US: S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record highs after solid retail data

US: S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record highs after solid retail data

[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks rose to fresh record highs on Thursday (Jul 16) as markets focused on solid US retail sales data and corporate earnings rather than lingering worries about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent to 6,297.36, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.8 per…

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Did Captain Sumeet Sabharwal Intentionally Crash Air India Plane? Investigation Focuses on Pilot Who ‘Remained Calm’ While First Officer ‘Panicked’

Did Captain Sumeet Sabharwal Intentionally Crash Air India Plane? Investigation Focuses on Pilot Who ‘Remained Calm’ While First Officer ‘Panicked’

Investigators examining the Air India crash are focusing on the actions of the captain, who stayed composed while the first officer panicked over a potential fuel cutoff to the engines. Black-box audio indicates it was Captain Sumeet Sabharwal who flipped the switches, according to sources familiar with the U.S. side of the investigation. US pilots…

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Ammonite Discovered Beyond Pluto: Is This the Real Ninth Planet?

Ammonite Discovered Beyond Pluto: Is This the Real Ninth Planet?

Japanese astronomers have discovered a far-off object orbiting the Sun well beyond Neptune, suggesting that an extraordinary event occurred in the early solar system. The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii. They observed a tiny object orbiting 252 astronomical units (AUs), which is…

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