SpaceX conducted the 13th test flight of its Super Heavy-Starship launch system from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, lifting off at 5:51 p.m. EDT. The 397-foot rocket, powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines, followed an earlier July 16 attempt that was aborted when four engines failed to start and a...
United States – Surging demand for high-protein foods is fundamentally reshaping the U.S. dairy industry, as prices for high-grade whey protein concentrate and isolate have risen by as much as 250%. Fitness culture, the popularity of high-protein diets, and the spread of GLP-1 weight-loss medications have intensified consumer demand for...
UNITED STATES – Consumers across the country are reshaping their grocery shopping routines as they face the biggest jump in food prices in about 50 years. Many shoppers now plan their trips around discounts, checking supermarket apps, scanning weekly circulars and clipping coupons before they leave home and again once...
A large heat dome over the United States is driving triple-digit temperatures and high humidity across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Eastern seaboard, with the National Weather Service issuing extensive heat advisories and excessive heat warnings affecting tens of millions. Major cities including Chicago, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York are...
South Korea – Nvidia and South Korea’s SK Group, which includes SK Hynix and SK Telecom, have signed a strategic artificial intelligence infrastructure partnership worth more than $500 billion, marking one of the largest hardware commitments in semiconductor history. The long-term agreement focuses on securing and co-developing next-generation high-bandwidth memory...
Kuwait has agreed a $16 billion, 20.5-year lease-and-leaseback transaction for its national crude oil pipeline network with a consortium led by U.S. private equity firms Blackstone and KKR, alongside Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management. The deal, known as Project Peregrine, grants the investor group a 49% equity stake in a joint...
United States – The article analyzes how U.S. foreign policy under Donald Trump centered on an assertive, coercive negotiation style often framed as “maximum pressure.” His administration relied on sweeping economic sanctions, conspicuous military signaling and force deployments, tight deadlines, and sharp public rhetoric to push rivals toward negotiations from...
In Chicago, Dallas Wings rookie guard Azzi Fudd won the WNBA 3-Point Contest at Wintrust Arena during All-Star weekend, becoming the first rookie in league history to secure the event’s title. Fudd, the No. 1 overall draft pick and former University of Connecticut standout, defeated Portland Fire guard Bridget Carleton...
United States–based smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has notified customers that it will impose double‑digit price increases on its products, citing accelerating supplier and supply chain costs. In a formal letter circulated to clients, the company said the higher prices will apply to all products shipped from September 1. Qualcomm explained it...
American singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to one count of affray at Southwark Crown Court in London, admitting involvement in a 2023 nightclub attack on music producer Abraham Diaw. Prosecutors said the incident occurred in February 2023 at Tape nightclub in Mayfair, where Brown struck Diaw with a tequila...
