Monday, June 15, 2026

World

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut

Elon Musk on Friday became the world's first trillionaire after shares in his SpaceX rocket company soared during the biggest-ever stock market debut. The Tesla and SpaceX founder comfortably cemented...

Police investigate ‘8647’ written in grass on US national mall

US police are investigating a large imprint of the numbers 8-6-4-7 that were apparently drawn in the grass...

Texas couple jailed for running pandemic “blessing” scheme

A Texas couple was sentenced yesterday to 40 years each in prison for running a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid...

Crew members missing after suspected US strike on tanker

LONDON - Two crew members were missing and one injured on Wednesday after a suspected US missile strike...

32 dead after 7.8 magnitude quake hits Philippines

At least 32 people have died after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao island in...

British PM hails Brexit deal but must sell it to doubtful ministers

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May hailed her draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday but must convince ministers to back her plan...

White House hit with staff upheavals – again

WASHINGTON − Another round of upheaval engulfed President Donald Trump’s White House on Tuesday, with the future of several senior aides in doubt just...

US lays barbed wire at border as migrant caravan draws closer

TIJUANA − Hundreds of Central American migrants planning to seek asylum in the United States moved toward the country’s border with Mexico on Tuesday...

CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta

New York: CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim...

Stan Lee, creator of many Marvel superheroes, dead at 95

LOS ANGELES − Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that...

Facebook outage stumps users

For about 30 minutes earlier today social media site Facebook appeared to be offline.As the site went down this afternoon, more than 1 000...