A draft executive order from Donald Trump that aims to largely exempt space launches from environmental review is viewed as a gift to commercial space industry players such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others who have long targeted the regulations. But its central components may be illegal and the US president “is trying to…
Washington — Just before the class of 2025 graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and accepted their commissions as officers in the U.S. Army, a group of cadets this past May decided to honor one of their own — a boy who dreamed of attending West Point but before he could, laid…
Travel with a pet in your car? Tavo Pets has launched a global campaign to raise awareness on the realities of travelling with unrestrained pets and change behaviour. Tavo Pets is working to improve understanding on pet travel after it found that 59% of motorists in the UK have travelled with their pet unrestrained, 43% with a…
LONDON — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday in a strong show of support on the eve of a key United States-Russia summit from which Kyiv and its European allies have been excluded. Starmer greeted Zelenskyy with a warm hug and handshake on the…
EBay has announced the return to Fashion Month with its Endless Runway series in collaboration with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, British Fashion Council and Fédération de la Mode Circulaire. The two pre-loved fashion shows will be held in New York and London on Sept. 10 and Sept. 18, respectively. This season will…
CK Asset Holdings, one of the flagship companies owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s family, reported weaker-than-expected first-half profit amid a challenging housing market in Hong Kong and declining rental income from its commercial properties. Profit attributable to shareholders fell 26.2 per cent to HK$6.3 billion (US$806.4 million) in the six months to June, according to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group of federal agents…
The new Ford Universal EV Platform could mark a turning point in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, making these vehicles more affordably priced and accessible to buyers. President Donald Trump’s 2025 tax reform bill will cause the federal EV tax credit to expire for vehicles purchased or leased after September 30, 2025. With fewer incentives…
During a recent X Spaces chat with fans, Cardi B opened up about the relentless scrutiny celebrities face in the social media era, using South African star Tyla as a prime example. Cardi recalled her own experience with body shaming during pregnancy before turning her thoughts to Tyla’s backlash. “People been dragging the sh*t out…
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq retreated from record highs on Thursday, after a hotter-than-expected producer prices report dampened investor expectations of potential interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 31.4 points, or 0.07%, at the open to 44,890.84. The S&P 500 fell 13.1 points, or…