Microsoft gained nearly $450 billion in market value on Thursday, setting a record for the largest single-day gain ever recorded by a company. The software company’s shares rose above 15 per cent at the close of trading, while its market capitalisation figure surged to $3.35 trillion. The latest stock value surpassed the previous record for the largest one-day market…
The 15 elephants that died at Amboseli National Park in Kenya over the past weeks were killed by cyanide poisoning after eating tomatoes sprayed with pesticides on nearby tomato farms, according to an official investigation. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) confirmed the elephants were killed by cyanide poisoning based on preliminary investigations. “Earlier indications show that the samples we…
Death toll of the earthquake that ripped through Kumamoto in the southwestern part of Japan has risen to 34. Authorities in Kumamoto prefecture said on Thursday that rescuers were still looking for trapped individuals after the earthquake destroyed houses and power lines. Scores of people died after part of a shopping centre collapsed and an explosion swept the mall…
The Federal Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Germany on Thursday said human trafficking detected in Germany fell sharply in 2025 along with irregular migration. They said that a total of 4,622 smuggling operations were registered, a 41.9 per cent fewer than in the previous year. They said it includes 147 particularly serious cases and those…
Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to provisionally reinstate Russia. The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in 2023 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, on July 7, 2026, the IOC lifted the suspension, saying the reasons for the ban were “no…
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, with surging inflation fuelled by President Donald Trump’s war on Iran seeing three of the committee’s 12 policymakers calling for a quarter-percentage-point rate hike. The Fed’s open market committee (FOMC) held rates at 3.50-3.75 per cent for the fifth straight meeting, with its chairman, Kevin Warsh, denying that he…
