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Serena and Venus Williams lost in their first doubles match together since 2022 while men's top seed Alexander Zverev battled into the fourth round on Monday at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Tehran to surrender in a war that has become a growing political burden.

Built in the Middle Ages to provide shelter from attacks, Transylvania's fortified churches risk crumbling despite efforts to preserve and breathe new life into them.

Australian cricket great David Warner was fined and ordered to use a vehicle breathalyser lock Tuesday after admitting to drink driving.

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, ahead of a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who died last week at 97.

The eras of "The Odyssey" and the Vikings happened about 2,000 years apart -- so how did a Viking longship end up with a starring role in this year's blockbuster movie?

A grade 10 student was shot dead at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday before the alleged killer took his own life, police said.

Zion Suzuki has had to overcome costly mistakes and racist abuse on the way to becoming the most expensive Japanese goalkeeper in history.

Arsenal and Manchester City find themselves in unusual positions heading into the Premier League season, but there is no question which of the title contenders feels more comfortable with their new status.

The Asian Games held a torch-lighting ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday as Japan counts down to the multisport spectacular that features more athletes than the Olympics.

Alexander Zverev reinforced his lead in the 2026 ATP match wins table as the top seed defeated Terrance Atmane 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (8/6) on Monday to reach the fourth round of the Cincinnati Masters.

Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and protected species, is burning. Meteorologist Safillah Anggie Wahyuni hopes a solution lies in the clouds.

Australian mining titan BHP reported Tuesday a solid rise in annual profit boosted by surging prices for copper -- a key metal for the global energy transition and AI data centres.

The Asian Games begin in Japan in a month's time featuring teenage prodigies, more athletes than the Olympics and a cruise ship that will house competitors in the middle of typhoon season.

"WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"

Once a byword for joyful excess, Havana has been hollowed by blackouts, departures and deep uncertainty about its future.

Nine Premier League clubs will have new managers when the season kicks off on Friday, but few will feel the heat quite like Enzo Maresca, Andoni Iraola and Xabi Alonso.

Andrea feels deep shame when she thinks about the loan she took out a year ago in Buenos Aires that she is now unable to repay.

Hakainde Hichilema, who secured a second term as Zambia's president on Tuesday, built a business empire before first winning the presidency in 2021, but says he remains at heart an ordinary "cattle boy".

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema won re-election with around 60 percent of votes cast last week, the electoral commission announced Tuesday, after a race critics said was tightly managed by his government.

The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelling study published Tuesday.

An attorney for Jeanie Buss says she will fight her siblings' plan to sell their 17.8% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to former Disney chief executive Bob Iger's new majority ownership group, according to multiple media reports on Monday.

SHANGHAI, CN / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Momenta, a leading Physical AI company, together with XHEART, has selected QNX® OS for Safety from QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB), as the foundation for its Physical AI-defined autonomous driving platform.

Repeat Designation Reflects Consistent Performance Among the Nation's Leading Independent Insurance Agencies

Innovative Outlet Retail Concept Takes Over 47 Additional Locations, Bringing Outlet-Exclusive Pricing and David's Signature Bridal Experience to Every Major Market

Internal analysis from AI Search Engineers identifies the legal vertical as one of the most commercially significant AI search opportunity categories and releases the first complete attorney-specific AI search visibility checklist covering entity signals, structured data trusted source citations topical authority and documented outcomes.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Momentum Media Fund and Momentum Studios, announced they will provide valuable investor relations media coverage and support for The Hampton Global Passion Projects "Legacy Events", an invitation-only series of private gatherings curated for top Hampton family wealth, hedge fund principals, philanthropists, and sophisticated investors. Momentum Media Fund invested a major stake in its Media venture Momentum Studios, whose credits include placement of its clients' stories and positioning to investor audiences in networks like NASDAQ TV, NYSE TV, Bloomberg TV, Fox News, Forbes, and to hundreds of media outlets in finance, space, AI, technology and entertainment and sports.

Optimized process delivered a 10-fold improvement in productivity, significantly improving the estimated economics of future commercial-scale manufacturing.Estimated manufacturing cost equivalent has fallen more than 100x from the first version of the NCT process to the current optimized process, based on internal process-cost assessments.The new process produced approximately 67% more NCT per liter than the previously announced 100-liter pilot run.Reaction time was reduced by over 80%, allowing substantially more product to be produced in less time.The improvements support a more scalable and efficient manufacturing process as eXoZymes prepares for technology transfer to future commercial partners.

Commercially Proven Swarm Technology Capable of Coordinating Thousands of Aircraft Now Available to U.S. Defense Organizations for Drone-Swarm Training, Testing and Evaluation

NEWARK, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTGX) today reported that on August 17, 2026, it granted inducement awards to two recently hired employees in accordance with the terms of their employment offer letters. The awards were granted under the Protagonist Therapeutics Amended and Restated Inducement Plan, which was adopted May 29, 2018, and amended February 18, 2020 and February 15, 2022.

CASHMERE, WA / ACCESS Newswire / August 18, 2026 / Cashmere Valley Bank (OTCQX:CSHX) (the "Bank"), today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously selected Len Devaisher as the Bank's next President and Chief Executive Officer following a comprehensive succession process.