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Aster and World Liberty Financial Launch USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1, Offering 125M $WLFI + 6.25M USD1 in Rewards
Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the kickoff of USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), featuring 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 in rewards.
Alkemya Metacore Secures $50M via Tokenised Equity to Scale Nickel Energy and Security Tech
ALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF LISTING OF TOKENISED EQUITY NICKEL OFFERING
TrustFinance Community Choice Awards 2026 Opens Global Voting
Voting is now open for the TrustFinance Community Choice Awards 2026, inviting the public to recognize financial companies that have earned their communities' trust and confidence.
Nepal disaster a climate 'warning signal': foreign minister
A devastating glacial collapse in Nepal that unleashed deadly floods was a "warning signal" over the growing risks climate change poses to the Himalayan nation, its foreign minister told AFP on Tuesday.
China's Xi visits Egypt as US sanctions threat looms over Iran links
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Egypt on Tuesday, making a rare trip to the Middle East as both countries face the threat of US sanctions over financial links to Iran.
RedHill Announces Transformational Acquisition of Commercialization Rights to Ferring’s Rebyota® and Clenpiq®
Together with the previously announced Talicia strategic divestiture, the acquisition from Ferring of commercialization rights to two larger, proprietary, established gastrointestinal (GI) FDA-approved drugs that together generated approximately $37.5 million in 2025 net sales, completes a major strategic repositioning of RedHill’s commercial GI business
RISE Robotics Awarded $100,000 MassVentures Grant to Accelerate Commercialization of Beltdraulic Technology
RISE Robotics, a developer of electric actuation technology for heavy machinery and defense applications, today announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 START Grant from MassVentures, a competitive, non-dilutive program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supporting the commercialization of advanced technologies. As a Stage I awardee, RISE is also eligible to compete for up to $800,000 in total START funding as it advances through subsequent stages of the program.
TrendEadvisor Launches Global Multi-Asset Platform Combining Online Investing with Social Trading
Launching September 1, 2026, the fintech platform will provide access to stocks, ETFs, commodities, forex, and other financial assets, supported by social and copy-trading tools.
Germany's far-right AfD promises 'boom' but economists fear worst
Germany's far-right AfD has promised an "economic boom" if it wins Sunday's regional elections and ends up ruling the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, but economists warn their policies would spell disaster.
Former Peru minister last-minute contender for UN labour agency helm
The UN labour agency chief will face two challengers for his job after a former Peruvian foreign minister entered the race at the last minute, the final candidate list showed Tuesday.
Shein flattens on Hong Kong debut facing global headwinds
Fast-fashion retailer Shein made a tepid Hong Kong debut on Tuesday, having raised US$1.7 billion in a high-profile initial public offering.
Eurozone inflation hits three-year high at 3.3% in August
Eurozone inflation jumped to 3.3 percent in August, the highest level in three years, as the war in the Middle East kept pushing up energy costs, official data showed Tuesday.
Oil extends gains, stocks mostly down as Trump issues fresh Iran warning
Oil prices jumped more than one percent Tuesday amid fears of a fresh bout of military exchanges between the United States and Iran following a flare-up at the weekend and Donald Trump's warning that he will hit the country "hard".
ThinkMarkets Expands Weekend Trading Offering, Launches Weekend League Competition
ThinkMarkets, a global multi-asset CFD broker, today confirmed the launch of Weekend League, a client trading competition built around its weekend trading offering, with further expansion of that offering in development.
PineX Capital Launches MetaTrader 5 as Prop Firm Expands Trading Platform Offering
The growing prop firm has added MetaTrader 5 to its platform offering, giving its international trader community more choice in how they trade.
Tibet activists accuse China of downplaying floods
Exiled Tibetans and advocacy groups have accused China of heavily underreporting the death toll from devastating flooding in border regions with Nepal, claims Beijing rejected as "malicious smearing and sensationalism".
Women survivors face sanitation woes in Nepal relief camp
Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.
Iran president offers US olive branch before Putin meeting
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any US move to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, as he prepares to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a regional summit.
China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope
The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched for survivors including dozens feared trapped in hydropower tunnels.
Japan to relax overtime regulation under workaholic PM
Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture.
Fast-fashion giant Shein plunges 10% on Hong Kong debut
Fast-fashion retailer Shein fell 10 percent on its long-awaited Hong Kong trading debut Tuesday, having raised US$1.7 billion in a high-profile initial public offering.
Oil extends gains, stocks drop as Trump issues fresh Iran warning
Oil prices extended gains Tuesday amid fears of a fresh bout of military exchanges between the United States and Iran following a flare-up at the weekend and Donald Trump's warning that he will hit the country "hard".
TRON Founder Justin Sun Shares Outlook on Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Global Finance at Bitcoin Asia 2026
Geneva, Switzerland, August 31st, 2026, NewsDirect
US draws European pushback with Russia G20 finance invite
Russia's attendance at the opening of US-hosted G20 finance meetings sparked European pushback on Monday, adding a surprise element to talks already clouded by the Iran war and President Donald Trump's trade policies.
Oil prices surge on renewed fighting in US-Iran war
Oil prices jumped more than two percent on Monday, with the Brent international benchmark rising above $90 a barrel after a fresh flare-up in the US-Iran war.
Apple CEO Tim Cook gives nod to founder Steve Jobs in final memo
Apple's chief executive Tim Cook bid farewell to the tech giant on Monday, paying tribute to founder Steve Jobs and praising staff as "extraordinary," as he passed the baton to incoming CEO John Ternus.
US vows to keep economic pressure on Iran as G20 finance talks begin
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed Monday to persist with economic pressure on Iran, saying a turning point could be near as G20 finance leaders opened talks clouded by war and trade tensions.
Shein valued at $26.3 bn in Hong Kong market debut
Fast-fashion giant Shein raised $1.7 billion in its long-awaited Hong Kong initial public offering, valuing the online retailer at around $26.3 billion, the company said Monday.
Putin, Xi hold talks in Kyrgyzstan as regional summit begins
Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping began talks Monday in Kyrgyzstan, where a dozen other heads of state also gathered for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which seeks to be a counterbalance to the West.
Fully Permitted Tanzanian Gold Project Clears Path to Construction as Financing, EPCM Fall in Place (LVGLF)
Disseminated on behalf of Lake Victoria Gold
RedHill Divests Talicia® to Apotex for $18 Million Cash Upfront Plus Milestones to Fuel Strategic Growth Opportunities
Executes a major step in RedHill’s strategic roadmap to fundamentally reposition the Company’s commercial business toward new and larger product opportunities, revenue growth and an accelerated path toward operational profitability
EdWealth Announces MoneyBench Benchmark Comparing AI Money Answers From Ed, ChatGPT and Gemini
EdWealth (edwealth.ai) today announced the publication of MoneyBench, a benchmark developed by the company to evaluate how AI systems answer personal finance questions. The benchmark compares Ed, EdWealth's AI personal finance coach, with ChatGPT and Gemini on usefulness and factual accuracy.