Nike nearly ended an investigation into its DEI practices—until Trump took office
A New York Times report revealed that the EEOC chose not to settle with Nike—a decision that could have major consequences for diversity programs in the workplace. When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened an investigation into Nike’s…
Holly Morton-Bowles stunned as DFAT reveals Lao authorities unlikely to lay charges
Updated July 18, 2026 — 2:00am,first published July 16, 2026 — 11:17pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The owner of a Laos distillery has been charged over the November 2024…
China’s Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic
Chinese AI start-up Moonshot has unveiled a massive new artificial intelligence model it says can rival top American firms. The company launched Kimi K3, containing 2.8 trillion parameters, which serves as a measure of an AI’s scale and processing…
Sir Garfield Sobers: West Indies cricket legend dies aged 89
Sobers was also one of only two living National Heroes of Barbados alongside pop singer Rihanna. He made his first-class debut for Barbados aged 16 and was capped by West Indies aged 17. He was initially more successful as a bowler than batter – he…
Suffolk MP Patrick Spencer not guilty of sexual assault
An MP who was accused of touching the breasts of two women at London’s Groucho Club has been found not guilty of sexual assault. Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, had been accused of approaching both women, in separate…
What is a micro-cap IPO—and why are they disappearing from the stock market?
As AI-driven mega IPOs flood the market, and amid a regulatory crackdown, smaller companies are vanishing from the Nasdaq and NYSE. We are at an inflection point, a moment when AI-driven mega IPOs are flooding the market—from SpaceX to the frenzy…
AI stock slump hurts Wall Street, ASX set to slide
Staff writers Updated July 17, 2026 — 10:47am,first published July 17, 2026 — 5:19am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The Australian sharemarket opened lower on Friday after…
Trump Media to sell fast feed of key posts to Wall Street
Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts. Launching on 1 August, instant updates will be delivered from key accounts, it said. US…
Football gossip: Spence, Romero, Sano, Konsa, Rayan, Benitez, Rushworth
Inter Milan are working on deals for Djed Spence and Cristian Romero, Liverpool lead the race for Kaishu Sano, Arsenal are interested in Ezri Konsa. Inter Milan are working on deals for Tottenham‘s England defender Djed Spence, 25, and Argentina…
At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area as Camp Mystic
At least one person has died in flooding across central Texas – the same area that saw more than 130 deaths in flash floods last summer. “Large and deadly” flooding from the Guadalupe River is expected to ravage the region, following…
