Kevin O’Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying that he will remove 19,430 acres from the project,…
PARIS — Marta Kostyuk will make history Thursday when she becomes the first Ukrainian woman to play in the semifinals at the French Open. A teenage prodigy who made the third round of the Australian Open at just 15 years of age, she struggled with the pressure for many years. But after winning titles in…
Keir Starmer may be relaxed about allowing millions from cryptocurrency billionaires to flow into Reform UK’s coffers but Labour MPs are tearing their hair out every time the quarterly data on electoral finance drops. “I look at it through my fingers,” says one MP, as the latest figures show a further £7m went to Reform…
Bitcoin is getting pummeled to kick off June as the market loses its dominant narrative and liquidity continues to rotate into other assets. The combination has left the flagship cryptocurrency vulnerable to further downside pressure as investors scale back risk and capital shifts toward markets with more momentum or more obvious near-term catalysts, like the…
VistaJet President Leona Qi joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why a new generation of wealthy entrepreneurs is fueling outsize growth in private aviation. She reveals how younger billionaires prioritize efficiency over ownership, why private jets are becoming productivity tools rather than luxury purchases, and how private flight routes can predict where global wealth and…
Two brothers have been jailed for killing a 16-year-old boy who was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when he was hit while walking by a car being deliberately driven at a group on bikes. Zulkernain Ahmed, 21, was driving the Audi S3. Photograph: South Yorkshire police/PA Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb, who had…
Wildfire smoke is stoking a new challenge for cleaner air. A NASA-supported study published Thursday found that, over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames. Wildfires have become an increasingly important contributor to ground-level ozone, or smog, across much…
Turkiye and Indonesia aim to deepen cooperation in defence, energy and emerging technologies following high-level talks in Jakarta, as both countries push to expand economic ties in a bid to reach a $10bn bilateral trade target agreed in April last year. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during an official visit…
Digital wallet app Cash App is launching a new gadget on Thursday, seemingly inspired by the social media trend that involves paying for items in the real world with a tap of a homemade magic wand, which hides a tap-and-pay credit card. Now, there’s a real wand you can buy to take part. The company’s…
Canada and an embattled marine park have reached a tentative deal on the future of 30 beluga whales, ending a saga that has captivated the public and angered animal rights groups. The federal fisheries ministry announced this week that all of Marineland’s belugas would be shipped to either Spain or one of four locations in…
