Naveed Ahmad

Spain thrash Austria to reach World Cup last 16

Spain coasted past Austria and into the World Cup last-16 on Thursday, thoroughly outclassing their opponents in a 3-0 knockout win with a brace from Mikel Oyarzabal and a Pedro Porro header. The European champions controlled possession and sliced ​​through the Austrian defense in a typically dominant performance in Los Angeles, as Hollywood stars Penelope…

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WHO chief rallies community in Congo’s Ebola response, calls for more funding

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks to journalists upon his arrival in Bunia, in Ituri province, on May 30, 2026. — X/ @OMSRDCONGO  The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of the Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak to play a central role in fighting the…

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IMF Says Tokenization Could Reshape Global Finance, Warns of New Risks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says tokenization could fundamentally reshape how financial markets operate, marking one of the strongest acknowledgments yet from a global policymaker that blockchain-based infrastructure is moving into the financial mainstream. In a blog published Thursday, Tobias Adrian, the IMF’s financial counselor and director of its Monetary and Capital Markets Department, said…

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Standard Chartered Becomes First Major Bank to Offer Direct Stablecoin Services

Institutions will be able to combine custody, banking and stablecoin services through a single onboarding process. Standard Chartered has become the first globally systematically important bank (G-SIB) to let institutional clients mint and redeem USDC directly through its banking platform, the lender has said. The service removes the need for eligible clients to open separate…

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