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Ahead of Wall Street liftoff, SpaceX backers say the company is the gatekeeper to space itself

Claims worth up to USD1.75 trillion

SpaceX's IPO moonshot draws some doubters on Wall Street

Some Iranians see the national football squad as not representing the people, but rather as handpicked by the government in Tehran

US, Iran trade threats but Trump says Tehran wants peace deal

The vice-president of the Iranian Football Federation, Mahdi Mohammad Nabi, speaks to the media during a training session in Turkey

Co-hosted by US

Iran 'very confident' about World Cup protocols: federation vice-president

Inflatable punching bags with pictures of Elon Musk and Sam Altman are seen outside the courthouse

'Have to be careful'

From graduation boos to voter unease: AI anxiety grows in the US

'Taiwan Travelogue' is the first book translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the award

Playful postcolonial novel

Taiwan author wins International Booker for 'slyly sophisticated' novel

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche is President Trump's former personal defense lawyer

'Blatant corruption'

Acting US attorney general defends fund for prosecuted Trump allies

Two women react following a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, in southern California, on May 18, 2026 that left three people dead

'Hard to believe this is real'

Shock and bafflement at San Diego mosque where three were killed

Meridian Hill Park, also known to locals as Malcolm X Park following the Black nationalist leader's assassination in 1965, has been undergoing major renovations for years

Residents fear history will be whitewashed

Fans of historic DC park wary of Trump plan to 'beautify' city

Mark Rothko's 'Brown and Blacks in Reds' was among the pieces recently put up for auction in New York

'Trend reversal'

New York art auctions roar back with blockbuster sales

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a sworn foe of Havana's communist government, has publicly offered the $100 million but has demanded that Cuba take steps to open up

Assistance as incentive for reforms?

US says held talks with Cuba on $100 mln offer

Israeli soldiers took cover near the Israel-Lebanon border following a Hezbollah drone attack

Oil markets up, US indices mixed

War in Middle East: latest developments

Google's search engine will get a new upgrade this summer in the United States

Joining the race

Google wants its search bar to act on your behalf in AI revamp

Workers are renovating an abandoned Ebola treatment centre in Goma, eastern DRC

Killed estimated 131 people

WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly Ebola outbreak

Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026

Boosting optimism

Oil dips, stocks mixed after Trump holds off on Iran attack

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press near the construction site of his proposed ballroom at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026.

White House renovation

Trump shows off ballroom site with 'drone empire' planned for roof

Rubio is a sworn foe of Latin America's leftists and helped lay the groundwork for the operation to oust Nicolas Maduro

'Greater burden sharing' on agenda

Rubio to attend NATO talks, pay first visit to India

The son of Mango founder Isak Andic, Jonathan Andic, was alone with his father when he plunged to his death on a hiking trail

Denied any responsibility

Mango scion released on bail after arrest over father's death

The Airbus internal memo said it aims to reduce 'not strictly essential' costs by 10 percent compared to last year

Airbus seeks to cut peripheral expenses due to Mideast war

French singer and actor Patrick Bruel is the latest in a string of French movie and music celebrities accused of sexual assault

'Even decades later'

France encourages women to report rape in probes of star Bruel

Argentine scientists have set traps to catch rodents that may be carriers of the hantavirus strain that killed three cruise ship passengers

Argentine researchers collect rodents for hantavirus tests

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing at the White House

'Locked and loaded' to restart strikes

Iran talks making 'good progress': US VP Vance

British trade minister Chris Bryant said he hopes the UK will be 'welcomed back in the heart of Europe fully and solidly' as EU members in his lifetime

New domestic fight

UK trade minister hopes Britain will rejoin EU 'in my lifetime'

Teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck his third half-century of the season to power Rajasthan Royals to victory over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL

Indian Premier League

Teen wonder Sooryavanshi's slams 93 to edge Rajasthan closer to IPL play-offs

Farmers under pressure

European Commission launches fertilisers action plan amid price crisis

Many species, not least polar bears, depend on sea ice to breed and feed.

Norway reports Europe's first case of bird flu in a polar bear

Farmers protested in front of the European Parliament against the EU plan

Emergency funds

EU vows help for farmers hit by Iran war fertiliser price hikes

French billionaire Vincent Bollore owns the Canal+ media group

Right-wing billionaire

French govt slams 'disproportionate' Canal+ riposte to anti-Bollore petition

Iris Lebedeva plays one of the lead roles

Tense family drama

Russia's Zvyagintsev sets film amid 'disaster' Ukraine war

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