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Moscow’s former colonies are done taking orders from Putin | Opinion
For three decades after the Soviet Union collapsed, governments across Central Asia and the South Caucasus made foreign-policy decisions with one question always in mind: What will Moscow allow?...
SpaceX’s Biggest Investors Revealed: 23 Firms Control More Than 80% of Its Reported Shares
SpaceX's transition from a closely guarded private company to a Wall Street giant is revealing exactly who owns some of the biggest pieces of Elon Musk's space empire for...
Microsoft Is Changing Copilot Today: What Users Lose
If you made a podcast with Microsoft Copilot, today is the last day you can access it."Podcasts is being retired in the Copilot app for consumers starting on August...
Tish James snoozes as NYC charity burns tens of millions
State Attorney General Tish James should be digging into the $100 million pit of waste, lost opportunities and likely self-dealing that is the West Harlem Development Corp., but she’s...
Entrepreneurship
Hedge fund tax break grips Hong Kong as banks fear exodus
Entrepreneurship
Stocks to watch: SIA, Elite UK Reit, Koh Brothers Eco Engineering
Fashion
Microsoft Is Changing Copilot Today: What Users Lose
If you made a podcast with Microsoft Copilot, today is the last day you can access it."Podcasts is being retired in the Copilot app for consumers starting on August...
Who Is Natalie Harp? Jon Ossoff’s Trump Aide Attack Sparks Explosive Political Feud
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff ignited a personal feud with the White House this week after invoking Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump's close aide, during a campaign rally attacking Trump's...
Temasek-backed Milky Mist jumps 30% in India debut, hits US$1.5 billion valuation
Published Tue, Aug 18, 2026 · 02:55 PM[MUMBAI] Temasek-backed Milky Mist Dairy Food rose roughly 30 per cent in its Indian trading debut on Tuesday (Aug 18) as investors...
DayOne secures S$530 million green loan from DBS, OCBC and UOB for Singapore data centre
The data centre will pioneer a proof-of-concept initiative for hydrogen-based energy[SINGAPORE] Global digital infrastructure platform DayOne has secured a four-year green loan of S$530 million from local banking giants...
Gossip
Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he...
Democrats’ South Carolina presidential-primary scheme is a last-ditch effort to hold off the DSA
Don’t believe the Democratic National Committee’s official storyline: The DNC’s decision to make South Carolina the first Democratic presidential primary in 2028 isn’t about introducing more racial diversity into...
Two Chicago-bound planes suffer tire blowouts three hours apart after landing at O’Hare airport
Two passenger planes experienced tire blowouts within three hours after landing at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. An American Airlines plane, which had taken off from LaGuardia, suffered tire damage when...
Kelly Osbourne wows in leopard-print swimsuit as she steps ‘away from the madness’
Kelly Osbourne is stepping away from the noise and giving herself time to recharge. The 41-year-old television personality shared a series of vacation photos as she reflected on the...
Portland mother barred from child’s graduation after pushing back on gender curriculum
Portland, Oregon, mother Allison Roberts filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Portland Public Schools and her children’s elementary school after allegedly facing retaliation over her opposition to their gender curriculum....
Health
SpaceX’s Biggest Investors Revealed: 23 Firms Control More Than 80% of Its Reported Shares
SpaceX's transition from a closely guarded private company to a Wall Street giant is revealing exactly who owns some of the biggest pieces of Elon Musk's space empire for...
Cingulate CEO Dr. Shane J. Schaffer: Why a Child’s ADHD Diagnosis Often Reveals ADHD in a Parent
Dr. Shane J. Schaffer The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. How often have proud parents, or perceptive friends, reached for this aphorism in light of a child's...
Small Business Growth Alliance (SBGA) Explains Why Every Small Business Needs a Business Continuity Plan
A Business that plans ahead is the one that survives. Small Business Growth Alliance (SBGA) believes every small business needs a business continuity plan. Being prepared is not simply...
The Manufacturing Comeback Is Creating a New Kind of Industrial Real Estate Race
For decades, much of America's industrial real-estate boom was built around a straightforward formula: Put large warehouses near major population centers and transportation hubs, then fill them with companies...
Why High-Performing Tech Companies Are Redesigning How Work Gets Done
For years, startups rewarded long hours, constant availability, and last-minute heroics as signs of commitment. Today, a growing number of technology companies are evolving beyond those habits with systems...
Anthropic’s Revenue Is Running at $47 Billion. Wall Street Is Already Pricing a Fivefold Increase By 2028.
Anthropic's potential blockbuster initial public offering is forcing Wall Street to look unusually far into the future, with the artificial intelligence company projecting annual revenue of roughly $190 billion...
Innovation
Hayden Panettiere’s Ex Wladimir Klitschko Breaks Silence on Her Death, Makes Promise to Daughter Kaya
Selma Blair, Viola Davis and More Pay Tribute to Hayden Panettiere After Her DeathWladimir Klitschko is fondly reflecting on Hayden Panettiere. After the Heroes star’s Aug. 16 death at...
