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Qatar Drew $3.4 Billion in Foreign Investment in 2025 as Project Count Jumped 52%

Qatar attracted $3.4 billion in FDI in 2025, with project count up 52% to 373 and 15,051 jobs created as greenfield capital dominated, Invest Qatar reported. The results open questions about investor

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in a publicity still from the Sony Pictures film It Ends With Us

Blake Lively Seeks $8.04 Million in Legal Fees From Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios

Blake Lively's lawyers filed a petition on June 30 seeking $8.04 million from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios, calling his legal tactics 'scorched-earth.' The filing follows a sealed May 2026 settlement that

July 2, 2026

Entertainment·News

US President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One, the Boeing 747-8 aircraft offered by Qatar amid Gulf business ties

Gulf Real Estate Giants Paid Trump $38 Million as His Global Revenue Tripled to $2.2 Billion

Donald Trump received $38 million in Gulf real estate licensing fees in 2025 as total revenue tripled to $2.2 billion, a federal disclosure shows. The payments, from Damac and Dar Al Arkan,

July 2, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

Iran US Doha talks hotline ceasefire MoU 2026

US and Iran Agree on Hotline and $3 Billion Deal as Doha Talks Show Positive Progress

US and Iranian negotiators in Doha agreed on a direct communications hotline and $3 billion in frozen asset releases, the first concrete deliverables from post-war diplomacy. Qatar confirmed positive progress even as

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Xi Jinping addresses Communist Party of China members at the Great Hall of the People on the 105th founding anniversary of the CPC

Xi at CPC’s 105th: China’s Rise Offered as a Model for Developing Nations

Xi Jinping marked the Communist Party of China's 105th founding anniversary with a speech pitching China's industrialization as a development model for the world's poorest nations, backed by a year in which

July 2, 2026

Government and Politics·News

An adult female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on human skin, one of two primary Aedes species targeted by Wolbachia biocontrol programs in the United States

Washington Is Getting 600,000 Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes This Summer, on Purpose

A Maryland company is flooding the Washington, DC metropolitan area with 600,000 Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes to suppress the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, a species that can carry dengue, Zika, and chikungunya —

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

Iran nuclear facility IAEA inspectors blocked Fordow Natanz 2026

Iran Says IAEA Cannot Inspect Nuclear Sites Bombed by the US, Exposing Gap Between Ceasefire and Deal

Iran's chief negotiator declared Thursday that international nuclear inspectors cannot access the facilities bombed by the United States, sharpening a dispute that sits at the center of stalled Doha negotiations. The US

July 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Dubai and UAE urban skyline with modern high-rise buildings reflecting economic growth

Dubai Inflation Hits 5.5% in May, Driven by Iran War Petrol Surge

Dubai consumer prices rose 5.5 percent in May, fastest since before the pandemic, driven by Iran war petrol costs and persistent housing pressure. Emirates NBD expects inflation to moderate to 2.9 percent

July 2, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El Supergirl in the 2026 DC Studios film from Warner Bros Pictures

Supergirl’s Miss Tests DC Studios, and Peter Safran Isn’t Blinking

Supergirl opened to $38 million worldwide, beneath the $55 million Warner Bros. had tracked, the first real miss of the Gunn-Safran DC era. Rather than retreat, DC Studios chief Peter Safran told

July 2, 2026

Entertainment·Movies·News

Demonstrators carry portrait of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ahead of Iran state funeral July 2026

Iran Prepares Historic State Funeral for Khamenei, Body in Cold Storage Since February Strikes

Iran will begin a six-day state funeral for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on July 4, four months after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes that opened the war. Tehran's mayor projects 20

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News·Religion

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Qatar Drew $3.4 Billion in Foreign Investment in 2025 as Project Count Jumped 52%

Blake Lively Seeks $8.04 Million in Legal Fees From Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios

Gulf Real Estate Giants Paid Trump $38 Million as His Global Revenue Tripled to $2.2 Billion

US and Iran Agree on Hotline and $3 Billion Deal as Doha Talks Show Positive Progress

Xi at CPC’s 105th: China’s Rise Offered as a Model for Developing Nations

Washington Is Getting 600,000 Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes This Summer, on Purpose

Iran Says IAEA Cannot Inspect Nuclear Sites Bombed by the US, Exposing Gap Between Ceasefire and Deal

Dubai Inflation Hits 5.5% in May, Driven by Iran War Petrol Surge

Supergirl’s Miss Tests DC Studios, and Peter Safran Isn’t Blinking

Iran Prepares Historic State Funeral for Khamenei, Body in Cold Storage Since February Strikes

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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