Something fascinating happened 12.8 billion years ago in the universe in the earliest stages of its life. Astronomers have spotted a pair of galaxies in the act of merging, and current observations…
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Germany’s biggest cocaine bust ever: Authorities seize drug worth $2.78 billion
Authorities in Germany announced on Monday (June 17) that they had seized cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) from several container ships and arrested seven people in what they called the biggest-ever cocaine…
G7 leaders pledges $50 billion for Ukraine by year’s end, says France
Group of Seven leaders have agreed to allocate $50 billion to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets by the end of the year, the French presidency announced on Wednesday (June 12). “We have an…
IMF approves second review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9 billion bailout, warns of vulnerabilities
IMF releases $336 million as part of bailout program The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the second review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9 billion bailout package, authorising the flow of around $336…
Trump’s Truth Social faces $4 billion plunge in value as losses mount
Former US President Donald Trump’s media venture, Trump Media & Technology Group, saw its value plummet by $4 billion within a week of its public debut on the Nasdaq Composite Index. According…
Two supermassive black holes weigh 28 billion times more than sun: Scientists
Two supermassive black holes, which were discovered in collision-created ‘fossil galaxies’, are so huge in size that they do not collide and merge. This black hole system is present inside the elliptical…