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Nearly six months after US President Donald Trump vowed a swift victory over Iran, the conflict appears to be at a standstill, with prospects of a military victory or negotiated settlement growing dimmer. To break the deadlock, Trump has vowed an “economic D-Day” under which any country that does business with Iran would face “tremendous” economic consequences. Iran, however, has long faced sanctions and has so far shown a willingness to endure pain and a capacity to adapt to immense economic and military pressure as the conflict drags on. The key question for the US then becomes, will further sanctions…

Macroeconomist and author Lyn Alden has said that while sentiment for Bitcoin has been low in recent months, there are “not a lot of downside catalysts” for the asset left.  Speaking in a Thursday interview with CNBC, Alden said that the “fast money” has been washed out and market observers are not expecting Bitcoin treasury Strategy to sell anymore.  Alden’s comments come after Bitcoin shot up this week. The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading for $72,660 — a more than 6% 24-hour rise — after reaching $72,890 earlier on Thursday.  “By almost every metric, Bitcoin is near the low end…

Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta’s period drama ‘Batwara 1947’ has had a disappointing first week at the box office. The film has completed seven days in theatres without showing any signs of a turnaround, making its underwhelming performance a major setback for the makers and the industry. Despite the anticipation surrounding Sunny Deol’s return to the period-drama genre, the Partition-based film has struggled to connect with audiences and has witnessed a steady decline in collections after its opening weekend.As per Sacnilk, ‘Batwara 1947’ opened with Rs 5.75 crore on Friday. The film registered a significant jump the following day, collecting…

A Messi shirt gifted to former Manchester United masseur Rod Thornley has sold for more than six times the price of a Ronaldo jersey from the same collection/Credits: MatchWornShirt A Lionel Messi shirt from his Barcelona days has sold for £48,608 ($66,107) at auction, comfortably exceeding the price paid for a Cristiano Ronaldo shirt sold from the same collection.The Messi shirt was worn during Barcelona’s 0-0 pre-season friendly against Manchester United in August 2012 before being signed by the Argentine for former United masseur Rod Thornley.The Ronaldo shirt, meanwhile, was a match-issued Real Madrid jersey from the 2014-15 season and…

Supreme Court examines whether sports should become a fundamental right for children. (AI Image)Supreme Court examines whether sports should become a fundamental right for children. (AI Image)Supreme Court examines whether sports should become a fundamental right for children. (AI Image)Supreme Court examines whether sports should become a fundamental right for children. (AI Image)Supreme Court examines whether sports should become a fundamental right for children. (AI Image) For a generation growing up with smartphones, tablets, online classes, gaming and endless streams of short videos, the playground is facing an unusual competitor: the screen. The question is no longer simply whether children…

In XRP news today, Ripple has agreed to buy back $750M in shares from employees and early investors, a deal that values the privately held company at roughly $50Bn, up from about $40Bn in November 2025. That makes Ripple worth nearly twice as much as stablecoin issuer Circle, even as the XRP token trades roughly 60% below its record high from last summer, according to CoinGecko. The gap between a soaring corporate valuation and a battered token price is not a contradiction; it is the story. Here is the tension this article works through: Ripple’s balance sheet is thriving, but…

The Australian Dollar retreated against the Greenback on Thursday as US bond yields resumed their advance, despite the US Treasury’s efforts to cap elevated yields following its announcement of a long-end bond buyback program. The AUD/USD trades at 0.7114, down 0.14%.AUD/USD retreats as Treasury yields recover, offsetting support from resilient Australian PMIsWhen the US Treasury’s program was announced, the US 30-year yield fell, and it is now back at 5.25%, after reaching a low of 5.178% earlier in the day. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six peers, is up 0.07% at 99.83.Consequently, the AUD/USD…

Pitch to friends or fam­i­ly the idea of a trip to Mons, Bel­gium to vis­it the Mun­da­neum, and you may be met with a less-than-enthu­si­as­tic recep­tion. That’s unfor­tu­nate, since such an expe­ri­ence could fun­da­men­tal­ly change the way they regard tech­nol­o­gy they use every day. Though its name may seem to promise unre­lieved dull­ness today, the Mun­da­neum arose out of enor­mous high-tech ambi­tions. The idea behind it, as con­ceived by Bel­gian lawyers Paul Otlet and Hen­ri La Fontaine, was to gath­er, clas­si­fy, cen­tral­ize, and make uni­ver­sal­ly avail­able all human knowl­edge. This may sound famil­iar to any­one who’s used the inter­net, but…

The brothers’ relationship has been strained for yearsPrince Harry and Prince William attend the unveiling of a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, at The Sunken Garden in Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021Credit: DOMINIC LIPINSKI/POOL/AFP via GettyNEED TO KNOWPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the U.K. with their children for an extended period of time, PEOPLE exclusively revealed on Aug. 19The move comes shortly after the Sussex family’s reunion with King Charles in JulyWhile Harry’s relationship with his brother, Prince William, remains deeply strained, a source close to the family says Harry’s time in Britain offers…

A rogue elder, an uptight junior, the open road and a moral life lesson idling at the finish line – it’s a familiar handful of ingredients, and Northbound mixes them exactly as you’d expect. William Scoular’s feel-good, often very funny romp across the North American plains keeps the road trip rolling along nicely, even when you can see every fork in it coming a mile off.Bruce Dern is the obvious pull here. He plays Arthur, a distillery-founding octogenarian who gets booted from his care home after a boozy golf-cart joyride. Dern brings the same flinty menace that earned him an Oscar nod for Nebraska, just softened slightly…