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June 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday confirmed it will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange Friday in the biggest initial public offering in history, a blockbuster market debut that could propel the entrepreneur to trillionaire status. In a filing with the US markets regulator, the company priced more than 555 million shares at US$135 each, placing SpaceX in the top 10 of Wall Street’s biggest companies with a valuation of just under US$1.8 trillion. It will be valued more than Musk’s own Tesla car...
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June 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The United States must ensure the next chapter of responsible innovation is written in America, not in China, lawmakers and witnesses told a congressional hearing on Thursday as they sounded the alarm over US-China competition for global supremacy in artificial intelligence (AI). “Cyber security and national security must be taken seriously. The United States cannot afford to let China or any other adversary gain a technological edge in artificial intelligence,” said Tim Scott, chairman of the...
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June 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
A Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a suspect in the investigation into a shooting attack that damaged the facade of the US consulate in the Canadian city in March, police said. One 19-year-old suspect was in custody at a hospital in critical condition while officers searched for a second suspect, who was identified as 19-year-old Zara Jabbi and was considered armed and dangerous, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said at a news conference. “I urge you to turn yourself in,”...
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June 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Taiwan’s representative to the United States expressed confidence that Washington would approve a new round of arms sales to Taiwan, though US President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on the matter. Asked on Thursday about a pending US$14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan, Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taipei’s de facto diplomatic envoy, told CNN: “It’s up to President Trump to decide. Once the review is done, we expect that the sale, that the announcement will be made because we need those arms...
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June 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
For much of the reform era, the United States occupied a special place in the Chinese imagination. When I was growing up in China in the 1980s, the US – or meiguo, the “beautiful country” – was more than a country. It was an idea. Many Chinese, myself included, associated it with prosperity, freedom, scientific innovation and a functioning democracy. Even those who disagreed with American foreign policy often admired its institutions and power. That admiration survived many shocks: the Belgrade...
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June 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images)Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Belgium's Hanne Vandewinkel. Austria's Anastasia Pota
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June 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images)Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Belgium's Hanne Vandewinkel. Austria's Anastasia Pota
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June 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images)Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Belgium's Hanne Vandewinkel. Austria's Anastasia Pota
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June 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
A Chinese biotechnology company sued the US government on Thursday over being placed on a list of businesses from China that the US Department of Defence has linked to that country’s military. WuXi AppTec filed its complaint in the Washington federal court, calling its inclusion on the list arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the facts and “the product of political pressure”. It also accused the US government of inflicting substantial reputational and operational harm by branding it a...
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June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first India versus Afghanistan ODI scheduled for Friday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble expressed happiness at inclusion of pacer Prince Yadav in the squad, saying that he should be given a chance in the playing XI, pointing out his 'strong temperament' while bowling tough overs for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The t
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June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first India versus Afghanistan ODI scheduled for Friday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble expressed happiness at inclusion of pacer Prince Yadav in the squad, saying that he should be given a chance in the playing XI, pointing out his 'strong temperament' while bowling tough overs for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The t
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June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first India versus Afghanistan ODI scheduled for Friday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble expressed happiness at inclusion of pacer Prince Yadav in the squad, saying that he should be given a chance in the playing XI, pointing out his 'strong temperament' while bowling tough overs for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The t
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June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina higlighted the importance of building a backup for star all-rounder Hardik Pandya heading into the 2027 ODI World Cup, noting Nitish Kumar Reddy's recent fine performances in the Indian Premier League, adding that the backup should be given proper games to build confidence. Pandya is missing from the ODIs against Afghanistan and al
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June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina higlighted the importance of building a backup for star all-rounder Hardik Pandya heading into the 2027 ODI World Cup, noting Nitish Kumar Reddy's recent fine performances in the Indian Premier League, adding that the backup should be given proper games to build confidence. Pandya is missing from the ODIs against Afghanistan and al
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June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina higlighted the importance of building a backup for star all-rounder Hardik Pandya heading into the 2027 ODI World Cup, noting Nitish Kumar Reddy's recent fine performances in the Indian Premier League, adding that the backup should be given proper games to build confidence. Pandya is missing from the ODIs against Afghanistan and al
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June 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company, escalating pressure on Havana’s communist government and targeting a sector central to the island’s worsening energy crisis. The move came hours after senior Chinese and Cuban officials held a video conference to discuss bilateral cooperation and party-to-party ties. According to statements released by Chinese and Cuban officials, the talks involved Liu Haixing, head of the International Department...
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June 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM
US President Donald Trump said he is nominating Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence, following backlash over his selection of housing regulator Bill Pulte to serve in the role on an acting basis. Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term. “I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible,” Trump said on social media. Clayton, as US attorney for the Southern...
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June 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be awoken from a coma within the next 48 hours, pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson said on Thursday. Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday night which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland. Twelve police officers were injured, 16 arrests were made and two people were charged following Wednesday night’s...
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June 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Nvidia’s top executive for Latin America denied on Wednesday that the region has served as a corridor for restricted chips into China, weeks after Anthropic, the American maker of the Claude AI models, alleged that Chinese labs had relied partly on smuggled processors to drive recent advances. Speaking at Web Summit Rio at a moment of intensifying rivalry between Washington and Beijing over artificial intelligence, Marcio Aguiar acknowledged that the pressure on export controls is real enough to...
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June 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had cancelled planned military strikes against Iran after negotiations with Tehran reached what he described as the highest levels of the Iranian leadership and received approval from all parties involved. “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings...
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