Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday denied reports that President Vladimir Putin asked leading Russian businessmen to make large financial contributions to the state budget to help fund the war against Ukraine. Instead, Peskov said, an unidentified businessman proposed the idea during a private gathering attended by Putin on Thursday, which took place alongside the…
A rising Crewe and Nantwich Athletics Club star is making her mark on the national stage, after recording the highest UK Indoor Pentathlon total for an Under 16 international female athlete in 2026. Competing in the Under 17 Women’s Pentathlon, a year above her chronological age, Isla Boardman, 15, finished 7th from 32 national finalists…
Beijing’s top official overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs has concluded a five-day fact-finding trip to three mainland Chinese cities in the Greater Bay Area to explore ways of deepening the international financial hub’s integration into the national blueprint. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said that its director, Xia Baolong, had visited Guangzhou,…
Photo by Ksenia Chernaya on Pexels Kodiak Sciences’ stock (NASDAQ: KOD) saw a massive 75% breakout yesterday, March 26 2026, pushing the stock to nearly $40 level and expanding its market cap to $2.4 billion. This stellar run was driven by a solid Phase 3 GLOW2 data for Zenkuda (tarcocimab), an investigational therapy to treat…
Meath and Cork will meet in the Division Two National Football League final on Sunday (13:45 GMT) while Longford and Carlow lock horns in Saturday’s Division Four decider (17:00 GMT). After all four counties achieved their initial aim of promotion from the respective divisions, there is now silverware to compete for at Croke Park over…
Key Points Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, Micron, and TSMC are all set to be huge beneficiaries of the continued AI infrastructure build-out. Alphabet and Meta Platforms have both done a great job of applying AI to their core businesses to drive growth. ServiceNow stock has been caught in the SaaS sell-off, but it is well positioned…
There was no other way for FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette to end. On July 16, 1999, 38-year-old JFK Jr., his 33-year-old wife Carolyn, and Carolyn’s 34-year-old sister Lauren died in a plane crash roughly seven miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. The political scion was piloting his Piper…
Four weeks into a war that was going to take four days, and that has so far cost the US about $30-40bn and Israel $300m a day, Washington is further away from a diplomatic agreement with Iran than it was in May 2025. Not only has the war failed to persuade Iran to agree to…
Vodka brand Spy X has earmarked Asia’s fine-dining scene for opportunity after securing a partnership with Aqua Hong Kong. Aqua Hong Kong (photo credit: Aqua Restaurant Group) and Spy X (photo credit: Frank Kallenberg) have partnered Spy X was established last year by Portuguese company Spy Manor as an ‘ultra-luxury’ vodka. Conceptualised in Portugal, it…
The global electric vehicle traction motor market, valued at $11.3 billion in 2024, is on track to reach $17.12 billion in 2025 and $316.84 billion by 2035, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 33.88% over the forecast period. This exceptional growth trajectory reflects accelerating EV adoption worldwide, tightening emissions standards across major economies,…