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Refit Loses Fuel Licence as Suspended Tax ID Halts Operations

Refit Loses Fuel Licence as Suspended Tax ID Halts Operations

ANP unanimously revoked Refit's operating licence on 7 August 2026 because its CNPJ was suspended. The refinery owes R$25.7 billion (US$5.0 billion) in taxes. The post Refit Loses Fuel Licence as Suspended Tax ID Halts Operations appeared…

Europe Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026

Europe Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026

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Asia Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026

Asia Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026

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MacKenzie Scott Steps Back Into Spotlight With New Book

The New York Times

MacKenzie Scott Steps Back Into Spotlight With New Book

She posted four pages of a manuscript on a newly started Substack newsletter on Saturday and said that the novel would be released serially throughout August.

The New York Times

AllAfrica

Africa: From Capital to Prosperity - Can Africa build the financial engine for its industrialisation?

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Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026

Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026

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Hunter Biden says Joe Biden’s cancer has spread further and is ‘very painful’

CNBC

Hunter Biden says Joe Biden’s cancer has spread further and is ‘very painful’

"The cancer has spread, is metastasized into his bones and further. It's very painful. It's very debilitating in many respects," Hunter Biden said.

CNBC

Business Bhutan

Beneath Bhutan’s Mountains, A New Resource Frontier Emerges

Historic airborne survey reveals promising targets for copper, tungsten, and strategic minerals, opening a new chapter in Bhutan’s economic journey For five decades, Bhutan searched for answers beneath its mountains. Now, for the first…

Business Bhutan

Trump shoots from Senate shoulders to punish Russia, by making India and China pay

Times of India

Trump shoots from Senate shoulders to punish Russia, by making India and China pay

The US Senate approved a bill allowing President Trump to impose tariffs. This legislation targets nations buying Russian oil and gas, including India. India faces potential 100% tariffs for its energy purchases from Russia. The bill…

Times of India

Bloomberg

Bloomberg This Weekend 8/08/2026

The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Oxford Centre on Migration, Policy &…

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Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches

The Guardian

Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches

Social media and soaring prices are fuelling a fossil-hunting boom, with rare discoveries worth thousands of pounds Bent double at the waist, Martin Curtis combs a stretch of a Dorset beach with the concentration of a man searching for a…

The Guardian

Guinea Signs Mining Convention with State-Owned Nimba Mining Company

Guinea Signs Mining Convention with State-Owned Nimba Mining Company

Guinea · MINING Key Facts —The signing: Guinea signed the mining convention for Nimba Mining Company on 6 August 2026 at the Petit Palais of the Presidency in Conakry. —Ownership: NMC is 100 percent owned by the Guinean state and financed…