Tehran residents flee as Israel-Iran conflict continues for fifth day
Tehran began emptying early on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump urged the immediate evacuation of the Iranian capital amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes.
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Swedish ‘queen of trash’ jailed for dumping thousands of tonnes of toxic waste
Fariba Vancor, former boss of Think Pink waste management company, convicted of 19 serious environmental crimesA Swedish entrepreneur who once called herself the “queen of trash” has been sentenced to six years in prison for illegally dumping hundreds …
Sources: xAI is in talks to raise $4.3B via an equity investment on top of the $5B in debt it’s trying to borrow; of its previously raised $14B, it has $4B left (Bloomberg)
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Sources: xAI is in talks to raise $4.3B via an equity investment on top of the $5B in debt it’s trying to borrow; of its previously raised $14B, it has $4B left — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is in talk…
Spain finally says what caused its huge nationwide blackout
A major power outage that paralysed the Iberian Peninsula in April was caused by “overvoltage” on the grid that triggered “a chain reaction”, according to a government report released Tuesday.
Mapping Iran’s oil and gas sites and those attacked by Israel
Iran is a top 10 oil and gas producer, making its energy sites crucial to both regional and global markets.
DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.3m by UK regulator for 2023 data hack
Information stolen from US company included details of 150,000 British residents including family treesThe genetic testing company 23andMe has been fined more than £2.3m for failing to protect the personal information of more than 150,000 UK residents …
Why target-date funds are great IRA investments
Jason Kephart, a senior principal with Morningstar’s manager research team, discusses why target-date funds make ideal IRA investments.
Can Israel’s strikes stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons?
After five days of attacks, Israeli forces say they’ve hit key military and nuclear sites inside Iran. But experts question whether the damage is enough to achieve Israel’s long-term goal of halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Holly Williams reports from…
Trump family MAGAphones already hit a hang up – they can’t be made in U.S. by launch date
Experts have pointed out that for the T1 device to reach the advertised price point of $499, some (if not the majority) of the component parts will likely have to be manufactured abroad
Trump Offers Mixed Messages on Israel-Iran War
President Trump’s contradictory comments left Israelis and Iranians trying to understand whether and how the U.S. would intervene.