IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq Thursday via a SPAC merger at a valuation of about $1.9 billion. But share prices didn’t pop. They spent most the day below the IPO price — a lukewarm welcome. SPAC mergers are often not immediately popular with retail investors these days….
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks to journalists upon his arrival in Bunia, in Ituri province, on May 30, 2026. — X/ @OMSRDCONGO The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of the Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak to play a central role in fighting the…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says tokenization could fundamentally reshape how financial markets operate, marking one of the strongest acknowledgments yet from a global policymaker that blockchain-based infrastructure is moving into the financial mainstream. In a blog published Thursday, Tobias Adrian, the IMF’s financial counselor and director of its Monetary and Capital Markets Department, said…
FIFA says abusive social media posts are 13 times higher during the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup compared to the 2022 tournament. The spike was found after FIFA’s social media protection program scanned more than six million posts and comments uploaded that related to the World Cup, a 33 per cent jump…
Lady Louise Windsor, King Charles’ youngest niece, has officially graduated from the University of St Andrews. Royal fans were thrilled when the official Royal Family Instagram account took to their platform to congratulate the Lady Louise. “Congratulations to Lady Louise on her graduation from St Andrews University! Lady Louise was joined by her parents, The…
It’s no secret that AI is a hog, consuming energy and water like no digital technology before it. Now we know just how much Big Tech’s pursuit of AI is costing the environment. Both Google and Amazon released their sustainability reports this week, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Each company has pledged to zero-out its…
The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, leaves the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 11, 2026.— Reuters/File A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again after cleaning and disinfection. “From a public…
Institutions will be able to combine custody, banking and stablecoin services through a single onboarding process. Standard Chartered has become the first globally systematically important bank (G-SIB) to let institutional clients mint and redeem USDC directly through its banking platform, the lender has said. The service removes the need for eligible clients to open separate…
Maritimers are being told to prepare for a couple of days of high temperatures and humidity as a heat wave that began earlier this week in Ontario and Quebec has made its way east. An Environment Canada meteorologist said the high temperatures on Thursday in the Maritimes are expected to last until Saturday in many…
LAHORE: Police in the provincial capital on Thursday registered a case against five suspects on charges of kidnapping for ransom and sexually assaulting two foreign women. The Police Emergency Helpline 15 received a call from Spain, made by the father of one of the women, reporting the incident. The alleged victims, who are nationals of…
