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02 Sep

Euro zone inflation rises to hotter-than-expected 2.1% in August

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Euro zone inflation rises to hotter-than-expected 2.1% in August Eurozone inflation rate is just slightly higher than the European Central Bank's target of 2%. Core inflation, which strips out more volatile food, energy, alcohol and tobacco prices, was unchanged from 2.3% in July . The euro was down 0.6% against the dollar, at $1.1640 . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

Crypto.com and Underdog partner to offer sports prediction markets

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Crypto.com and Underdog partner to offer sports prediction markets Fantasy and sports gaming operator Underdog is partnering with Crypto.com to offer sports prediction markets in 16 states . It's the first sports gaming platform to enter the new and rapidly expanding prediction market industry . Traders buy and sell the outcome of sporting events, but the odds change according to market movements . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee

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Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee Ukraine is pursuing a multibillion-dollar arms buildup that would be funded by Europe . President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes the system will enable $1 billion in purchases each month . The new system would both help replace U.S. arms donations that President Trump has ended . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Redevelopment of Jaipur railway station in progress, to handle about 1.75 lakh passengers daily

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Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Redevelopment of Jaipur railway station in progress, to handle about 1.75 lakh passengers daily Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Indian Railways (IR) is working on a mission mode to develop Jaipur railway station . The station falls under the administrative control of North Western Railway (NWR) zone . The redevelopment work of aipur station is being executed in a phased manner . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

KCR suspends daughter Kavitha from BRS

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KCR suspends daughter Kavitha from BRS Kalvakuntla Kavitha, daughter of former Chief Minister and BRS supremo K. Chandrashekar Rao, has been suspended for anti-party activities . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

Indonesian police use tear gas on university campuses in ongoing protests

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Indonesian police use tear gas on university campuses in ongoing protests Indonesian police have used tear gas on crowds of protesters near two universities . Authorities deployed tear gas around the campuses of the Islamic University of Bandung and nearby Pasundan University . At least eight people have died in the protests since last week . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

A World Reshaped by A.I. Needs Museums More Than Ever

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A World Reshaped by A.I. Needs Museums More Than Ever The season brings a bumper crop of museum and other art-world openings by some of the field’s most prominent talents . The debuts include stand-alone buildings, extensions, satellite locations and remade landscapes . Each project is an assertion that the in-person communion enabled by the physical museum is more crucial than ever . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

A Move to the U.S. to Avoid Tariffs? There Are Trade-Offs.

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A Move to the U.S. to Avoid Tariffs? There Are Trade-Offs. President Trump upended global trade in his first term by placing tariffs on goods from China . Many companies decided to move production elsewhere to avoid the duties . Now Bizerba, a German maker of industrial scales and slicers, is contemplating whether it should move some production to the United States . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

How Jair Bolsonaro Tried, and Failed, to Stage a Coup in Brazil

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How Jair Bolsonaro Tried, and Failed, to Stage a Coup in Brazil Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting to kill Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva before he was sworn in as Brazil’s next president . Prosecutors say he was intent on overturning the October 2022 presidential election he had lost . Read full story: Source

02 Sep

What to Know About Jair Bolsonaro’s Coup Plot Trial

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What to Know About Jair Bolsonaro’s Coup Plot Trial Bolsonaro and seven members of his inner circle will be tried on charges of “violent abolition of the democratic rule of law” and “coup d’etat” The trial is expected to last two weeks . President Trump has used tariffs and sanctions to try to force the trial . Read full story: Source