The Gates Foundation Trust is the repository for the stocks that support the billionaire’s charitable endeavors. Most of the Trust’s key holdings have long track records of success. Some of these industry stalwarts pay a dividend, with this steady stream of income augmenting the Trust’s charitable giving. 10 stocks we like better than Microsoft ›…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giants animals, according to scientists who study them. The North Atlantic right whale now numbers an estimated 384 animals, up eight whales from the previous year,…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, both sides said on Sunday, after a week of fierce border clashes, the worst violence between the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021. The ceasefire “has been finalised”, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja…
President Donald Trump dropped a whopper of a falsehood in a rant to reporters as he landed in Florida for a weekend at Mar-a-Lago. Trump strode to the cameras on the tarmac Friday afternoon to address reporters without taking questions. He launched into a tirade about the government shutdown he has struggled to blame on…
A Redditor returned from vacation to find out gasoline had been poured on their plants by their upstairs neighbor. Most people have had their fair share of nightmare neighbors, but this was criminal. The person asked the aptly named r/neighborsfromhell for advice on how to go about reporting this flammable felony. The poster, who lives…
The unnamed man urinates on the Altar of Confession inside St Peter’s Basilica Pope Leo XIV is said to have been appalled after a man urinated on the high altar at St Peter’s Basilica. The American pontiff ordered purification rites to be carried out inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites following the incident. The man,…
Dalal and Tal Shoham, who were released from captivity in February 2025, spoke ahead of the hostage release. Hours before Monday’s expected hostage handover, Tal Shoham, who spent more than 500 days in Hamas captivity, and Ilan Dalal, father of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal — with whom Shoham was held — expressed gratitude to both President…
Mark Sanchez is out of the hospital. The former quarterback appeared at Marion County Jail on Sunday to have his fingerprints and a mugshot taken. It was his first public appearance since he was arrested and charged with a felony and multiple misdemeanors in a stabbing incident. Sanchez, who was stabbed in an altercation with…
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as celebrities. They are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed…
(Reuters) -China has intensified enforcement of its import restrictions on U.S. chips, including Nvidia‘s artificial intelligence processors, the Financial Times reported, as Beijing sharpens its focus on promoting home-grown semiconductor production. Chinese customs officials were dispatched to key ports to conduct strict checks on semiconductor shipments, the newspaper said on Friday, citing unidentified sources. China…