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Elon Musk’s journey to becoming the world’s first trillionaire will likely be powered by rockets rather than cars, as SpaceX now accounts for nearly two-thirds of the Tesla CEO’s wealth.Musk became the first person ever to top the $800 billion mark this week, with his net worth now around $845 billion, according to Forbes. He’s worth more than the next three richest people – Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg – combined.The tech magnate’s unprecedented wealth surged after his aerospace and defense company, SpaceX, acquired his artificial intelligence and social media company, xAI, this…

Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Friday that quadruples the amount of beef imported into the U.S. from Argentina under a new trade agreement with the South American country.Argentina’s Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement that the new agreement, which was signed Thursday, will “grant an unprecedented expansion of preferential access for Argentine beef to its market by 100,000 tons,” representing an increase of “$800 million in Argentine beef exports.” Entitled “Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer,” Mr. Trump’s executive order said that domestic production capacity has failed to keep pace with increasing demand in recent years, leading…

Roger Cook has called for WA to come together and stand united against hate after an alleged terror attack targeted an Invasion Day rally on Australia Day.The Premier’s plea comes after a man was charged with committing a terrorist act in Perth on January 26 allegedly targeting Aboriginal people, a month after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades, in which 15 people celebrating Hannukah were killed because of their faith.On Australia Day, authorities allege a 31-year-old man hurled a homemade explosive device designed, but failed, to detonate on impact into a crowd of 2500 demonstrators.On Thursday, WA’s Joint Counter Terrorism…

PANDAS AND PUBLIC DEBTHowever, Takaichi has not had everything her own way, particularly with regard to worries about her stewardship of the public finances of Asia’s number-two economy.She followed up a US$135 billion stimulus package aimed at easing the pain of inflation – a big cause of voter discontent – with a campaign promise to suspend a consumption tax on food.Japan’s debt is more than twice the size of the entire economy, and in recent weeks yields on long-dated bonds have hit record highs, causing jitters worldwide.”Various parties are proposing policies like abolishing the consumption tax. While that might be…

A US oil blockade is causing a severe energy crisis in Cuba, as the government has been forced to ration fuel and cut electricity for many hours a day, paralysing life in the communist-ruled island nation of 11 million.Bus stops are empty, and families are turning to wood and coal for cooking, living through near-constant power outages amid an economic crisis worsened by the Trump administration’s steps in recent weeks.President Miguel Diaz-Canel has imposed harsh emergency restrictions – from reduced office hours to fuel sales – in the backdrop of looming threats of regime change from the White House.The Caribbean…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A relatively brief, but lucrative ICE surge into West Virginia netted roughly 650 illegal immigrant arrests earlier this month — a two-week, statewide operation officials say unfolded with little disruption and now stands as a counterpoint to the turmoil surrounding similar enforcement efforts in Minnesota.From Jan. 5 through Jan. 19, federal agents fanned out across the Mountain State — at times working with local law enforcement — targeting illegal immigrants with criminal histories or prior deportation orders, DHS officials told Fox News Digital.Officials involved contrast the West Virginia operation with recent tensions…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Breezy Johnson put Team USA on the board Sunday when she won a gold medal in the alpine skiing women’s downhill event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.Johnson was the sixth rider to go down the mountain and scorched the course with a 1:36.10 time. She wasn’t exactly the favorite going into the race and had to hold her breath as 30 other competitors had to go downhill after her. United States’ Breezy Johnson celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski women’s downhill race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina…

A challenging strategic environment has the Australian Defence Force looking to “new frontiers”.

NewsFeedIsrael has returned the bodies of dozens of Palestinians to Gaza, without providing any information on who they are or how and when they died. Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim Khalili spoke with forensic teams and families mourning their missing loved ones.Published On 8 Feb 20268 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Sunday’s Super Bowl is expected to see a record $1.76 billion wagered with sportsbooks. Emboldened by loosened restrictions from federal regulators, a newer form of betting — prediction markets — will also be looking to cash in on the night. Prediction markets have emerged in recent years as a platform to place “investments” on the answers to a dizzying array of unknowns — including wagers on outcomes relating to Sunday’s big game. Two of the largest prediction markets, Kalshi and Polymarket, once were targets of federal enforcement actions under the Biden administration. But a decision last week from the Commodities Futures Trading…