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AllAfrica

Congo-Kinshasa: Two Scientists On Their Race to Make a New Ebola Vaccine

[The Conversation Africa] As health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to battle an ongoing Ebola outbreak, scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the strain of the virus that's causing…

AllAfrica

Hazardous waste found on shores of Rawal Lake: Pak-EPA

Hazardous waste found on shores of Rawal Lake: Pak-EPA

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency during a clean-up drive on the shores of Rawal Lake on Thursday found hazardous material such as discarded syringes, hospital waste and numerous plastic items in large quantities…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX lines up retail investors for record IPO allocation

Financial Times

Elon Musk’s SpaceX lines up retail investors for record IPO allocation

Up to a quarter of the rocket builder’s $75bn float will be set aside for individual investors

Financial Times

Worsening urban heat could trigger public health meltdown, expert warns

Worsening urban heat could trigger public health meltdown, expert warns

• Cites 2026 study that finds Karachi has highest urban-rural temperature difference • Says emergency response not enough, the city must reduce heat at its source • Links pollution, dense construction, traffic, and tree loss to growing…

Business Bhutan

Bhutan-Assam : Partners in a Shared Destiny

Prime Minister (PM) Dasho Tshering Tobgay’s recent two-day visit to Assam marked more than a diplomatic engagement; it reflected the steady deepening of a relationship shaped by geography, history, and a shared vision of development…

Business Bhutan

The New York Times

Wall Street Is Going Gaga for SpaceX

Jamie Dimon himself is planning to pitch investors on the offering of Elon Musk’s rocket company, as banks prepare to reap huge fees from the largest I.P.O. ever.

The New York Times

WORLD Environment Day arrives as the planet edges deeper into climatic uncertainty

WORLD Environment Day arrives as the planet edges deeper into climatic uncertainty

New global temperature records are being set with unsettling frequency, and the World Meteorological Organisation has warned that the years from 2026 to 2030 are likely to rank among the hottest e

Soaring trade gap emerges as black hole for dollars

Soaring trade gap emerges as black hole for dollars

KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank are inching close to the target of $18 billion for current fiscal year (FY26), but a widening trade deficit threatens to erase the growth in reserves and remittances. Data issued by…

SpaceX Boosts Japan Fundraising Goal to $2.5 Billion in Mega IPO

Bloomberg

SpaceX Boosts Japan Fundraising Goal to $2.5 Billion in Mega IPO

SpaceX has increased the amount it’s planning to raise from the Japanese portion of its share sale by a quarter, indicating strong demand among the country’s retail investors.

Bloomberg

In ‘wild’ twist, SpaceX won’t be allowed early entry to the S&P 500 after all

MarketWatch

In ‘wild’ twist, SpaceX won’t be allowed early entry to the S&P 500 after all

S&P Dow Jones Indices considered whether to loosen index requirements but opted to keep its policies unchanged.

MarketWatch

BUDGET 2026-27: Situationer: Building resilience or just ticking climate boxes?

BUDGET 2026-27: Situationer: Building resilience or just ticking climate boxes?

• From penalising green technology to sidelining adaptation, the government’s spending choices seem to contradict its own climate commitments • Without new budget pillars, proper risk screening, end to ‘green taxes’, country’s fiscal plans…

Axiom Space boosts funding to $525 million with MUFG Bank as new investor

Japan Times