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Around two weeks ago, Elon Musk’s SpaceX conglomerate went public. Everyone who is remotely interested has a fair idea of the numbers. But in a nutshell, it was easily the biggest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in history. It also led to Mr Musk becoming the first ever trillionaire, however briefly. Without doubt, the whole SpaceX (SPCX) IPO was a stunning success. The first trade was matched at $150, which represented a perfectly reasonable 11% premium to the issue price of $135 per share, and the stock then rallied to close out at just over $160, representing a first-day gain of…

“There is a risk of extremely heavy rain at warning levels,” top government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters.”So far, we have received reports of one person seriously injured and three people with minor injuries”, as well as flooding in dozens of buildings mainly in the southern region of Kagoshima, he said.”We offer our heartfelt sympathy to all those affected by the disaster, and we will continue to gain an accurate picture of the damage situation,” he said, adding the government is cooperating with municipalities to take “emergency disaster response measures”.Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled a total of 120…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Japan time. The New York Times A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Japan on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 10:29 p.m. Japan time about 30 miles west of Tokyo, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the…

President Trump has “a fundamentally different conception of the U.S. presidency” than his predecessors, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan explain in their new book, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.”Haberman and Swan sat down with “CBS Mornings” Friday to talk about their book, which dives into the president’s second term and is the result of more than 1,000 interviews. “This administration is so unrecognizable [compared] to Trump’s first one,” Haberman told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King. She said “it became really clear to us,” over many months of reporting, “that we were covering not the…

Big developments in Murdaugh, Mangione, Robinson cases Alex Murdaugh’s defense files new motions for his retrial. Luigi Mangione’s lawyers slam plea deal reports. Tyler Robinson returns to court. The Supreme Court hands down decisions on immigration, expanding presidential powers. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, can still face the potential death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder, a Utah judge ruled Friday.Judge Tony Graf Jr. found Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard was in contempt of a court order for statements he made about his opinion on the strength of evidence in…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 26, 2026 11:47 am Updated June 26, 2026 11:51 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Sherritt International Corp. is shutting down operations at its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., after running out of the feed inventory it receives from its Moa mine in Cuba. The company says the shutdown will continue until mining and processing activities at Moa resume and the refinery feed pipeline is rebuilt.Operations at Sherritt’s Moa joint venture in Cuba were paused earlier this year as the country faced fuel shortages since the U.S. cut…

John Bolton, a former national security adviser for US President Donald Trump who has since become one of his fiercest critics, has pleaded guilty in federal court to mishandling classified information and faces up to five years in prison.”I’m sorry for it,” Bolton told US District Judge Theodore D Chuang during the hearing.Reuters previously reported that Bolton would plead guilty under a deal with prosecutors that included a sentencing range from no prison time to as many as five years behind bars, with the final sentence to be determined by a judge.As part of the agreement, Bolton agreed to pay…

SINGAPORE: A man who decided to join a scam syndicate abroad was fired after three days due to his poor performance.Yip Chee Ming, 30, could not make any successful scam calls during his short stint at the scam syndicate compound in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the court heard on Friday (Jun 26), as it sentenced the Malaysian to 16 months and two weeks’ jail.Yip, who appeared in court via videolink, pleaded guilty to one count of being part of an organised crime group, with another count of cheating taken into consideration for sentencing.He was part of the syndicate, based in Phnom…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Mets’ season has hit rock bottom, and they are making a major change in the clubhouse.Carlos Mendoza, who took the team to a National League Championship Series in his first year as an MLB manager in 2024, has been relieved of his duties.A nightmare season for the Mets reached a tipping point on Thursday night when the Mets were swept in four games by the Chicago Cubs. They have been outscored 58-22 during their current six-game losing streak, and they are 13 games under .500, the lowest mark of…

The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) has suspended plans to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo ship transiting the waterway was struck by a projectile.IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said several crews had already been evacuated, but the agency had decided to pause the operation until there were “necessary safety guarantees” for those involved.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a Royal Navy maritime security agency, said on Thursday that a cargo vessel had been struck by “an unknown projectile” about 7.5 nautical miles (14km)…