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Whilst in Egypt, Kushner also met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. According to Israeli media reports, Mladenov and Blair will also meet Netanyahu on Monday with the aim of advancing Trump’s plan. The Israeli prime minister has said he wants a full Hamas disarmament first in order to implement the deal. “Israel rejects the Board of Peace’s 15-point document on Gaza. The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed,” Netanyahu said last week, defying Israel’s closest ally.In the run-up to a general election in October, Netanyahu faces pressure within his own cabinet to continue operations…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The cost of shipping goods through many of the world’s maritime chokepoints has soared in the past month due to war and climate change, fuelling fears of higher consumer costs and underlining concerns about the fragility of global supply chains.The dual impact of conflict and low water levels caused by long periods of drought in Europe and Latin America has pushed up rates along key shipping routes including the Panama Canal, the Rhine, the Red Sea and Black Sea to record highs,…

Compare Our Top FountainsMore Fountains We TestedPhotograph: Molly HigginsCheerble Pet Fountain Elfin E1+ for $70: This simple automatic water fountain would’ve been a top pick, but I’m trying to pare down my top picks to only stainless steel or glass—unless they have a feature not seen elsewhere, like the Petlibro RFID fountain—because plastic gets dirty with the potential to cause serious health problems (more on that below). But overall, I have no complaints besides the plastic with this fountain. Like other top models, it has a wireless pump for safer and easier cleaning and a hygienic stainless steel top, and…

Greenlane Holdings is a Nasdaq-listed company holding about 81.3 million BERA and BERA-equivalent units. Its token treasury ended the second quarter valued at about 77% below cost. A stayed Nasdaq rule could eventually expose the company to a $5 million listing test with no ordinary cure period.At June 30, the treasury’s $70.2 million cost basis compared with $16.4 million of fair value, according to Greenlane’s quarterly filing. The 76.6% gap was a mark-to-market shortfall, not a realized loss from selling the tokens.CryptoSlate Berachain market data puts the price at roughly $0.142. At that price, the same 81.3 million units would…

Yet, within Ghana itself, the conversation around African complicity is far more nuanced, and for some traditional leaders, acknowledging the past is a vital prerequisite part of healing.King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, leader of Ghana’s Ga people, recently took the step of publicly apologising for his ancestors’ involvement in the slave trade.”I think that the transatlantic slave trade was the greatest crime against humanity, and ancestors also took part as players in that trade,” says the king.The Ga people became middlemen who traded with Europeans. They sold gold, ivory and ultimately enslaved Africans, often those captured in…

Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims veered off a Hungarian motorway and into a ditch.Police said the bus overturned after coming off the M3 motorway, which connects Hungary’s capital Budapest with the north-eastern city of Nyíregyháza, at around 01:00 local time on Sunday (23:00 GMT on Saturday).Officers believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel. He has been taken into custody.Thirty-five out of the 57 passengers and two drivers onboard have been rescued by firefighters so far, state media reports.Emergency services had been attempting to lift the rear axle of the 24-tonne…

“Breakups are… tough.”It’s the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called “It Happens in Every Universe.” It’s also basically the thesis of the entire record. It’s no grand revelation, but it’s a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold.Eagle’s subject matter is usually personal, and his productions tinged with nostalgia. But DOOMED! is his most intimate album yet. A lot of that is due to the production from Kenny Segal. The two have traveled in the same orbit and worked together before, but this is the first full-length album release from…

Nakamoto, the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine, faces a near-term balance-sheet test at year-end, when 60 million USDT of a Bitcoin-backed credit facility comes due amid tight unencumbered liquidity and heightened market volatility.According to the company’s second-quarter regulatory filings, Nakamoto held $19.1 million in cash as of June 30, while a separate 105 million USDT tranche of the loan does not mature until June 2027.However, assessing the firm’s near-term liquidity is complicated by its treasury structure: the vast majority of its digital asset holdings are already locked up as collateral for the facility. Related ReadingBitcoin treasuries already faced two collateral calls in 2026…

In a landmark judgment on Aug. 14, South Africa’s Constitutional Court set aside exploration rights held by oil giant Shell and Impact Africa, a South African oil and gas company. The ruling prevents the companies from exploring for fossil fuels off South Africa’s Wild Coast. The case was brought by Wild Coast communities and environmental organizations after Shell announced plans in 2021 to conduct a 3D seismic survey off the country’s Eastern Cape province coastline. They argued that authorities had failed to meaningfully consult affected communities or consider harms to their spiritual and cultural rights and livelihoods. Authorities…

But Ferrari’s shares dropped the day after the Luce’s launch, following backlash over the car.Amongst those criticising the car were Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini and former Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, who said the car was “risking the destruction of a legend”.Ferrari’s chief design officer Flavio Manzoni said in an interview in May that critics are part of the innovation process and that he believed people would come to appreciate the Luce.The company has not disclosed its target for Luce sales but, according to a Financial Times report, it has hit this year’s goal thanks to strong…