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Health Team To Monitor Wastewater, Social Media At World Cup For Outbreak Detection Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Public health specialists have launched a dedicated surveillance operation to detect infectious disease threats early during the 2026 World Cup by analyzing wastewater samples and monitoring online chatter. The 39-day tournament begins on Thursday in Mexico. Organizers estimate more than 6.5 million soccer fans from more than 100 countries will attend 104 matches spread across venues throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The global travel of a worldwide audience to...

Yen Jumps As Japan PM Admits Weak Currency "Problematic" President Trump reportedly expressed concern over the weakness of the yen when he met Japan’s prime minister this week as the currency came under more pressure against the dollar. The FT reports that Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama Satsuki Katayama told reporters in Tokyo that Trump and Sanae Takaichi discussed the yen in talks in New York on Tuesday. The US president “expressed his concern” while Takaichi told Trump that she saw an undervalued yen as “problematic”, Katayama said. The yen jumped around 1% against the dollar following...

Binance Says It Considers Its EU License Compliant Amid Reports Of Potential Rejection Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, whose application under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework is under consideration, has generally deferred responding to a report that the company’s licensed activities in the region could be at risk. In a Tuesday blog post, Binance said that Greece's Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), one of the regulators responsible for overseeing MiCA, had completed its review of the crypto exchange’s application and “considered it compliant with MiCA requirements,”...