Musk Briefly Exits Trillionaire Club as SpaceX Shares Shed $600 Billion in Three Sessions
NEW YORK — Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual and history’s first trillionaire, has lost that distinction just days after achieving it, as a brutal selloff in SpaceX shares wiped out more than $118 billion of his net worth in…
Oil Prices Slide as Iran-U.S. Nuclear Deal Raises Supply Outlook
NEW YORK/LONDON — Global oil prices continued their downward trajectory Wednesday following progress in Iran-U.S. nuclear negotiations, as markets priced in the prospect of a significant surge in Iranian crude supply returning to international markets.Market Snapshot:| Benchmark | Price |…
OGDCL Conducts Land Surveys Without Paying Compensation — Farmers Protest in Fateh Jang
FATEH JANG, Punjab — Farmers and landowners in village Shehray Bahadur, Tehsil Fateh Jang, have launched protests against state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) after its Survey Camp…
Beggar Bot or Brilliant Stunt? China’s Humanoid Robot Panhandles for Its Electricity Bill
BEIJING — A video going viral from China’s Sichuan province shows a humanoid robot kneeling on a sidewalk, hands clasped in a pleading gesture, begging passersby for money — to…
Oil Prices Slide as Iran-U.S. Nuclear Deal Raises Supply Outlook
NEW YORK/LONDON — Global oil prices continued their downward trajectory Wednesday following progress in Iran-U.S. nuclear negotiations, as markets priced in the prospect of a significant surge in Iranian crude supply returning to international markets.Market Snapshot:| Benchmark | Price |…
Israel Defies U.S. Pressure, Vows to Keep Hold of Lebanese and Syrian Territories
TEL AVIV/BEIRUT — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Wednesday that Israel will not withdraw from occupied territories in Lebanon and Syria — even if pressured to do so by the United States — in a defiant statement that underscores…
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UK Apple iCloud class action case by Which? given green light
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Trump-picked panel approves gold coin with his image: the larger the better
A federal arts panel comprised of members appointed by Donald Trump unanimously approved a commemorative gold coin featuring his image on Thursday, in the latest effort by the administration to celebrate the US president. Critics, including Democrats and members of another federal arts committee, said minting a coin with a sitting president’s image went against…
“Blood on the Streets, Relief at the Pump — Kenya Announces Fuel Price Reduction”
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UK Apple iCloud class action case by Which? given green light
Apple users get a small amount of free storage, but once that runs out they are encouraged to pay for iCloud to back up photos, videos, messages, contacts and other content from their devices. Prices range from 99p a month for 50GB to £54.99 a month for 12TB. Apple does not give rival storage services…
Environmental plan is largely off track, warns watchdog
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Protected seabed damaged by fishing is showing signs of recovery
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