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NASA Awards $590 Million in New Lunar Lander Contracts as Moon Base Race Intensifies

New Delhi, July 2 -- WASHINGTON - The question is no longer whether the United States intends to build a permanent base on the Moon. The question, settled quietly last Monday with three contract signi... Read More


UAE Oil Exports Near 2017 Highs as OPEC Exit and Postwar Rebound Test Global Markets

New Delhi, July 2 -- DUBAI - The speed of the UAE's oil export recovery should make the rest of OPEC+ nervous. Less than four months after pipeline attacks and Strait of Hormuz disruptions pushed the ... Read More


Parliament Standing Committee on Finance to review Virtual Digital Assets; RBI, ICAI to take part

New Delhi, July 2 -- The Standing Committee on Finance will hold its next sitting on Thursday 2 to study the regulatory roadmap for Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs), according to a notice issued by the L... Read More


'Minions & Monsters' Gets Illumination's Best Reviews, Weakest Opening

New Delhi, July 2 -- Illumination has never made a better-reviewed movie than "Minions & Monsters." It is also about to post the weakest opening weekend any Minions film has ever had. The animated se... Read More


Labor's Gambling Ad Bill Reaches Parliament and Immediately Loses Both Flanks

CANBERRA, July 2 -- Three years ago, the late MP Peta Murphy handed the Australian government a report recommending a total ban on gambling advertising. This week, her successors in government finally... Read More


Neon Rescues Guadagnino's Sam Altman Film After Amazon Walks Away

New Delhi, July 2 -- Amazon had a nearly finished film about the week Sam Altman was fired and rehired at OpenAI. Then Amazon put $50 billion into OpenAI, and the film stopped being something Amazon w... Read More


Warner Bros. Wins Five-Studio Bidding War for 'Siren Head' Horror Film

New Delhi, July 2 -- In 2018, Trevor Henderson drew a skeletal predator with two sirens fused where a head should be and posted it online, mostly for fun. This week, that drawing beat out Sony, Univer... Read More


Michael Weatherly Returns to NCIS After Spinoff's Quiet Collapse

New Delhi, July 2 -- Six months ago, CBS's biggest bet on Tony DiNozzo's future was a straight-to-streaming spinoff that quietly died after a single season. This week, the network brought the characte... Read More


Westpac Plans to Hire 350 Bankers to Claw Back Business Lending Ground From NAB

SYDNEY, July 2 -- Paul Fowler spent a decade helping Commonwealth Bank take market share in Australian business lending. Now, five months into running the same division at Westpac, he is turning that ... Read More


World Bank urges Pakistan to revise NFC AwardPublished on: July 2, 2026 3:15 PM

Pakistan, July 2 -- The World Bank has recommended that Pakistan revise the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award formula to improve fiscal federalism, strengthen revenue collection and ensure a mor... Read More