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Key Messages Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are ongoing across Northeast Syria (NES) and Northwest Syria (NWS). Despite an improved harvest, seasonal gains are bypassing poor households. Income remains concentrated among wealthier households and is largely absorbed by debt repayment, while internally displaced persons (IDPs) and households that lost key livelihoods face a strained labor market and persistent food consumption gaps. May flooding along the Euphrates damaged cropland and irrigation in Deir ez-Zor and Ar-Raqqa and wildfires destroyed standing crops at the peak of the harvest, driving more As-Suwayda households into Crisis (IPC Phase 3). From June 2026 to January…

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Plans for a riverside development have taken a step forward after land for hundreds of new homes was consolidated into the hands of housebuilders.Lewes District Council says it has approved the sale of the North Street Quarter land, which has been earmarked for The Phoenix, a 685-home development by the River Ouse.The land, which was acquired by the council in order to consolidate its ownership, will now be sold to developers Human Nature, who are working on the project.Council leader Zoe Nicholson called the sale a “decisive step that allows North Street Quarter to move from ambition to delivery”.She added:…

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Galectin Therapeutics (ISIN US3631621074) is being judged less by revenue and more by cash burn, trial timing, and balance-sheet runway. In Q1 2026, the company held $21.5 million in cash and cash equivalents, while research and development expense reached $5.9 million, both figures taken from the latest investor reporting available through its investor relations channel.Cash runway matters mostThe first number that matters for GALT stock is the $21.5 million cash position at 31 March 2026. The second is the $5.9 million spent on research and development in the same quarter, which shows how quickly the company is still financing its…

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ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailHaorao Liu, President of China Region of Reynold Lemkins discusses how Hong Kong could become a bridge between Chinese tech companies and global computing power as Hong Kong property companies shift their strategy to focus on AI infrastructure. Source link

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More than $2.3 billion in stablecoins has flowed out of major cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Bybit over the past 30 days, according to on-chain data shared by analyst Darkfost. The exodus is squeezing the liquidity available for Bitcoin trading, providing a structural explanation for why the leading digital asset has remained locked in a prolonged price range. Stablecoin Reserves Drain as Capital Leaves Exchanges Darkfost reported that $1.55 billion in stablecoins exited Binance, while $786 million left Bybit during the period. The analyst noted that exchange stablecoin reserves have consistently seen outflows outpacing inflows throughout the year. This trend indicates…

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© Drozd Irina / Shutterstock.com Few tickers make a retail investor flinch quite like one built on collateralized loan obligations. The letters evoke 2008, toxic tranches, and the financial crisis. The Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF (BATS:JBBB) leans into that discomfort and asks you to look closer. What you find is a $1.2 billion fund holding more than 200 floating-rate CLO tranches across 50-plus managers, paying a yield roughly double what a money-market fund offers today. The question is whether that extra income is worth the discomfort. What JBBB Actually Owns A CLO is a pool of senior secured corporate…

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Story audio is generated using AI The South African Reserve Bank and its Prudential Authority are busy formulating regulations on the use of crypto assets, and there’s an argument to be made that these should already have been in place by now to protect the financial system.The Bank does not recognise cryptocurrency as legal tender, but the reality is that — by its own concession — the number of South Africans with crypto-trading accounts had nearly doubled to 8-million since early 2022 by late last year. The Bank also revealed that nearly R63bn had been externalised through local crypto platforms…

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