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  • U.S. Embassy in Havana issued a public health alert reporting increased diarrheal illnesses across Cuba.
  • The embassy attributed the outbreak to worsening water and electricity infrastructure.
  • Ongoing U.S. restrictions on fuel shipments to Cuba remain in place to pressure the government.
  • Officials say the restrictions have coincided with longer, more frequent nationwide blackouts.
  • U.N. experts warned sanctions tightening is escalating humanitarian risks in Cuba.
  • The alert highlights immediate public health needs and infrastructure failures requiring external assistance.

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Bitcoin Breaks Above $71,000 on Record Short Squeeze and Regulatory Signals

Bitcoin Breaks Above $71,000 on Record Short Squeeze and Regulatory Signals

Bitcoin jumped 10.52% to $71,750 on August 20, 2026, driven by a record $2.7 billion short squeeze and a cluster of regulatory developments, including a White House meeting and a new SEC proposed rule. While momentum indicators on the daily chart are strongly bullish, overbought readings and an upcoming cloture vote on the CLARITY Act create near-t…

ZenaTech Closes 28th Drone as a Service Acquisition, Adding a Canadian-based Civil and Structural Engineering Firm with Customers Across Five Provinces

ZenaTech Closes 28th Drone as a Service Acquisition, Adding a Canadian-based Civil and Structural Engineering Firm with Customers Across Five Provinces

ZenaTech, a Nasdaq-listed technology company specializing in AI-powered drone platforms and Drone as a Service (DaaS), has acquired Cogswell Engineering, a Canadian civil and structural engineering firm serving customers across five provinces. This marks ZenaTech's 28th DaaS acquisition, expanding its footprint in Atlantic Canada and enhancing its …

ParaZero’s DefendAir Receives Third Order from Tier-1 Global Defense Company, Advancing Toward Full-Scale Operational Deployment

ParaZero’s DefendAir Receives Third Order from Tier-1 Global Defense Company, Advancing Toward Full-Scale Operational Deployment

ParaZero Technologies Ltd., a US-listed aerospace defense company, received a third order from a Tier-1 Israeli-based global defense company for its DefendAir Net Pods and integration support, advancing the system from evaluation toward full operational deployment. This progression marks growing customer commitment and broader adoption potential fo…

UBS trims mid-2027 gas price forecasts as U.S. inventories run high

UBS trims mid-2027 gas price forecasts as U.S. inventories run high

UBS has reduced its natural gas price forecasts for December 2026, March 2027 and June 2027 by $0.20 per mmbtu, citing larger-than-normal inventory builds amid steady U.S. production and softer liquefied natural gas exports. Inventories are now well above the five-year average and could rise further through the injection season, while new pipeline …

Sysco Announces Strategic Board Appointments and AI Transformation Initiatives Intended to Accelerate Growth, Long-Term Value Creation

Sysco Announces Strategic Board Appointments and AI Transformation Initiatives Intended to Accelerate Growth, Long-Term Value Creation

Sysco Corporation announced strategic board appointments of two new directors with expertise in AI, technology innovation, and finance to accelerate its enterprise-wide AI transformation and enhance operational performance. The company reaffirmed strong fiscal 2027 guidance, including 6-7% revenue growth and 9-11% adjusted EPS growth, underpinned b…

Nano Labs' AI Play Has Momentum: MoU, Product Launches and Insider Buying Create a High-Upside Swing Trade

Nano Labs' AI Play Has Momentum: MoU, Product Launches and Insider Buying Create a High-Upside Swing Trade

Nano Labs (NA) has stacked a string of tangible developments—an MoU to explore North American AI data centers, a new AI hardware product launch, a compliance-focused blockchain program and a sizeable insider buy. With a $44.6M market cap, a sub-$2 share price and heavy short interest, this is a high-risk, high-reward swing trade for disciplined tra…

GlobalFoundries: Buy the Cycle, Not the AI Narrative

GlobalFoundries: Buy the Cycle, Not the AI Narrative

GlobalFoundries (GFS) looks like a cyclical value play after a sharp pullback from its May highs. The maker of differentiated foundry nodes is showing better margins driven by automotive and communications work, trades at a reasonable market cap of roughly $26.7B, and has technicals that favor a mean-reversion move. This trade is for investors who …

Magnite Research Reveals Live Streaming Brings Audiences Together and Keeps Them Engaged Beyond the Main Event

Magnite Research Reveals Live Streaming Brings Audiences Together and Keeps Them Engaged Beyond the Main Event

Magnite released new research revealing that live streaming engages audiences beyond main events, with viewers increasingly co-watching and interacting with pre- and post-event content. The study highlights that Connected TV (CTV) amplifies live content reach, and advertising in these live and surrounding streams boosts consumer purchase intent. St…

