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FRIDAY . 28 AUGUST 2026
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01The Trump administration has secured a majority stake in over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves in a deal described as the largest in history.
02A federal judge ruled the Pentagon's blacklisting of AI company Anthropic was unlawful retaliation, marking a significant legal rebuke to the administration's tech policy.
03Rescue efforts are intensifying in Nepal after devastating floods left dozens of British nationals missing and created a dangerous barrier lake visible via satellite.
04A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests AI will soon exceed human physicians in providing care for five fundamental medical tasks.
05Escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf have driven daily earnings for very large crude carriers to a record $647,000 amidst the ongoing Iran war.
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