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Iran tensions drive rare evacuation prep warning. Plus: Nirmal Purja recovered, OpenAI's new AI agent, and 7 more stories
The United States has urged its citizens across the Middle East to be “prepared to depart” amid fears of renewed escalation with Iran and reports Trump could authorise another round of strikes.
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A suicide bombing during a peace rally in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province left at least 14 people dead and many injured, with authorities launching an investigation into the attack.
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Rescuers have recovered the body of renowned elite climber Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja following a deadly avalanche on one of Pakistan's highest peaks. The tragic incident also claimed the lives of nine of his team members.
The loss of Purja and his team is a devastating blow to the global climbing community, marking the passing of a generation of top alpinists.
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The Hong Kong Exchange has officially listed five-year Chinese government bond futures. This new offering expands the suite of risk-management and hedging tools available to international investors looking to manage exposure in Chinese debt markets.
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OpenAI rolled out GPT‑5.6 and introduced ChatGPT Work, an AI agent that can gather context across apps and files to create documents on macOS and Windows, marking a major expansion of its productivity and agentic tooling.
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Malaysia's inflation eased to 1.9% in June, primarily driven by lower fuel costs. However, analysts warn that ongoing disruptions in the critical Strait of Malacca shipping lane and rising producer prices could soon push inflation above 3%.
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DoorDash has begun paying some gig workers $5 per task to load restaurant orders into its Dot delivery robots. This hybrid approach highlights the current technological limitations of achieving fully autonomous, end-to-end last-mile delivery.
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NVIDIA has launched the Open Secure AI Alliance alongside more than 80 partners, including Microsoft, Hugging Face, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare. The collaborative initiative aims to build shared open tools and evaluation frameworks to strengthen AI cybersecurity defense.
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Amazon has begun phasing out the majority of its Nova AI product line, which includes Nova Premier, Nova Omni, Reel, and Canvas. The company is redirecting these resources to fund a new frontier-model initiative led by prominent researcher Pieter Abbeel.
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Global oil prices dropped over 5% to the low-$80s after OPEC+ approved a September production increase of about 188,000 barrels per day. The decline was further driven by easing Middle East tensions following a U.S. decision to halt further attacks on Iran, which also boosted global equity markets.
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