Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge? Unlikely

Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge? Unlikely

By anyone’s measure, $150 billion a year is an eye-watering amount of money to spend on anything — let alone defence. While it pales in comparison to the inflation-adjusted appropriations of the Second World War, it is potentially, for this generation, the very definition of beating ploughshares into swords. Or is it? Following all of … Read more

Chipmakers get larger tax credit in Trump’s newest large lovely invoice

Chipmakers get larger tax credit in Trump’s newest large lovely invoice

William_potter | Istock | Getty Images The latest version of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. as Washington continues its efforts to strengthen its domestic chip supply chain. Under the bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday, tax credits for those semiconductor … Read more

Tariffs led us down a distinct timeline for charges

Tariffs led us down a distinct timeline for charges

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC, U.S. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s the what-could-have-beens that hurt the most. The childhood sweetheart who moved to a different country. The early … Read more

Clear vitality shares rise after tax on photo voltaic, wind faraway from Trump invoice

Clear vitality shares rise after tax on photo voltaic, wind faraway from Trump invoice

Clean energy stocks rose on Tuesday after a tax on solar and wind projects was removed from the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Shares of NextEra Energy, the largest renewables developer in the U.S., rose about 5% after the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s bill on Tuesday. AES, a leading … Read more

‘You will at all times be my pal’

‘You will at all times be my pal’

There was no evidence of the onetime rivalry between President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday as they came together in a common cause: opening an immigrant detention center in the swampy heart of Florida. Trump and his top deputies visited the Everglades, where Florida officials delivered a win for his anti-immigration agenda … Read more

Man headbutted by FLYING shark whereas browsing makes worrying discovery

Man headbutted by FLYING shark whereas browsing makes worrying discovery

A surfer from Florida was in for the shock of his life when a shark rose above the waves and head butted him face on, in an experience he’s likened to a ‘powerful’ road collision 12:15, 01 Jul 2025Updated 12:24, 01 Jul 2025 A surfer has been left thanking his lucky stars after a baffling … Read more

China’s Xpeng retains up its stable EV supply streak towards rivals

China’s Xpeng retains up its stable EV supply streak towards rivals

Chinese electric car company Xpeng displays its mass-market Mona M03 coupe inside a headquarters’ showroom in Guangzhou, China, on Aug. 26, 2024. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese electric car startup Xpeng is keeping up the sales momentum against its rivals, even as BYD expands on its market dominance amid a fierce price war … Read more

Jeff Bezos sells $737 million price of Amazon shares

Jeff Bezos sells 7 million price of Amazon shares

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos leaves Aman Venice hotel, on the second day of the wedding festivities of Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez, in Venice, Italy, June 27, 2025. Yara Nardi | Reuters Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unloaded more than 3.3 million shares of his company in a sale valued at roughly $736.7 million, according to … Read more

California fireworks warehouse catches hearth and explodes

California fireworks warehouse catches hearth and explodes

A warehouse storing fireworks in California caught fire and exploded Tuesday, sending a fireball into the air, launching debris and causing pyrotechnics to detonate above the site, according to officials and video from the scene. The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office said the warehouse, near the Esparto area northwest of Sacramento, exploded and was actively burning. … Read more

Passengers pen goodbye letters throughout aircraft’s 26,000 ft drop, oxygen masks deployed

Passengers pen goodbye letters throughout aircraft’s 26,000 ft drop, oxygen masks deployed

A Japan Airlines flight suddenly dropped from 36,000 feet to 10,500 feet in 10 minutes on Monday, and passengers said they feared they might die during the terrifying ordeal (Image: Newsflare) Passengers on a Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo were gripped by fear on Monday when a mechanical fault in the Boeing 737 aircraft caused … Read more