SpaceX Launch Abort Tests Investor Faith in Starship Post-IPO

SpaceX’s aborted Starship launch did not destroy a rocket, delay a customer mission, or produce a catastrophic failure, yet it erased billions of dollars in market value within hours. The 13th Starship flight test never left the launch pad Thursday after several Super Heavy Raptor engines failed to ignite, triggering an automatic abort less than […]
Philippines Condemns China Daily Over Racist Monkey Video

China’s latest attempt to undermine the Philippines’ legal victory in the West Philippine Sea has instead opened a new diplomatic dispute after an AI-generated video published by state-run China Daily prompted Manila to file a formal protest over what it described as racist and dehumanizing content. Philippine officials argue the controversy demonstrates that the information […]
Carney Says Canada Won’t Share Bridge Tolls Until Debt Is Repaid

The Gordie Howe Bridge opens July 27 after years of delay and a standoff with Trump over who profits from it.
Newly Declassified Documents Show Russia Meddled to Help Trump in 2020

Trump still hasn’t let go of 2020. The documents he released to prove China rigged it against him say Russia was working in his favor instead.
EIA Reveals Millions of Reported US Oil Barrels May Be Unusable

The US Energy Information Administration has issued an unusually detailed explanation of a long-known operational constraint at the Cushing, Oklahoma crude oil hub, emphasizing that reported inventories do not necessarily represent barrels that can immediately reach the market. Although framed as an educational note, the publication arrives as crude stocks at Cushing remain near multi-year […]
Truth Social Offers Wall Street Faster Access To Trump Post Feed

Trump Media & Technology Group is attempting to create an entirely new revenue stream by selling institutional investors faster access to information that already exists publicly. The company announced Truth API, an enterprise data feed scheduled to launch on August 1, offering licensed customers near real-time access to posts from the platform’s most influential accounts, […]
Iran Broadcasts Analysis Of Trump’s Motorcade Routes and Alleged Security Weaknesses

As military tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to intensify, Iranian state television has moved beyond battlefield messaging and into the realm of presidential security, broadcasting an extended segment analyzing President Donald Trump’s Secret Service motorcade, travel routines, and frequently used routes in Florida and New York. Rather than announcing a military development, the program […]
Anthropic’s CEO Wrote a $1 Million Political Donation Check

The competition between leading artificial intelligence developers is extending beyond model performance and into campaign finance, with Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei personally committing $1 million to a super PAC backing stronger AI regulation. The contribution, disclosed through newly released Federal Election Commission filings, adds a personal financial commitment to Anthropic’s broader political strategy after […]
Gold X2 to Spin Out 1% Moss Royalty to Shareholders, Files for NYSE American Listing

Gold X2 Mining (TSXV: AUXX) plans to carve a royalty out of its flagship gold project and hand it to shareholders, while separately pursuing a listing on a U.S. exchange. The company said Wednesday it intends to create a 1% net smelter royalty on any future production from the Moss Gold Project in Northwestern Ontario, […]
New Pacific Metals Sees $2.65 Billion NPV From Reworked Carangas Study

New Pacific Metals (TSX: NUAG) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment for its Carangas silver gold project in Bolivia, pegging the post-tax net present value at $2.65 billion and the internal rate of return at 35.9%. Those figures rest on base case metal prices of $45.00 per ounce silver, $3,400 per ounce gold, $1.20 […]