The US and Denmark Reach a Deal to Expand the American Military Presence in Greenland
President Trump said Friday he has an agreement giving the United States a larger military footprint on mineral-rich Greenland while keeping the Arctic island under Danish sovereignty, with a signing planned next week at the UN General Assembly.
World Launches World Money, a Self-Custodial Stablecoin App Reaching More Than 150 Countries
The super app from Sam Altman and Alex Blania's Tools for Humanity lets users hold stablecoins in eight currencies, fund from Apple Pay through Stripe, and connects to Kalshi and Morpho, with World ID verification built in.
World Launches World Money, a Self-Custodial Stablecoin Super App, Across 150 Countries
World Money is a self-custodial stablecoin super app from Sam Altman and Alex Blania's World, launching across 150-plus countries with Stripe and Apple Pay on-ramps, Morpho yield, and World ID identity built into the payment rail.
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Widen Access to AI
Bill Gates warns AI could deepen inequality as the Gates Foundation commits $1 billion over two years for local-language models, health, education, and small-farmer tools across the developing world.
MoneyGram Launches a Stablecoin Visa Card in Colombia, Letting Users Spend USDC Anywhere Visa Works
The MoneyGram Card runs on the Stellar network and was built with crypto card platform Rain, starting in Colombia with a physical card and ATM withdrawals planned for late 2026.
Congo and M23 Agree a Roadmap for Peace Talks After Five Days in Switzerland
The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23-led rebel alliance left five days of Swiss-mediated talks with a sequenced roadmap for negotiations, a ceasefire-reporting method, and a verification mission due Monday in Minembwe, even as both sides trade accusations of violations.
Chainlink Partners With Swift Provider Bottomline to Move Bank Payments Onchain for 600 Banks
Bottomline, a top-three Swift service provider that moves more than $16 trillion in payments a year, will use Chainlink's CCIP and Runtime Environment to offer cross-chain, cross-border settlement to its 600-plus bank customers while staying compatible with existing Swift and ISO 20022 systems.
Canada Suspends Trade Talks and Vows to Match Trump's 50% Tariffs Dollar for Dollar
Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled Canada's negotiators hours before the Section 338 duties hit about $20 billion of goods on Saturday. Ottawa's counter-tariffs on roughly $20 billion of US products start September 8, and Trump threatened Monday to double tariffs on Canadian cars.
XPeng's Robotics Unit Raises Over $900 Million at a $6.3 Billion Valuation Ahead of Humanoid Production
IDG Capital led the first outside round for XPeng's robotics business, with Gaorong Ventures and strategic backing from Tencent and Alibaba. The company calls it the largest single private financing in China's embodied AI industry and expects its IRON humanoid in mass production by the end of 2026.
JPMorgan Adds Five Asia-Pacific Currencies to Its Kinexys Blockchain Settlement Network
JPMorgan added the Australian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese yen, Chinese renminbi, and Singapore dollar to its Kinexys blockchain settlement platform, giving institutional clients eight currencies for around-the-clock cross-border payments and FX after more than 4 trillion dollars in transactions.
The DOJ Extradites a Russian Developer Charged in a Bank Account Takeover Scheme That Targeted Millions
Sergei Filimonov was arraigned in Atlanta after extradition from the Republic of Georgia, accused of running spoofed bank login pages and buying sponsored search ads to harvest more than 5,000 stolen credentials.
An Anonymous Connecticut Family Gives Americares a Record $50 Million as US Aid Cuts Squeeze Global Health
The $50 million gift is the largest in Americares' history, and half will fund the aid group's goal of helping 100 million people reach quality health care by 2030 as Washington's foreign aid cuts leave holes across global health programs.
Tether and Fasanara Launch a $400 Million Stablecoin Fund for Small-Business Lending
Tether and Fasanara Capital seeded StableFund, a $400 million stablecoin private credit vehicle routing USDT rails into small-business and consumer lending across more than 60 countries.
A Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's 75-Country Immigrant Visa Ban
Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled in the Southern District of New York that the State Department suspension of immigrant visas for 75 countries was patently unlawful and exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio's authority.
The DOJ Charges 17 Mabna Institute Hackers With Stealing 31 Terabytes From 144 US Universities for Iran's IRGC
A 14-count superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday adds eight defendants to a 2018 case, alleging a Tehran company spearphished more than 100,000 professors worldwide and resold the stolen research inside Iran through two websites.
Trump Pauses the 50% Section 338 Tariffs on Canadian Goods for Three Days, Hours Before They Took Effect
The duties were set to hit about $20 billion of Canadian imports at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday under a 1930 tariff provision no president has ever used. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the reprieve runs to the end of Friday.
A Record 907 Aid Workers Were Killed, Injured or Kidnapped in 2025 as Armed Drones Spread
The UN released the Aid Worker Security Database count on World Humanitarian Day. Gaza was the deadliest place for humanitarian staff for a third straight year, with 186 killed, and the total rose even as deaths fell.
Shakira and Howard Buffett Commit $1.25 Million and 10 Rebuilt Schools to Colombia's Chocó After the Earthquake
Nearly 200 schools reported damage from the August 10 quake. Shakira, Live Nation, the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund and CAF put up the first $1.25 million, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation is funding 10 more schools on top of it.
JPMorgan Warns Global Food Inflation Could Nearly Double by 2027 as Fertilizer and Hormuz Risks Compound
A JPMorgan report titled Food Security Is National Security projects global food inflation rising from 2.8 percent to about 5 percent by 2027, driven by fertilizer shortages, Strait of Hormuz shipping risk and a possible El Nino.
The 60-Day US-Iran Memorandum Expires With No Deal as Iran Says It Agreed a Hormuz Route Map With Oman
Monday marked 60 days since the June signing. Tanker crossings through the Strait of Hormuz fell to three on August 16 against roughly 130 a day before the war, and CENTCOM says it has redirected 64 commercial vessels under the blockade.
A 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake on Indonesia's Flores Island Kills 48 as 5,000 Evacuees Wait for Food and Water
Indonesia's disaster agency counts 101 injured, 914 houses severely damaged and 341 aftershocks. The province is moving to declare a 14 day emergency as survivors on hillsides ask for food, medicine and clean water.
Pentagon Tells Congress US Strikes in Yemen Killed 153 Civilians in 2025, Up From Two the Year Before
An unclassified Pentagon review sent to Congress finds every recorded death came from three April 2025 strikes, including the Ras Isa fuel port attack that killed 80 people, and concludes no condolence payments will be offered.
A 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake in Colombia's Chocó Kills More Than 200 as WFP Readies Food and Cash Assistance
The quake struck one of the poorest regions in the hemisphere, where armed conflict already keeps more than 21,000 people confined to their communities. Colombia has declared a national disaster.
Russia's Central Bank Proposes Letting Retail Investors Trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT
A draft directive published Tuesday would cap non-qualified investors at 300,000 rubles a year through any single broker, clearing only three tokens for public exchange trading and leaving XRP off the list.
Putin Signs Russia's First Comprehensive Cryptocurrency Law
Starting September 1, retail investors can buy the most liquid cryptocurrencies through licensed intermediaries with a 300,000 ruble annual cap, while domestic crypto payments stay banned and foreign trade settlements get explicit legal cover.