Streamex to Participate as Innovator Partner at the Real-World Asset Summit in Brooklyn, New York; CEO Henry McPhie to Join Panel on Commodities Tokenization on September 2, 2026

Streamex to Participate as Innovator Partner at the Real-World Asset Summit in Brooklyn, New York; CEO Henry McPhie to Join Panel on Commodities Tokenization on September 2, 2026

Streamex Corp., a US-based technology company listed on NASDAQ, announced its participation as an Innovator Partner at the 2026 Real-World Asset Summit in Brooklyn. CEO Henry McPhie will join a panel discussing the tokenization of commodities, highlighting Streamex's role in developing institutional-grade blockchain solutions for commodity markets.…

Westwood to Launch Westwood Salient Enhanced Power & Infrastructure ETF (PWRX) as the First New ETF on the Texas Stock Exchange

Westwood to Launch Westwood Salient Enhanced Power & Infrastructure ETF (PWRX) as the First New ETF on the Texas Stock Exchange

Westwood Holdings Group announced the launch of the Westwood Salient Enhanced Power & Infrastructure ETF (PWRX) on the Texas Stock Exchange, marking the first new ETF debut on this platform. Scheduled for September 17, 2026, PWRX is an actively managed ETF targeting income and growth opportunities within the evolving energy market, including tradit…

American Battery Technology Company Announces Highest Ever Gross Profit and Successful Appeal for Reinstatement of $57 Million US Department of Energy Grant in Fourth Quarter FY2026 Financial Results

American Battery Technology Company Announces Highest Ever Gross Profit and Successful Appeal for Reinstatement of $57 Million US Department of Energy Grant in Fourth Quarter FY2026 Financial Results

American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT) reported its highest-ever quarterly gross profit of $1.3 million in Q4 FY26, driven by operational efficiencies and increased revenue at its Nevada critical mineral recycling facility. The company also won its appeal to reinstate a $57 million U.S. Department of Energy grant supporting the construc…

Enphase Energy Launches AI Assistant in the Enphase App, Bringing Agentic Intelligence to Home Energy Management

Enphase Energy Launches AI Assistant in the Enphase App, Bringing Agentic Intelligence to Home Energy Management

Enphase Energy has introduced the Enphase AI Assistant into its mobile app, offering homeowners an intelligent, AI-driven tool that provides personalized insights, explanations, and control over their home energy systems including solar, battery storage, EV charging, and grid interactions. This innovation aims to simplify energy management amidst i…

Twin Disc Announces Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2026 Results

Twin Disc Announces Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2026 Results

Twin Disc, Inc. announced its fiscal 2026 and Q4 results, showing an 11.9% full year sales increase to $381.3 million and an 18.3% increase for Q4, driven by Marine, Propulsion, Defense, and Land-Based Transmissions markets. The company improved net income to $27.1 million from a prior loss, enhanced EBITDA by 48%, and generated strong free cash fl…

ASP Isotopes Inc. Announces that Renergen Limited’s Subsidiary has Commenced Commissioning of Liquid Helium Plant in South Africa

ASP Isotopes Inc. Announces that Renergen Limited’s Subsidiary has Commenced Commissioning of Liquid Helium Plant in South Africa

ASP Isotopes Inc. (NASDAQ: ASPI) announced that Tetra4, its subsidiary Renergen Limited's developer of the Virginia Gas Project in South Africa, has commenced commissioning the Phase 1 Liquid Helium plant following engineering optimization. This new production source aims to alleviate global helium shortages with commercial production expected to s…

Adagene to Participate in Three Upcoming Investor Conferences

Adagene to Participate in Three Upcoming Investor Conferences

Adagene Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in antibody-based cancer immunotherapies, announced senior management will participate in three upcoming investor conferences in New York to present their latest clinical developments and strategic collaborations. The company highlighted its proprietary SAFEbody technology and lead c…

Rein Therapeutics Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for LTI-03 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Rein Therapeutics Receives U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for LTI-03 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Rein Therapeutics announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track designation to their lead drug candidate, LTI-03, for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). LTI-03 is a novel, inhaled peptide therapy that aims to inhibit lung scarring and promote tissue repair. The company is actively enrolling patients in the Phase 2 RENEW clinical trial, w…

PowerCompute Announces July 2026 Production and Operational Update

PowerCompute Announces July 2026 Production and Operational Update

PowerCompute announced its July 2026 Bitcoin mining production totaled 7.9 BTC amid seasonal curtailments, generated $91,000 in energy sales revenue, maintained a Bitcoin treasury of over 315 BTC valued at $20.2 million, and refinanced $18 million of debt secured by its Bitcoin holdings, enabling use of Bitcoin as collateral instead of selling coin…