America’s Got Talent Secrets Revealed: Buzz on Over to Learn About the Auditions, Prize Money and More
Is There Anything America's Got Talent Contestants Can't Bring to the Open Call Auditions?Yes, quite a few items, actually.While many acts incorporate open flames, for instance, the rules state...
Gwyneth Paltrow, Daughter Apple Martin Are Practically Twins in Sweet Summer Selfie
Gwyneth Paltrow and Apple Martin are letting the goop times roll this summer. Indeed, the Oscar winner showed off snaps of her spending time with her 22-year-old daughter—shared with...
Nicola Coughlan Makes Rare Comment About Boyfriend Jake Dunn
Nicola Coughlan didn’t have to write love letters to her boyfriend Jake Dunn while filming abroad. After all, dearest gentle readers, the Bridgerton star was joined by the Renegade...
News
Revolut sets sights on Australia’s cut-throat mortgage market
Fintech wins Australian banking licence in July, its first in Asia-Pacific; it has launched savings accounts and credit cardsPublished Tue, Aug 18, 2026 · 03:41 PM[SYDNEY] European fintech Revolut...
Indonesia’s planned commodity exchange likely to cover palm oil, nickel, coal
President Prabowo announced the plan during his 2027 budget proposal speech on Aug 14Published Tue, Aug 18, 2026 · 02:02 PM[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s planned exchange for “mineral and strategic commodities”...
UOB names Tan Choon Hin to new Asean, Greater China role
[SINGAPORE] UOB has appointed Tan Choon Hin as its head of Asean and Greater China, a new senior role aimed at driving growth from increasing cross-border flows between the...
Nikkei slides as Middle East stalemate fuels oil, inflation concerns
Shipping stocks benefited from expectations for higher freight rates due to the Iran warPublished Tue, Aug 18, 2026 · 11:12 AM[TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday (Aug...
Xiaomi Q2 earnings key to extending stock’s best rally in a year
The smartphone maker’s shares could continue its advance if its earnings, due on Aug 18, show it has a handle on rising material costsPublished Tue, Aug 18, 2026 ·...
Koh Brothers Eco Engineering faces up to S$57.6 million in potential liabilities over legal disputes
It reveals a binding S$20.5 million joint venture risk alongside fresh consortium, subcontractor disputes[SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed Koh Brothers Eco Engineering on Tuesday (Aug 18) disclosed three major legal disputes exposing...
Politics
Tish James snoozes as NYC charity burns tens of millions
State Attorney General Tish James should be digging into the $100 million pit of waste, lost opportunities and likely self-dealing that is the West Harlem Development Corp., but she’s...
Woman, 30, fatally stabbed in Brooklyn park
A 30-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in a Brooklyn park early Tuesday morning, authorities said. The stabbing happened inside Lincoln Terrace–Arthur S. Somers Park on Rochester Ave. and Eastern...
Virginia man acquitted by insanity in killing flees US during 48-hour mental hospital pass
A Virginia man found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing fled the United States on a one-way flight to Tajikistan while on an approved 48-hour pass from...
Dear Abby: I want to leave my angry fiancé, but I’m afraid to hurt his kids
DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old woman who, after 40 years, reconnected with my childhood best friend, “Neil.” We are now engaged. I have no children, but Neil has...
Special Edition
‘The Odyssey’ Becomes Biggest Film Ever At BFI IMAX, Beating ‘Avatar’
Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed epic The Odyssey is now the biggest film of all time at the UK’s largest cinema, the BFI IMAX. To date, BFI IMAX has sold more...
Is the World Getting Uglier?
The distinction between ugliness and vulgarity feels important now. Beauty often depends on proportion and on how well a building, an object, or an image relates to the world...
Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he...
Moscow’s former colonies are done taking orders from Putin | Opinion
For three decades after the Soviet Union collapsed, governments across Central Asia and the South Caucasus made foreign-policy decisions with one question always in mind: What will Moscow allow?...
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Moscow’s former colonies are done taking orders from Putin | Opinion
For three decades after the Soviet Union collapsed, governments across Central Asia and the South Caucasus made foreign-policy decisions with one question always in mind: What will Moscow allow?...
Locals kept staring at American tourists. Then they realized the mistake they’d made
A U.S. couple vacationing in Venice, Italy, were forced into hiding after realizing they had made a potentially costly mistake.Julia Latoff and her boyfriend, Mike, were on a family...
Ukraine unleashes largest drone siege on Moscow in years
Ukraine launched more than 600 drones toward the Russian capital of Moscow into the early hours of Tuesday, according to Russian authorities.Between Monday evening and 5 a.m. local time...
Fraternity pledges made to cut cocaine as “indoctrination”—attorney
Pennsylvania State University fraternity pledges were allegedly enlisted to cut and package cocaine as an "indoctrination," as 14 people have been charged over a drug-trafficking operation, prosecutors said.Thirteen of...
CNN panel devolves into chaos after lefty commentator suggests Trump wasn’t actually shot in the ear