NewsFeed A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Liuzhou in southern China’s Guangxi region, causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, killing at least two people. More than 7,000 residents have been evacuated as search and rescue operations continue. Published On 18 May 202618 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share…
The state’s strong tax haul, driven largely by personal income taxes, pushed it close to one-fifth of its ambitious 2026 budget within three months. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration generated N807.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 18.2 per cent of the state’s N4.44 trillion budget, official figures show. The performance, underpinned by…
A driver plowed through a crowded pedestrian zone on Monday afternoon in central Leipzig, in eastern Germany, killing at least two people and hitting others, according to the city’s mayor. The mayor, Burkhard Jung, said that a person believed to be the driver had been arrested but that their motive had yet to be determined….
A drone slammed into a high-rise apartment building a few miles from the Kremlin on Monday, a rare attack on Moscow that came as Ukraine has expanded its long-range strikes inside Russia. The breach of air defenses in the Russian capital occurred five days before the annual Victory Day parade, a major event on Red…
Ukrainian forces also strike two shadow fleet tankers near port of Novorossiysk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026 Ukrainian forces have launched a drone attack on the Russian Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, the governor says, as Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of killing civilians in overnight air raids….
Palestine and Israel representatives had been lined up close together at the FIFA Congress in Canada. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 Palestinian football federation president Jibril Rajoub refused to stand alongside Israel FA Vice-President Basim Sheikh Suliman in a heated moment at the 76th FIFA Congress. Both men were called to the stand…
A.O. Smith Corp’s stock recently reached a 52-week low, touching $61.99, with shares currently trading at $62.08—just above that floor. This milestone reflects a challenging period for the company, as the stock has experienced a 1-year decline of 4.7%. Yet InvestingPro data suggests the stock may be undervalued, with a Fair Value indicating potential upside,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The war in Iran has pushed pistachio prices to their highest level in years by disrupting supplies at a time when a growing consumer taste for foods based on the green nut has sent demand…
Deb Haaland, the former congresswoman and interior secretary, might have expected a cakewalk after she declared her candidacy for the open governorship of New Mexico. A political celebrity in her Democratic state, she would make history as the first Native American woman elected governor. But Sam Bregman, district attorney of New Mexico’s most populous county…
A pirate radio station is a clever subject for a jukebox musical. And there’s none more famous than Radio Caroline, whose revolutionary broadcasts from a boat off the Essex coast launched a culture war with the British government. Writer Vikki Stone has partly fictionalised the story of that ship, with characters only tangentially based on…
