Why Kenya Is Blocking An Ebola Quarantine Facility To Be Built
Kenya’s judiciary has forced US’s Ebola contingency plan into a domestic legal fight, interrupting an arrangement that would have shifted part of the Washington’s outbreak-response burden onto Kenyan territory. The High Court order pauses any move to approve or carry out the proposed arrangement with the US while a challenge by the Katiba Institute is […]
SpaceX Cuts IPO Valuation Target to $1.8 Trillion After Investor Feedback
SpaceX lowered its initial public offering valuation target to at least $1.8 trillion on Thursday, down from the $2 trillion-plus figure Bloomberg reported in April, after consultations with advisers and investors prompted the company to revise its ambitions. Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified, that SpaceX plans […]
US Gasoline and Distillate Stocks Near Critical Low as Hormuz Drawdown Accelerates
US gasoline and distillate inventories are approaching a threshold that energy analysts describe as operationally critical — a point at which any minor supply disruption could produce fuel shortages and lines at gas stations across the country. The EIA’s latest weekly report and May Short-Term Energy Outlook warn that US fuel inventories are depleting at […]
Peter Thiel Buys Buenos Aires Mansion, Moves Family to Argentina
Peter Thiel has purchased a $12 million mansion in one of Buenos Aires’ most exclusive neighborhoods, enrolled his children in local schools, and moved his family there — the latest in a series of exits from the United States by the PayPal and Palantir co-founder, the New York Times reported. Sources who spoke to the […]
US Attorney Denies Carroll Investigation as DOJ Probe Shifts Focus to Hoffman Nonprofit
The top federal prosecutor in Chicago flatly denied Thursday that his office had ever opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll — roughly 24 hours after multiple news organizations reported the Justice Department had launched one — while subsequent reporting clarified that the probe’s primary target is not Carroll but a nonprofit backed by […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad During Static Fire Test
Blue Origin‘s New Glenn rocket exploded on the pad at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday night during a pre-launch static fire test, destroying the vehicle and dealing the sharpest setback yet to Jeff Bezos’s bid to compete with SpaceX in the commercial launch market. The explosion occurred at approximately 9 […]
Romania Confirms Russian Drone Struck Galați High-Rise, Wounding Two on NATO Soil
Romania’s Ministry of National Defence confirmed May 29 that a Russian drone entered Romanian airspace, traveled to the southern area of Galați, and struck a residential apartment block, triggering an explosion and fire — the first confirmed instance of a Russian drone strike causing civilian casualties on NATO territory since the war in Ukraine began […]
Drone Hits Romanian Residential High-Rise, Sparking Explosion and Fire
A drone has slammed into a residential high-rise in Romania, triggering an explosion and setting off a fire in one of the more alarming strikes on civilian infrastructure in the region. The blast raised immediate questions about the drone’s origin and type. No determination had been confirmed in early reports, althought it is believed to […]
30% Fewer Homes, Prices 10% Too High: CMHC Puts a Number on Canada’s Supply Gap
Canada’s housing affordability crisis has a price tag now. Had the country’s construction industry responded to demand as fluidly as its American counterpart, housing starts between 2006 and 2024 could have been nearly 30% higher and home prices close to 10% lower over the same period, according to CMHC analysis released Thursday. The figures come […]
Why Canada Fell To 19th In The Best Countries Ranking
Canada’s fall to 19th in the 2026 US News & World Report Best Countries ranking is not a simple story of national decline. It is a measurement shock for a country whose global image has long traded at a premium. The 2026 ranking put Canada just inside the top 20, one position behind the US. […]