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Nasdaq vs Dow: How are the key indices different as SpaceX joins one?

SpaceX joins Nasdaq-100 after IPO, bypassing traditional three-month trading rule for inclusion in the tech-heavy index.

Tinubu orders probe of ‘Phantom’ council

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of a “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council”…

TASS

Investment in Russia’s private space sector could exceed $1.3 bln by 2030

According to Roscosmos Deputy General Director Grigory Maximov, some 5 bln rubles was allocated from the federal budget for the provision of Earth remote sensing imagery to government authorities in 2026

TASS

SpaceX shares slide as it joins the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100

Musk-led company joined the index on Tuesday, less than a month after its stock market debut on June 12.

Deutsche Welle

Conflict, climate change, cash-strapped: Why poverty persists

With just under five years left to complete the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, a new report shows what's hampering progress. And what the solutions are.

Deutsche Welle

Media Trust Editorial Director Joins GIBS 2026 Executive Media Leadership Cohort

The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has announced the 2026 cohort of its Executive Programme in Media Leadership (EPML), with the Group Editorial Director of Media Trust Group Limited, Ibrahim Shehu…

Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost

Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost

Scientists call for better land management alongside reduction in greenhouse gases causing the crisis When storm after storm battered the Mediterranean at the start of the year, drowning fields and sending water spurting from plug sockets…

Scientists thickened Arctic ice with seawater, but there is a big catch

Times of India

Scientists thickened Arctic ice with seawater, but there is a big catch

Scientists tested spraying seawater onto Arctic ice, which showed promising initial results. The treated ice became thicker and more reflective, resisting summer melting effectively. This method offers an alternative to controversial…

Times of India

Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecidented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west

Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecidented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west

Experts say the critical reservoir system is careening toward a breaking point as the US west’s climate warms and dries Lake Powell, US’s second-largest reservoir, threatens to plunge to unprecedentedly low levels this year after a…

China achieves microwatt milestone with self-reliant carbon-14 nuclear battery

South China Morning Post