Taiwan’s defence ministry reported six Chinese navy vessels encircling the island early Wednesday, a day after a similar sighting. Taipei is bolstering its defences, planning to significantly expand its anti-ship missile stockpile by 2029. This comes a…
Dealogic: investors have poured $58B across 42 data center deals YTD; Oxford Economics says ~850 data centers worth some $7T are under construction globally (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Dealogic: investors have poured $58B across 42 data center deals YTD; Oxford Economics says ~850 data centers worth some $7T are under construction globally — Sector remains hot despite some investors’ wariness abou…
Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
Snap election proposal rejected, man in Valencia arrested on suspicion of murdering son’s speech therapist, students in Bilbao protest low score in Basque exam and more news from Spain this Wednesday June 17th.
Body found in search for 23-year-old Briton who went missing in sea off Portugal
A body has been found after a British man went missing while swimming in the sea in Portugal last week.
Messi equals World Cup scoring record as Argentina beat Algeria
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Argentina opened their 2026 World Cup campaign with a 3-0 victory over Algeria on Wednesday, moving level with Miroslav Klose as the tournament’s all-time leading scorer.
Video: Plane Crashes On Texas Highway, Cockpit Window Broken For Rescue
Police say six people were onboard and one was killed. The plane crashed in Laredo shortly after 10 pm.
Sources: Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu targets a Hong Kong IPO as early as year-end at a $70B+ valuation, up from $50B in recent private secondary trades (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu targets a Hong Kong IPO as early as year-end at a $70B+ valuation, up from $50B in recent private secondary trades — Known as Rednote, the company’s net profit could…
NVIDIA NeMo Security Flaw Exposes Systems to Command Injection Attacks
NVIDIA has disclosed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in its NeMo Framework, including a critical command injection flaw that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. These issues, outlined in the June 2026 security bu…
Kazakhstan signs accords with Firebird on Nvidia-related computing projects that could bring up to $10B in investment, as it seeks to build a Data Center Valley (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Kazakhstan signs accords with Firebird on Nvidia-related computing projects that could bring up to $10B in investment, as it seeks to build a Data Center Valley — Kazakhstan signed accords with the startup Firebird Inc. o…
Iconic brand with 16 stores to close doors forever after nearly 30 years – ‘end of an era’
The shop has already stopped selling items online, in a statement they said ‘it’s time for us to say goodbye’