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Dozens of Ukrainian long-range drones attacked Moscow overnight into Tuesday morning, according to the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, with damage confirmed at a major oil refinery and flight restrictions disrupting flights at all four of the city’s international airports. “Over the past 24 hours, an attack by enemy drones on Moscow has continued. One of the drones damaged a facility on the territory of the Moscow Refinery. There were no casualties. Emergency services are working at the scene of the incident,” Sobyanin wrote in a post to Telegram. Purported videos of the Gazprom-owned refinery in Moscow showed fire and a…
Restructuring of international footprint The Jamaica buyout follows a broader restructuring of Scotiabank’s international footprint. On Dec. 1, 2025, the bank completed the transfer of its banking operations in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama to Davivienda Group in exchange for an approximately 20% ownership stake. The divestitures contributed to a shift in Scotiabank’s earnings profile. In Q1 2026, North America accounted for 82% of earnings, while the Caribbean contributed 11%. Management described its approach as a “value over volume” strategy, with risk-adjusted margins expanding 20 basis points year-over-year. Scotiabank’s international banking segment generated adjusted earnings of nearly $2.9 billion in…
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World Cup games on TV today: Schedule and start times for all matches on Monday, June 15 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The 2026 FIFA World Cup promises to electrify soccer fans not only across the three host nations USA, Canada, and Mexico, but across the globe as the biggest sporting event on the planet descends upon North America.AdvertisementFor five weeks in June and July, the greatest football tournament will be played throughout the three host nations, as 48 qualifiers do battle for the most famous trophy in the…
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +19.79%) went public at $135 per share on Friday, June 12. The company’s initial market value of $1.8 trillion made it the largest IPO in history, and the stock gained more than 20% on the first trading day, carrying its valuation above $2 trillion. Large IPOs have historically underperformed during their first year on the market. In fact, history says $10,000 invested today will be worth less than $5,300 by June 2027. Here are the important details. Image source: The Motley Fool. History says SpaceX will decline during its first year on the market…
(L) Screenshot taken via AP live feed/Rebecca Blackwell)//(R) Anna Kepner. (Photo via: Kepner family) OAN Staff Brooke Mallory6:29 PM – Monday, June 15, 2026 The Florida teenager accused of sexually assaulting and strangling his 18-year-old stepsister aboard a Carnival Cruise ship has been taken into federal custody. 16-year-old Timothy Hudson surrendered to U.S. Marshals at a federal courthouse in Tampa following a ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres. The judge’s order, which reversed a previous decision allowing the teen to remain free on pre-trial release, was initially filed under seal before being made public. While Hudson will be detained until…
The term “ticker-tape parade” originated from stock trading. In New York City, parades would be held to celebrate something, and people would throw the closest thing they had to confetti: the tape used to communicate stock prices.On Thursday, the city of New York will once again celebrate with a ticker-tape parade through the Financial District, this time in honor of the Knicks winning the NBA title for the first time in 53 years. The Knicks brought the city alive over the last two months as they worked their way through the playoffs with the steady determination of Jalen Brunson and…
Minnesota colleges are facing a growing problem with so-called “ghost students,” fraudulent applicants who use stolen or fabricated identities to enroll in classes and collect financial aid before disappearing. The scam has become so widespread that state lawmakers and higher education officials are now pursuing new safeguards to protect taxpayers and legitimate students. The issue first gained significant attention after Minnesota State, the system overseeing 33 public colleges and universities, reported thousands of suspicious applications over the past academic year. According to state officials and KSTP, more than 7,700 applications were flagged as fraudulent or potentially fraudulent, illustrating the scale…
After all that, Brendan Sorsby’s college career is over. Now the spotlight shifts to the NFL. Sorsby is expected to enter the NFL’s supplemental draft on the heels of immense blowback for his plans to play this season for Texas Tech after a judge granted Sorsby an injunction against the NCAA following a gambling investigation that found Sorsby placed thousands of bets during his four years as a college athlete at Indiana and Cincinnati, including gambling on his own program while playing at Indiana. The injunction was granted last week. With no end to the backlash in sight, Sorsby — who could have been a first-round pick…
FollowQ1: 2026-06-09 Earnings SummaryEPS of $0.93 beats by $0.02 | Revenue of $1.44B (6.70% Y/Y) beats by $1.19M Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call June 9, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Company Participants Dan Aldridge – Vice President of Investor RelationsSteven Lawrence – CEO & DirectorEarl Ford – Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Jeffrey Lick – Stephens Inc., Research DivisionKatharine McShane – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research DivisionChristopher Horvers – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research DivisionJonathan Matuszewski – Jefferies LLC, Research DivisionJoseph Civello – Truist Securities, Inc., Research DivisionPaul Lejuez – Citigroup Inc., Research DivisionIrwin Boruchow…