Australia's parliament approved a roughly $215 million annual levy on large digital platforms that fail to pay local news outlets, extending a 2021 framework that Google and Meta increasingly refused to renew.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is deploying activist debt-management tactics to counter a bond market selloff in the $32 trillion Treasury market, drawing praise from allies and warnings from critics who see political interference in borrowing costs.
Israel advanced its long-frozen E1 settlement plan by issuing construction tenders, prompting five Western governments to jointly demand a reversal over fears it would sever the West Bank in two.
Federal agents seized electronics from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his D.C. home as part of a sexual misconduct probe, according to an AP source. Swalwell resigned in April and denies the allegations.
Newly released minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting show a widening group of officials prepared to raise interest rates if inflation stays elevated, marking a notable shift in tone.
A macOS preview build appears to have exposed several unreleased Apple products, including AI-powered AirPods with cameras. Bloomberg says the 2027 launch window is unchanged.
The Israeli military reversed its earlier denials and confirmed its troops fired on the vehicle carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab, opening a Military Police Criminal Investigation Division probe into her death and the killing of two paramedics sent to rescue her.
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