Economy


2026-06-08 12:05:36.312277

China is helping to cushion global oil prices below $100 — but analysts warn it won’t last

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2026-06-08 12:06:03.884606

What to Know About Mahshahr, the Iranian Petrochemical Complex That Israel Targeted

The Iranian attack came after Israel launched strikes on central and western Iran early Monday in response to missile fire from Tehran. It was the most serious crossfire since an April 8 ceasefire was reached in the Iran war. Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile at Israel and threatened to disrupt Red Sea shipping.


2026-06-08 12:06:30.290772

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These are the Caribbean islands I'd still consider for summer. A smarter summer Caribbean trip has options: beaches, restaurants, snorkeling, museums, road trips, shopping, or cultural sites. This is where summer Caribbean planning becomes less about finding a mythical no-risk island and more about choosing a destination with enough variety.

Entertainment


2026-06-08 12:00:37.309500

Rare footage captured of Great White shark in Mediterranean Sea

Divers have filmed an incredibly rare interaction with a Great White shark in the Mediterranean Sea. This is thought to be the first underwater footage of an adult Great White Shark ever filmed in the region. Conservationists said they hoped the sighting may encourage governments to create marine protected areas in the area.


2026-06-08 12:03:52.774020

Tony Award Winners 2026: See the Full List

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Luke Evans, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. Best Scenic Design: Dane Laffrey, The Lost Boys: Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons, Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, The lost Boys.

Politics


2026-06-08 12:00:48.572071

Armenia's pro-West government wins election despite Russian pressure

Pashinyan's ruling party secured 49.8% of the vote, with the Strong Armenia Alliance coming in second with 23.2%. Early results showed the ruling Civil Contract party leading Russian-Armenian's Strong Armenia alliance by 51.2 to 23 percent, with 32.2 percent of precincts reporting.


2026-06-08 12:01:43.307232

Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid xenophobia concerns

Iran's military announced on Monday that its first wave of attacks on Israel since a ceasefire in April was now over. Iran threatened to resume the strikes if Israel continued attacks on Lebanon. There was no immediate response from Israel, which had launched attacks on Iran in retaliation after Tehran fired missiles late on Sunday.


2026-06-08 12:01:55.773038

Insecurity and instability drive voters in Peru's tight presidential race

Lima is one of the most populous cities in the world. The city has a population of more than one million people. It is home to a number of political parties, including the Peruvian Democratic Party. The Peruvian government is in the process of changing its constitution. It also wants to make changes to the law to make it easier for people to vote.


2026-06-08 12:02:24.834900

What To Know as China’s Xi Jinping Heads to North Korea

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet. Xi likely to reassert Beijing's unique influence over its socialist neighbor. Xi could refrain from pressing Kim on the issue of denuclearization of North Korea. Kim appears to want Xi to accept North Korea as a nuclear neighbor, Easley says.


2026-06-08 12:03:36.815177

Trump Defends Compensation Fund and Iran War in ‘Meet the Press’ Interview

The U.S. spent more than half a century and hundreds of millions of dollars driving the flesh-eating New World screwworm as far from its borders as possible. Some bioethicists have openly debated whether it would be moral to deliberately drive it into extinction. The species can eat the tissue of any warm-blooded animal, but it’s a particular threat to livestock.


2026-06-08 12:04:20.457979

Trump reportedly tells Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran - as it happened

Trump says Israel and Iran 'must immediately stop 'shooting' U.S. blockade of Iranian port will remain in effect until a final deal is reached. Israeli military said it had carried out strikes on Iran after the Islamic Republic launched ballistic missiles into northern Israel. Iran responded with waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel.

Sports


2026-06-08 12:02:15.024922

Mexico City attempts record-breaking wave

The largest wave so far, according to Guinness World Records, was at a Nascar racing event in the American state of Tennessee in 2008. A typical human wave travels clockwise and moves at a speed of about 12 metres - or 20 seats - per second. How many people does it take to start a wave?

Technology


2026-06-08 12:01:00.551089

Knicks' long-awaited NBA run electrifies NYC, with Trump set to attend key game

The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. The Knicks hold a 2-0 lead over the San Antonio Spurs in the best-of-seven series. It will be the first Finals game at Madison Square Garden in 27 years. New York have won 15 straight playoff games, and can clinch at home.


2026-06-08 12:03:07.674069

Apple Expected to Detail Its A.I. Plans at Conference

Apple's annual developer conference kicks off today. The company is expected to announce new software and hardware. Follow our live blog to stay up to date on all the latest news from Apple's developer conference in San Jose, California. For more information on the conference, visit Apple's official website.


2026-06-08 12:05:16.359812

Google to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers

Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for access to about 110,000 Nvidia GPUs, CPUs, memory, and related components.Assuming there are no disruptions in either of these deals, SpaceX will generate over $26 billion of revenue per year from the Anthropic and Google deals.

World


2026-06-08 12:00:27.348243

At least 32 dead after major earthquake strikes southern Philippines

The quake hit early in the morning about 20 km (12.4 miles) off Sarangani province. The disaster came eight months after the Philippines suffered its deadliest tremor in 12 years. The quake was centered at sea off Mindanao, the second most populous island in the Philippine archipelago.


2026-06-08 12:01:13.684156

Zelensky's close European allies set out five conditions for peace talks

UK, France and Germany set out conditions that would need to be met to broker a lasting peace in Ukraine. Statement closely aligns with open letter sent by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to Russian President Vladimir Putin days earlier. Statement issued following talks at Downing Street between Zelenskiy and UK, French and German leaders.


