A 32-year-old Bank of America vice president, Erin Piacenti, has been identified as the woman who was fatally stabbed during a daytime attack in New York City’s Times Square. Piacenti was attacked on Monday, August 31, 2026, in one of the busiest areas of Manhattan. Police said the incident appeared to be a random and…
Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed, a Las Vegas jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder in connection with the rapper’s death. The 63-year-old former gang leader was convicted on Monday, August 31, 2026, following a trial that finally brought one of hip-hop’s most infamous unsolved cases to court….
European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel has urged central banks to embrace blockchain technology, arguing that they need to move “on-chain” to remain at the centre of the rapidly changing financial system. Speaking at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 28, Schnabel said central banks should bring central bank money into…
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is proposing to remove certain tax filing requirements for trust-based stablecoins as part of the country’s fiscal 2027 tax reform plans. The proposal is aimed at making it easier for these digital assets to function as everyday payment instruments, particularly as stablecoin adoption grows in Japan. Under Japan’s current rules,…
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence models could significantly increase cyber risks and threaten the stability of the global financial system. Bailey, who also chairs the Financial Stability Board (FSB), raised the warning in a letter to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors ahead of their meeting…
Senegal has made a major breakthrough in the fight against sickle cell disease, becoming the first African country to locally manufacture a generic treatment for the condition. The medicine, branded DREPAF, is a generic version of hydroxyurea, a widely used treatment that can help reduce painful crises, hospitalisations and the need for blood transfusions among…
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced new agreements with nine pharmaceutical companies aimed at reducing the cost of prescription medicines for Americans. The deals, announced Monday, expand the Trump administration’s “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) pricing strategy, which seeks to bring U.S. drug prices closer to the lowest prices paid in other developed countries. The companies…
The United States says it launched strikes against Iranian military positions after detecting preparations to deploy sea mines into the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, August 30, after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was reportedly observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines…
A $7 billion theme park project inspired by the world of Dragon Ball is being planned near Paris as part of a major investment partnership between France and Saudi Arabia. The two countries have agreed on a €6 billion ($7 billion) project to develop three large theme parks near Cergy-Pontoise, about 30 kilometres northwest of…
A Russian attack drone reportedly used artificial intelligence to select its own target before killing three civilians at a gas station in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 6. The incident is being described by experts as the first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a Russian drone operating with a fully autonomous targeting system. According…
