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Caroline Dubois expects to fight Alicia Baumgardner and Michaela Mayer sooner than many expected.On Sunday, Dubois will face Terry Harper in a fight to unify the WBO and WBC world lightweight titles, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. She powers up through Harper and is determined to target the biggest battles of the future, wherever they may be. Dubois wants to move quickly. Baumgardner is a big name opponent who is currently the unified super featherweight champion. She has previously knocked out Harper and has the power to move up to 135 pounds.Dubois wants to unify the lightweight…
Data centers have become so large that their power demands are now equivalent to an entire U.S. state. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. Once completed, the new AI data center will consume as much electricity as the state of South Dakota. Meta announced last week that it would fund seven natural gas power plants to support the $27 billion data center, in addition to the three it had already committed to building. Together, Louisiana’s 10 power plants will generate about 7.5 gigawatts of electricity, slightly more than the entire Mount Rushmore state. Like many technology companies, Meta…
Oil prices fell on Wednesday as investors assessed US President Donald Trump’s willingness to exit the Iran conflict within weeks, even as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed. US West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil in May Delivered prices fell 1.24% ($1.26) to close at $100.12 per barrel. Brent contract due in June It fell 2.82% ($2.93) to trade around $101.04 per barrel. Global oil benchmarks soared more than 60% last month in the strongest monthly rise since 1988. The May contract settled about 5% higher at $118.35 per barrel on Tuesday. Oil prices fell after President Trump appeared to…
On June 25, 2024, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | AFP | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s SpaceX has secretly filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, people familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber, moving Elon Musk’s rocket company one step closer to what is expected to be a record-breaking initial public offering. Bloomberg first reported SpaceX’s confidential filing, citing people familiar with the matter, adding that the…
Travelers wait in line for security at Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 27, 2026 in New York, New York. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesAfter weeks of long lines at airports and bickering in Congress, Transportation Security Administration employees began receiving paychecks earlier this week, thanks to President Donald Trump’s executive order.President Trump’s move to unilaterally pay airport security workers will provide a temporary reprieve, bypassing Congress’s authority over federal spending under the U.S. Constitution. Negotiations over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which has been closed since February, have largely stalled while Congress…
US President Donald Trump has signaled he could withdraw from the Iran war unilaterally without defeating the Islamic Republic, opening the Strait of Hormuz, or reaching a deal with Iran to end attacks on the US and its allies. The president has boasted that “the hard part is over,” and is optimistic that these steps will ease the economic pain that Iran’s attacks on shipping and energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf have caused to consumers in the United States and around the world. But Iran insists it will decide when the war ends and shows no signs of giving…
The key Premier League match involving title rivals Arsenal and Manchester City is one of four new matches to be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the second week of May.Man City will face powerhouse Brentford at the Etihad on Saturday Night Football on May 9th, with the game kicking off at 5.30pm. In 24 hours, league leaders Arsenal travel to the capital to take on West Ham United at the London Stadium as part of an action-packed Super Sunday (4.30pm), while relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest also host Newcastle United (2pm). And finally, on Monday Night Football, Tottenham Hotspur take on…
IndiGo is one of the few airlines to reroute or cancel flights to avoid Pakistan’s airspace.Nicholas Economo | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesShares in Interglobe Aviation, which operates India’s largest airline IndiGo, rose more than 9% on Wednesday, a day after the company named industry veteran William Walsh as its new chief executive.Mr. Walsh, 64, currently serves as executive director of the International Air Transport Association and is scheduled to join the Indian airline in early August. Mr. Walsh previously served as CEO of British Airways.His appointment comes weeks after Peter Elbers abruptly resigned as head of Indigo following scrutiny over…
Avishek Das | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesMajor investment trust franklin templeton As the company ramps up its efforts in digital assets, it has agreed to acquire 250 Digital, a small crypto investment firm, to join its newly formed division, Franklin Crypto.By bringing 250 in-house, Franklin Templeton expects to be able to increase its offering of actively managed crypto investments for institutional clients beyond basic exposure through products such as Bitcoin ETFs. The company manages $1.8 billion in global assets.”The investment capabilities and differentiated strategies of both companies strengthen our capabilities in digital assets, position us among a small group…
Miami — We were living in “historic and prophetic times” at the Miami Security Forum. “God has anointed President Donald Trump as a modern-day Cyrus,” declared Pastor Mario Bramnick, referring to the ancient king of Persia. Think-tankers, Latin American politicians, officials from the US defense establishment and at least one journalist watched as Bramnick paced the stage of the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom at the Trump National Doral, a sprawling golf resort eight miles from the airport and eighteen from the Everglades. For two-and-a-half days in Miami, we were gathered here to review Trump’s foreign policy pivot to the Western…