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Storm Arthur tracker, path: Tropical storm hits Texas, flooding alert in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, 20,000 ‌barrels of oil could be lost as Atlantic Hurricane Season 2026 begins Hurricane

Storm Arthur tracker, path: Tropical storm hits Texas, flooding alert in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, 20,000 ‌barrels of oil could be lost as Atlantic Hurricane Season 2026 begins

Storm Arthur was expected to move inland over Texas, near the Louisiana border, by Wednesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Maximum sustained winds were around 45 mph (75 kph). Arthur is expected to produce five to 10 inches (127 to 254 mm) of rainfall. Isolated higher…
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June 18, 2026
Bot for Profit: Can China’s Top AI App Convince Users to Pay? China's Social Credit System

Bot for Profit: Can China’s Top AI App Convince Users to Pay?

After more than a year of relying almost exclusively on Doubao, Li Si is weighing whether to abandon China’s most popular AI chatbot. In recent weeks, the 20-year-old college student says the chatbot has become noticeably less reliable. “Now it forgets everything within 10 minutes. Data processing has become painfully…
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June 18, 2026
ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and calls for Cold War-style non-proliferation governance Checkpoint

ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and calls for Cold War-style non-proliferation governance

TL;DR Lagarde warned AI could trigger financial crises worse than job losses. She wants global AI governance like nuclear non-proliferation treaties. 109 banks stress-tested. ECB President Christine Lagarde warned on Wednesday that artificial intelligence could trigger dangerous financial crises and called for global AI governance modelled on the Cold War-era…
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June 18, 2026
NAFDAC urges rational use of medicines, stronger pharmacovigilance for patients safety Antibiotics

NAFDAC urges rational use of medicines, stronger pharmacovigilance for patients safety

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has emphasised the need for the rational use of medicines and strengthened pharmacovigilance systems to enhance patients safety. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at a sensitisation programme organised for community stakeholders in Mushin Local Government…
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June 18, 2026
A Colombian AI startup wants to assist half of Latin America’s doctors. Andreessen Horowitz just backed it. Palantir

A Colombian AI startup wants to assist half of Latin America’s doctors. Andreessen Horowitz just backed it.

TL;DR Telepatia raised $33M from a16z to reach half of Latin America’s 1.9M doctors by 2027. It already serves 14M patients across five countries. Telepatia, an AI clinical assistant built for Latin American healthcare, has raised $33 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company wants to…
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June 18, 2026