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Saturday, June 13th 2026 - 07:09 UTC
Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's record stock debut

Technology magnate Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday, after his aerospace company SpaceX made its stock-market debut. Following the IPO, which raised a record roughly $75 billion and valued the company at about $1.77 trillion, the net worth of the owner of Tesla, the social network X and Neuralink stood at around $1.1 trillion.
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 21:15 UTC
FAO expects world cereal output and trade projected to decline in year ahead

World cereal production in the 2026/27 season is expected to drop by 2 percent year on year to 2 982 million tons, led by declining wheat harvests, according to FAO’s latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief released in late May.
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 19:19 UTC
US Navy recues pilots from downed helicopter in the sea with an un-crewed surface vessel and AI

A US Army Apache crew has been rescued by a Navy sea drone after Iran downed their helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. The two soldiers were picked up from the water by an un-crewed surface vessel operated by Task Force 59, the US Navy's Bahrain-based unit for un-crewed systems and artificial intelligence.
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 15:50 UTC
Dan Jarvis appointed new UK Secretary of Defense; Healey resigns over military spending dispute

Dan Jarvis MBE MP was appointed as UK Secretary of State for Defense on Thursday 11 June 2026, following the resignation of John Healey amid months-long dispute over military spending, and accusing Prime Minister of failing to commit the resources needed to keep the country safe from mounting threats, especially Russia.
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 06:17 UTC
Uruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency this month, with EU quotas a top priority

Uruguay will assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur on June 30, during a summit of the bloc in Paraguay, with the distribution of the quotas from the agreement with the European Union (EU) among the main items on its agenda. Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin said the country is already preparing to take on that role and that “the technical teams are already working.”
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Friday, June 12th 2026 - 00:33 UTC
The Rise of the Transnational Professional: How South American Executives are Navigating Extended Stays in NYC

18% of the entire South American population living in the US lives in New York, and New York also sees 16.4% of all international business travelers (Business Traveller).
Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 23:12 UTC
Venezuela hands Shell a license for the cross-border Loran gas field shared with Trinidad

Venezuela on Thursday granted the British company Shell a license for a first phase of exploration and exploitation of the Loran gas field, which has seven reservoirs, six of them transboundary with Trinidad and Tobago. The signing was led by acting President Delcy Rodríguez at Miraflores Palace, the seat of the Venezuelan government.
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Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 23:03 UTC
Amnesty International condemns police violence at World Cup opening protests in Mexico City

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday condemned the violence by security forces during the large protests in southern Mexico City surrounding the opening of the 2026 World Cup, in which police used fire extinguishers to disperse demonstrators. The organization demanded respect for and protection of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and protest.
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Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 22:34 UTC
Colombia's government confirms El Niño will be among the most intense since 1950

Colombia's Environment Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the El Niño phenomenon arrived about three months earlier than expected and that, if projections hold, it will be one of the “most intense recorded since 1950,” according to data from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam). The agency said the conditions associated with the phenomenon —which warms ocean waters above normal— are already present in the equatorial Pacific.
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Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 08:12 UTC
US and Iran trade fire for a second night as Tehran says it has closed Hormuz

The United States and Iran traded fire for a second consecutive night, in what amounts to a more dangerous phase of the war in the Persian Gulf and raises the prospect of a return to open hostilities. As US forces again struck Iranian targets, the Revolutionary Guard said it had hit bases with a US presence in the region, and Iran's General Staff announced the “absolute” closure of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump threatened new strikes on Thursday if Tehran does not accept his conditions for peace.
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