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Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’
Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be ‘shaken to pieces’ by vibrationsSix hundred years after it was built, England’s largest surviving medie…
SpaceX is hiring in natural gas trading for energy needs
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket uses super-chilled methane — the primary ingredient in natural gas — combined with liquid oxygen as propellant.
At Olympics-like event, Chinese robots smash athletic records set by humans — including Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint time
At a 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record of 9.58 seconds set by the Jamaican athlete in 2009.
Venezuela abandoning the bolivar and adopting the U.S. dollar would be the biggest currency switch since the advent of the euro, Hanke says
"Taming inflation is the key to restoring stability in Venezuela, and all the other progress flows from that."
‘You’re at war when you get attacked’ — Canada’s Mark Carney accuses U.S. of using economic integration as a weapon as trade fight spurs tariff hikes
U.S. will impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, and Canada set Sept. 8 as the start of its retaliatory penalties.
Canada demand for trucks tariff relief imperiled trade talks
But one Canadian industry official said it was the Americans who tried to divide the industry.
Nvidia customers notified about AI-related price hikes above 15%
The price hikes will go into effect on systems shipped early next year and will impact systems including those with the flagship Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips.
Trump’s stock disclosure shows more than 1,000 trades in June
The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million in the filing published by the US Office of Government Ethics.
Forget AI, debt has become the main character on Wall Street as markets just now decided that it’s gotten out of control after years of warnings
"When does debt become unsustainable? When the global financial markets say it is. That appears to be happening."
Even billionaires are worried their Gen Z kids can’t keep a job—and their wealth advisors say the fear is ‘very real’
It’s a “very real concern” for the ultrawealthy that their children aren’t prepared for the future, wealth advisor Tom Thiegs told Fortune.
‘We will not endure’ — Top Iranian leaders signal they are running out of time as economy crumbles ahead of Trump’s next sanctions onslaught
"As someone who has experienced war, we understand the true value of peace."
Jeff Bezos wants the bottom half of earners to pay zero income tax—he says nurses making just $75K should save $12K a year
Billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, says the bottom 50% of Americans should pay no federal income tax—and he plans to pitch the idea to President Trump.
$25 billion CEO says one-hour interviews are a waste of time—he puts candidates through six hours of tests and wants them to order wine at lunch
Steve Jobs had his beer test. Bupa's CEO has a six-hour interview process—and what drink you order at lunch tells him how confident you are.
‘This is a money-losing proposition for most of these individuals’: Americans are draining stock portfolios to shovel more money into sports betting
Amid the growing lure of sports betting, Gen Z men in particular face a growing risk of financial disaster, experts say.
40,000 bottles of eye drops across the US recalled over issues with sterility of product
Prestige Brand Holdings has voluntarily recalled a batch of its Clear Eyes eye drops after FDA alertNearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops are being pulled from store shelves across t…
Abdul El-Sayed used Mamdani’s social media playbook to overcome a 9:1 spending deficit. Now he’s facing slander about 9/11
Some of Abdul El-Sayed's music-video-style social ads were made by the same agency behind Zohran Mamdani's campaign.
90% of executives say AI hasn’t boosted productivity. Some are still cutting jobs
Management's optimism about AI has no measurable link to productivity — but layoffs tied to AI announcements do.
Trump says oil companies are ‘making too much money.’ Their own balance sheets agree
Wood Mackenzie finds the industry is sitting on $272 billion in war-driven windfall cash without boosting investment, buybacks or dividends.
TikTok settles children’s privacy suit with DOJ for $400 million
The DOJ calls it a "major victory," but ByteDance is projected to earn $50 billion this year — and the U.S. never proved TikTok violated the law.
Meet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next Andrew
Jeffrey Huber spent a year in a trailer after Hurricane Andrew. Now his elevated Miami Beach housing is built to survive a 20-foot storm surge.
Trump remakes Rose Garden with loans from secret Supreme Court megadonor Harlan Crow
The statues are part of Trump’s sweeping series of White House renovations, from his gilded makeover of the Oval Office to ballroom and helipad.
Food stamp enrollment plunges as Trump’s demand for more paperwork pushes poor people off the rolls
Arizona cut 400,000 people, more than 50%, from SNAP benefits, citing "unprecedented call volumes and administrative hurdles" from law changes.
U.S. to allow limited livestock imports from Mexico as outbreak from flesh-eating screwworm parasite eases, but total eradication will take time
The U.S. is set to resume livestock imports from Mexico beginning Aug. 24 at the Douglas, Arizona, border crossing.
Harvard to pay $53 million after former morgue manager sold body parts on black market
A court found Harvard acted in bad faith overseeing its morgue before it agreed to pay families of donors whose remains were sold as leather and skulls.