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Syria’s Foreign Minister Hints at Renewed Security Talks with Israel Prospects and Challenges in Syria-Israel Security Negotiations By Tom Perry and Feras Dalatey Renewed Hopes for Diplomacy DAMASCUS, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead to Israel’s withdrawal from Syrian land, a…

Bitget’s chief executive has publicly pressed THORChain to stop processing funds tied to last week’s exchange breach, arguing that a protocol’s architecture should not be treated as cover for moving assets already identified as stolen.On September 24, Bitget detected unauthorized outflows from hot and warm wallets. The company later put the loss at about $387.5…

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Barclays ranked first by deal value among financial services mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisers in the first half of 2026, while Houlihan Lokey led by number of transactions, according to GlobalData’s latest league table. Using figures from its Financial Deals Database, GlobalData said Barclays advised on deals worth $37.3bn in total. Houlihan Lokey, meanwhile, worked…

Accord Mortgages has appointed Kelly Stowell as regional sales manager for London, the South-East and Northern Ireland. Stowell returns to Accord after three years with NatWest’s private banking division. Having originally joined Accord as an underwriter in 1997, she was part of the team during the early years of the firm. As regional sales manager,…