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Space investment in first quarter hits record as SpaceX IPO buzz lifts sector

Global investment in space companies surged to a record in the first quarter of 2026, driven by larger late-stage financing and growing investor enthusiasm over SpaceX's public market debut, data from investment firm Seraphim Space showed on Tuesday.Funding reached $7.95 billion during the quarter, nearly double the $3.93 billion in the previous three-month period, pushing the trailing 12-month investment to an all-time high of $18.8 billion.Deal count also rose to 159 transactions, bringing the annual total to a record 654.The increase in capital deployment was largely attributed to bigger c

German investor morale sinks to three-year low on Iran war fears, ZEW finds

Ex-official describes pressure from UK PM's office, deepening Mandelson row

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World's top condom maker Karex to raise prices sharply as Iran war strains supply chain

Malaysia's Karex Bhd, the world's top condom producer, plans to raise prices by 20% to 30% and possibly further if supply chain disruptions drag on due to the Iran war, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Karex is also seeing a surge in condom demand as rising freight costs and shipping delays have left many of its customers with lower stockpiles than usual, CEO Goh Miah Kiat told Reuters in an interview. "The situation is definitely very fragile, prices are expensive... We have no choice but to transfer the costs right now to the customers," Goh said.Karex produces over 5 billion condoms a

Virginians vote on Democratic map targeting 4 Republican congressional seats

As Warsh faces hearing, a framework for smaller Fed balance sheet emerges

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Taiwan president cancels Eswatini trip, blames Chinese pressure on African countries

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's trip to Eswatini this week has been cancelled after three African countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories to get there, his office said on Tuesday, blaming Chinese pressure."According to our understanding, three countries - the Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar - unilaterally revoked flight permits for the presidential aircraft without prior warning. The actual reason was intense pressure exerted by Chinese authorities, including economic coercion," the presidential office said in a statement. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editin

Hong Kong government seeks to seize $16 million from jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai

GE Aerospace sees 2026 profit at top of range, but warns of oil risks

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Why Trump is reading the Bible — at a complicated moment for his relationship with American Christians

One day after he posted — then deleted — an image comparing himself to Jesus Christ, President Donald Trump sat at his desk in the Oval Office and read from the Bible directly to a camera.Trump is one of nearly 500 people reading scripture this week as part of “America Reads the Bible,” a weeklong event offering what its organizers describe as a “spiritual celebration” of the country’s 250th anniversary. The effort is led by a Christian nonprofit aimed at engaging the country and its leaders on the need for the Bible’s teachings.Participants, which include Trump, his chief of s

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Virginia voters deciding on redistricting plan that could boost Democrats' seats in Congress

Virginia voters on Tuesday will decide whether to ratify an unusual mid-decade redrawing of U.S. House districts that could boost Democrats’ chances of flipping control of the closely divided chamber, as the state becomes the latest front in a national redistricting battle. A proposed constitutional amendment backed by Democratic officials would bypass the state's bipartisan redistricting commission to allow use of new congressional districts approved by state lawmakers in this year's midterm elections. The referendum tests Democrats' ability to pus

JetBlue CEO rules out bankruptcy this year despite surging fuel costs amid Iran war

CJ McCollum takes Young's place in Atlanta and as MSG's villain in leading Hawks past the Knicks

Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children

A stunned Louisiana city struggled to come to grips Monday with the massacre of eight children carried out by a father who was separating from his wife and used an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction. The violence reverberated across Shreveport a day after the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in two years. Schools brought in counselors for the victims' young classmates and community leaders called for a city-wide reckoning on stopping domestic violence. “We cannot afford to wait until the next crisis,” said Caddo Parish Sheriff Henr

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2 killed, 5 injured as planned fight between teens turns into deadly shooting at North Carolina park

A planned fight among young people escalated into a mass shooting at a North Carolina park Monday morning that left two teenage boys dead and five other people injured, authorities said. Winston-Salem police Capt. Kevin Burns said a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old died at the scene after being shot around 10 a.m. at Leinbach Park, near a middle school. Five others between the ages of 14 and 19 were shot and suffered injuries ranging from critical to minor, Burns said at a news conference. Four of those victims are female, officials said. Officials said multiple peopl

Trump: New deal with Iran will be better than old one

Gulf worries US-Iran talks may cement Tehran's 'golden' grip on Hormuz

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A portal to an ancient, invisible realm reopens in Uganda

Walking through the compound that houses the Kasubi Tombs, the main path leads to what should be an entrance. But it ends at one of the layers of thatch covering the 25-foot structure known as Muzibu Azala Mpanga. It looks like a giant basket turned upside down. If it weren’t for the rows of shoes laid neatly outside, you’d never know there was a way in.Brush aside the long-dried spear grass, and you’re in another world. Uganda’s equatorial heat is left outside; inside, a double-layered ceiling of woven reeds and grass regulates the temperature, keeping the air cool and still. Women si

Britain’s royals remember Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 100th birthday

Britain’s royal family will mark what would have been the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday by unveiling comprehensive plans for a new charity and memorial in central London.Several events are planned for Tuesday to honor Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who died nearly four years ago at the age of 96.Her son King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla will visit the British Museum in London to view designs of the planned memorial, while her daughter Princess Anne will officially open the Queen Elizabeth II Garden in Regent’s Park, London. In a video posted on the Royal Family

Oil prices slip and world shares mostly gain as US-Iran talks still in doubt

Gunman shoots Canadian woman dead at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids, 13 injured

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Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz will have elbow surgery and is expected to miss about 3 months

Los Angeles Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz will undergo surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow and is expected to miss about three months, the team announced Monday. The procedure will be performed Wednesday at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, and Díaz is not expected back until the second half of the season. The Dodgers placed the 32-year-old right-hander on the 15-day injured list and recalled left-hander Jake Elder from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Elder, was acquired from the Washington Nationals on April 1 for cash, has allowed two runs in 5 1/

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A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media

As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.Then President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try negotiating via the press, posting about ongoing talks on social media and speaking to several reporters by phone Friday morning as Pakistani intermediaries updated him on ongoing talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.He claimed Iran had agreed to a host of provisions that sources familiar with the talks said have not yet been finalized. He also asserted that Tehran had agree

China’s energy fortress was built to withstand just this type of oil shock

Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

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Russian blogger whose angry appeal to Putin went viral hits back after state TV attack

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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fueled era of prosperity

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Former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi, the 1st US governor of Asian American descent, dies at 100

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Tired of political turmoil, Bulgarians give ex-president a convincing mandate for change

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The tariff refund process is finally kicking off

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Israeli soldier's desecration of crucifix in south Lebanon draws condemnation

A photo showing the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village home to Christians

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Virginia Sen. Mark Warner's daughter has died: 'Heartbroken beyond words'

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Even Catholic Trump supporters feel conflicted over the president’s tiff with the pope

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Amazon's collusion drove up consumer prices, California says, citing new evidence

Amazon.com worked behind the scenes with merchants such as Levi Strauss to prod online rivals such as Home Depot, Walmart and Chewy to raise prices for

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The Latest: Pakistan prepares for upcoming peace talks despite US seizure of Iranian cargo ship

President Donald Trump is defending his Iran war strategy, attacking critics and skeptics on Monday as “TRAITORS, ALL” after a second round of talks with Iran were thrown into doubt by the U.S. Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz