recorded the…

Morning opening: Andy Burnham arrives in UkraineHello and welcome to our live coverage of Europe. I am kicking us off but Jakub Krupa will be taking over a little later on.UK ⁠prime ⁠minister Andy ​Burnham arrived in ⁠the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday alongside a number of European leaders ⁠to mark ​the ‌country’s independence ‌day.Burnham was photographed at Kyiv railway station shaking hands with Ukrainian foreign ‌minister Andrii Sybiha, who said Burnham was to be joined by António Costa, president of the European Council; Luc Frieden, the prime minister of Luxembourg; Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova; and Alar Karis,…

Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicolas Kopp seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at a $1 billion valuation. The U.S. has a shortage of accountants right now, which is driving growth of his AI-native accounting platform so much, he raised that cash in 48 hours without even trying. Rillet emerged from stealth two years ago. Since then, it has raised $200 million from top investors like Iconiq, Andreessen Horowitz, and Sequoia. It’s also amassed 600 customers, most of whom are looking to ditch legacy accounting systems like Oracle and…

Anthropic is broadening access to the cybersecurity capabilities of its advanced AI models through a mix of partner integrations, an updated Claude Security offering, a new open source funding program, and plans to expand its Cyber Verification Program. The move builds on Project Glasswing, launched in April, which gave a small group of organizations early access to Claude Mythos Preview and its successor, Mythos 5. Anthropic said the goal was to give defenders time to find and fix vulnerabilities before comparable capabilities became widely available or fell into the hands of malicious actors. Claude Fable 5 followed as a broadly…