2026-06-08 12:01:30.503424

Trump abruptly ends NBC interview after clash over 'rigged election' claim

When Welker pressed Trump about current economic conditions many farmers are struggling with, the president resorted to hyperbole in defending himself and his record. On what he would say to farmers who are struggling: “I love the farmers, and the farmers love me. Thank you darling, have a good time."


2026-06-08 12:02:04.912771

Hundreds of captives freed from Boko Haram mountain hideout

The captives are from around Ngoshe, a mainly Muslim community near the border with Cameroon. Mass abductions by armed groups for ransom have become a common tactic in Nigeria in recent years. At the time the group forced its captives into sexual slavery, domestic servitude or used them as suicide bombers.


2026-06-08 12:02:39.003911

'We don't look at the sky anymore': The Air India crash victims who were not on the plane

At BJ Medical College, life had to resume. The dean had to keep the medical college functioning even as it grappled with overwhelming grief. "There wasn't one moment when I felt I had processed it," she says. "Everyone got along with her," says Vijay Thakur. "I was suffocating"


2026-06-08 12:02:53.732508

Ukraine Strikes St. Petersburg in Long-Range Drone Attack

Drones, like mosquitoes, zoom over ever more land in Ukraine and Russia, hitting military targets and often killing civilians. Russia launched a record-breaking 8,150 drones at Ukraine, killing and injuring more than 600 civilians. Some of Ukraine’s attack drones, including Hornet and Martians, use artificial intelligence-assisted targeting and “machine vision”


2026-06-08 12:03:24.170814

Israel and Iran exchange strikes as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate

Donald Trump has called for an end to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. The Iranian military said it will stop launching strikes against Israel as a tentative Middle East ceasefire teetered on Monday after both sides traded fire. Trump has recently urged Israel to pause strikes on Hezbollah to assist a deal to end the wider conflict with Iran.


2026-06-08 12:04:07.265475

Want an A.I. Degree? Here’s What You Should Think About.

A two-zone grill setup also makes it much easier to get that cheese melt just right. By setting up high heat and low heat grill sections, you allow your cheeseburgers to get a quick crust from ripping heat, but to retain their internal moisture thanks to the gentler indirect heat of a cooler grill zone.


2026-06-08 12:04:33.886528

Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire

Iran's missile attacks followed Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, which Iran had warned would draw retaliation. Within hours, Israel launched air strikes against targets in Iran, including sites in western and central parts of the country. The Israeli military said it had carried out strikes on Iran after the Islamic Republic launched ballistic missiles into northern Israel.


2026-06-08 12:04:49.693533

Marjane Satrapi, Artist and Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

"Disclosure Day" opens in theaters June 12, including in 70mm and Imax. The film imagines closely-held secrets surrounding alien visitations. The director of the classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" talks about the film's widescreen aspect ratio. The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Richard Dreyfuss.


2026-06-08 12:05:03.604932

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’

Scott Pelley said that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and the network’s leadership are engaged in “subtle political bias” to influence the show. Pelley's comments come after CBS News fired him last week following a clash with Nick Bilton, the new "60 Minutes" executive producer Weiss appointed.


2026-06-08 12:05:28.532907

Live Updates: Iran and Israel Trade Strikes as Trump Calls on Them to Stop

Israel launched its strikes on central and western Iran early Monday in response to missile fire from Tehran. Iran retaliated with waves of attacks — its first since April. Iran had launched the strikes after Israel carried out attacks in Lebanon on Sunday. Israel has continued to strike Hezbollah, Iran’s ally in Lebanon, and pushed deeper into that country.


2026-06-08 12:05:51.431944

Arab Gunman Kills One in Attack on Central Israel

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis. Police say suspected gunman, an Israeli Arab from nearby Israeli city Tayibe, was also killed. Israel’s ensuing offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, including combatants and civilians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.


2026-06-08 12:06:17.007608

No Calm for Tehran’s Residents as Iran-Israel Fighting Resumes

Israeli military says it detected missiles launched from Iran. Revolutionary Guard says it launched missiles after Israel targeted radar sites in three areas of Iran. Israel said Sunday that Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.


2026-06-08 12:06:42.904196

Bernadette Chirac, Formidable Ex-First Lady of France, Dies at 93

Officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Qatar have urged Israel to rein in its strikes on Iran and Beirut. Israel has continued to strike Hezbollah, Iran’s ally in Lebanon, and pushed deeper into that country. Iran said it had targeted two military bases in Israel, which Israel said was in response to an Iranian missile attack.


2026-06-08 12:06:53.809944

Infant Killed as Israeli Military Fires on Car in West Bank, Palestinian Officials Say

Israeli forces kill Palestinian baby in occupied West Bank, say officials. Israel’s retaliatory military campaign has so far killed more than 72,900 Palestinians. The United Nations said last month that more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem since the war began, at least 240 of them children.


2026-06-08 12:07:03.609628

Israeli Strike Kills 3 Lebanese Soldiers, Days After Truce Was Signed

Israel said its strikes were in response to an Iranian missile attack. A U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia came under fire in the most serious exchange of hostilities since an April ceasefire. Israel has continued to strike Hezbollah, Iran’s ally in Lebanon, and pushed deeper into that country.