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Abuja — On Tuesday, June 16, 2026, the Nigeria Customs Service and the American Business Council met at Customs Headquarters to agree to deepen trade ties and tackle operational bottlenecks affecting bilateral commerce. …
New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan has confirmed he will return to the team for a 16th and final NFL season, ending speculation about his retirement plans after the 2025 campaign. The 37-year-old, an eight-t…
SpaceX options began trading in the United States on Tuesday, June 17, 2026, in what market data providers describe as the most active single-stock options debut on record. Roughly 1.8 million contracts changed hands, re…
SpaceX has disclosed in an SEC Form 8-K that it has signed a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Anysphere Inc., developer of the AI coding platform Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing Anysphere at about …
Michelle Saniei, 37, a cast member of Bravo’s reality series “The Valley,” has confirmed she is dating hip-hop producer and music executive Dr. Dre, 61, whose legal name is Andre Romelle Young. In an interview published …
Lionel Messi scored his first FIFA World Cup hat-trick in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria in their Group J opener at the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at Kansas City Stadium in Missouri. The Argentina capt…
Meeting in Evian-les-Bains, France, G7 leaders on Wednesday demanded an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and endorsed an interim memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. Signed earlier this week and …
The U.S. Department of Commerce has designated Anthropic’s Mythos artificial intelligence model, also known as Fable 5, as a specialized cyber weapon, triggering stringent export controls that bar any access by foreign n…
In Los Angeles on Monday night, Ariana Grande grew emotional on stage during a stop on her newly launched Eternal Sunshine Tour, her first tour since 2019’s Sweetener World Tour. The concert marked her first major public…
OMAHA, Nebraska – Texas Longhorns shortstop Adrian Rodriguez made College World Series history on Monday, June 15, 2026, by becoming only the third player ever to hit for the cycle in the Men’s College World Series. Rodr…
Chicago — Walter Parazaider, a founding member and saxophonist of the band Chicago, died in hospice on Wednesday, June 17 at 2:10 a.m., family members confirmed. Parazaider was 81 and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's …
United States — A team of former Cisco artificial intelligence security researchers has launched Tenet Security Inc., a startup focused on stopping so‑called rogue AI agents from causing harm in enterprise environments. …
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal court in Mississippi to intervene in and dismiss a civil rights and environmental lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI and MZX Tech LLC. The s…
American rapper Michael Lawrence Tyler, known as Mystikal, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in a Louisiana state prison after pleading guilty to third-degree rape. The case arose from a July 30, 2022 incident at his …
Seattle, United States – Christian Pulisic has been listed as day-to-day ahead of the United States men’s national team match against Australia in Seattle on Friday, according to team officials. The playmaker has trained…
Tom Holland has confirmed that he is married to Zendaya, ending months of speculation about the couple’s relationship status. The British actor disclosed the news in an interview with Esquire U.K. published on June 16, 2…
Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper was excused from the team’s mandatory minicamp in Englewood, Colorado, on Tuesday following two recent arrests tied to domestic violence allegations. Head coach Sean Payton said …
New York, United States – The fashion industry is facing mounting controversy after reports that organizers of the 2026 Met Gala have carried out a strategic purge of their guest list, excluding a notable group of high-p…
Spokane, Washington, is battling a fast-moving wildfire that erupted on Beacon Hill, destroying homes and forcing Level 3 evacuations, according to local emergency officials. The blaze, described as a brush fire, ignited…
ATLANTA — Georgia's Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Governor Brian Kemp's call to redraw congressional and state legislative maps during a special session convened after the U.S. Supreme Court decisi…
OMAHA, Neb. Georgia beat Texas 2-0 on Tuesday at the Men's College World Series in Omaha, eliminating the Longhorns after two losses to the Bulldogs. Dylan Vigue and Justin Byrd combined on a four-hitter, and Georgia sco…
Atlanta — Businessman Rick Jackson defeated Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Georgia’s Republican runoff Tuesday, securing roughly 52–53% of the vote and the party’s gubernatorial nomination to face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms o…
United States — Municipal leaders in several cities this week acted on temporary moratoriums or zoning pauses for data center projects. Edgerton's council denied a moratorium even as a Planning Commission rejected an $86…
United States financial markets rallied sharply on Tuesday after Washington and Tehran announced a tentative framework agreement aimed at ending their ongoing conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a key global ene…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has confirmed that the wedding of singer Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce is scheduled to take place during the same general period as the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will includ…