Hong Kong protests: Weekend clashes, weekday capitalism
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Russia may have launched a satellite that is capable of inspecting and attacking other space probes, US officials claimed. The Soyuz rocket was launched from Plesetsk on May 16 with a low-Earth orbit on at least nine satellites — including the COSMOS 2576, an “inspector” spacecraft that stateside authorities previously slammed for displaying poor space behavior,…
Syria’s interim president has said it is his “priority” to protect the country’s Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority in Suweida province. In his first televised statement since Israel’s air strikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa also warned that Syrians were not…
Rising yields on shorter-term Treasurys may signal correction in equity markets or recession Hawkish comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about efforts to tame inflation have deepened the inversion of the bond yield curve for U.S. Treasury securities, which many on Wall Street have come to view as a leading indicator of an upcoming recession….
Putin gambled on Western hesitation, and now a war born of miscalculation grinds on because neither Moscow nor NATO is willing—or able—to force a decisive end. Why did the war in Ukraine start in 2021? As in 2008 and 2012, but unlike 2017 to 2021, Vladimir Putin sensed an American president would not or could…
(Bloomberg) — The fate of First Republic Bank has become a game of chicken between the US government and the lender’s largest rivals, with both sides seeking to avoid steep losses and hoping the other will handle the troubled firm. As the bank’s stock keeps lurching lower — dropping 49% on Tuesday and 30% on…
Follow our live coverage of the June 8 Mindanao earthquake here. Police gather in front of a collapsed fast food restaurant after an 7.8 magnitude earthquake in General Santos City on June 8, 2026. (AFP) (Updated as of 11:03 p.m.) MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off Sarangani on Monday morning, killing at…