Texas is coming for Wall Street with a new BlackRock-backed stock exchange

New York CNN — Texas’ famous longhorns are coming for Wall Street’s bulls.

A new national stock exchange, based in Dallas, and backed by Wall Street heavyweights like BlackRock and Citadel Securities, is looking to take on the world-famous New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. cont'd

Amazon to cut down on managers to strengthen culture

‘To further strengthen our culture and teams,’ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced new organizational measures in a letter, including a shift away from manager-heavy bureaucracy. cont'd

A Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians and 1 American from the International Space Station returns to Earth

MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Monday in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair.

US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area

ABC News - The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state

Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says it didn’t make pagers used in Lebanon

TAIPEI — Taiwanese pager manufacturer Gold Apollo on Wednesday said that it did not make the devices used by the militant group Hezbollah that exploded in Lebanon the previous day, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 2,800 others. cont'd

Ruto blames fake news for protests, defends police in DW interview

President William Ruto, in an interview with German media, attributed the recent Gen Z protests, which left 50 people dead and 66 missing, to fake news and misinformation. read more

Kenya airport workers strike over takeover bid by India’s Adani Group

Protest by hundreds of workers disrupts flights and leaves passengers stranded in one of Africa’s busiest travel hubs.

Reuters - Kenyan aviation workers end protest against India's Adani
Kenya's government has said the airport is operating above capacity and needs modernising but that it is not for sale. It says no decision has been made on what it calls a proposed public-private partnership to upgrade the site.

Analysis: 4 key moments from the Harris-Trump debate

Y! - The vice president spent most of her career as a prosecutor before heading to Washington. It showed Tuesday night.

Melania Trump Hints At Conspiracy Theory About Husband's Assassination Attempt

"We need to uncover the truth," the former first lady said in a video posted on her social media accounts.

GLOBALink | World Firefighting and Rescue Championship opens in NE China's Harbin

HARBIN, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) --The 19th men's and 10th women's World Firefighting and Rescue Championship, held by the International Sport Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers, kicked off here on Saturday.

Tesla launches world's first all-electric 'Giga Train' with mind-blowing passenger capacity — and it's free to ride

Tesla's highly anticipated "Giga Train," its first all-electric battery-powered train, has debuted in Germany. read more

Boeing Starliner capsule returns home from space — without astronauts on board

CNN - Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned from the International Space Station Friday evening — concluding its nearly three-month stay in space.

Tech failure very nearly caused massive flood in Amsterdam city center in November 2023

Amsterdam city center narrowly avoided a massive flood due to a tech failure that opened the seven sluice gates in IJmuiden that normally keep the North Sea water out of the Netherlands. read more

Russia hands an 8-year prison term to a newspaper publisher in Siberia over Ukraine war criticism

A Russian newspaper publisher has been convicted by a court in Siberia and sentenced to eight years in prison after his paper reported on Russia’s attacks on civilians in Ukraine read more

Opinion - Russia ramps up its information war against Ukraine, aiming to weaken Western support

Anti-Ukrainian messages are also promoted in Russian outlets by favorably disposed Russian experts from universities, think tanks and the media. cont'd