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Newshour - Thailand warns clashes with Cambodia could ‘move towards war’

The Thai prime minister has warned that clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, which have killed at least 16 people and displaced tens of thousands in both countries, could "move towards war". Also in the programme: The photographer in Gaza who took a powerful image of a mother and her malnourished baby; and on news of the death of US musician Chuck Mangione, we celebrate his beloved flugelhorn. (Photo: People flee Cambodia due to the armed border conflict with Thailand, Oddar Meanchey Province 25 Jul 2025. Credit: Photo by Kith Serey/EPA/Shutterstock)

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Marketplace All-in-One - What’s the point of blanket tariffs?

This week, President Donald Trump said the baseline rate for so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on countries around the world could now land somewhere between 15% and 50%, higher than what was previously floated. But according to Princeton international economics professor Gene Grossman, "it's not clear exactly what the purposes are, and many of them are in contradiction with each other." But first: Since the spring, oil rig count has dipped to near-pandemic lows. What gives?

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Focus on Africa - Who are the CAR commanders jailed for war crimes?

This week the International Criminal Court sentenced two commanders of a civilian militia in the Central African Republic to a total of 27 years in prison. One of them, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, had formerly been the head of the country’s football federation. What was the conflict that engulfed CAR a decade ago, and what were the crimes that led to the ICC convictions?

Also in this episode, the impact that continuing aid cuts are having on women and girls in Somalia.

And we uncover the melodic contributions of Congo's queens of rumba music.

Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Yvette Twagiramarya, Sunita Nahar and Tanya Hines in London Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Audio Mises Wire - How Psychology Is Catching Up with the Reality of Human Action

Modern psychology has been at odds with the praxeology of the Austrian School, as psychologists have tended to see humans as passive and reactive, while Austrians view human action as purposeful. Recent developments in the field might change that narrative.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-psychology-catching-reality-human-action

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: How the BBB Affects BTC Miners, Stargate Project Update, Record Crypto ETF Inflows

What miners need to know about tax changes in the Big Beautiful Bill, plus a 4.5 GW update on Project Stargate and last week’s record $4.39 billion inflows into BTC and ETH exchange-traded products.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss Antalpha’s CEO becoming the chair of Cango, how the Big Beautiful Bill affects bitcoin miners, OpenAI and Oracle’s 4.5GW datacenter plans, last week’s record crypto ETF inflows of $4.39B, and Joe McCann's Solana treasury SPAC.



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**Notes:**

• Hashprice stable at $60/hash/day

• Antalpha CEO now chair of Cango 

• BBB allows 100% equipment depreciation 

• OpenAI and Oracle plan 4.5GW data center

• $4.39B crypto ETF inflows weekly


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

04:59 Anatalpha CEO → Cango chairman

13:02 BBB impact on Bitcoin miners

22:06 Fractal Bitcoin

22:45 $4.39B in flows last week

25:53 Stargate OpenAI<>Oracle 4.5 GW

29:10 SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project

36:33 Joe Mcann’s fails after 80% drop



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