Variety

Amazon Teams With Papa Johns, Beck, Jill Scott, Omar Courtz For New Alexa Ads Using Agentic AI

Alexa, buy me the pizza I just saw in that commercial. Amazon will harness agentic AI, which can determine the steps needed to solve a problem or come up with a solution, to create a new ad format for its Alexa digital assistant that lets customers to from seeing an ad to making a purchase […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

GM-Backed Self-Driving Firm Momenta Said to Near Hong Kong IPO

Momenta Global Ltd. is set to start gauging investor interest for an initial public offering in Hong Kong as early as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

business  Jun 23, 2026

ESPN

Sources: Bucks trading Giannis to Heat for huge ha...

The Bucks are trading Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, three first-round picks (including No. 13 in Tuesday's draft), one pick swap and one second-rounder, per sources.

sports  Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Tech Tumble Overshadows Markets' Iran Hopes | The Asia Trade 6/23/2026

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Deadly H5 Bird Flu Spreads Worldwide With Australia Outbreak

Australian chicken producer Inghams has implemented a “complete lock-down” at its Western Australia operations following the detection of the H5N1 avian influenza in the state. With the virus having reached every continent, the outbreak raises risks for the global agricultural sector and the broader ecosystem. University of Tasmania senior lecturer Jane Younger discusses the potential impact on Australia’s food supply and wildlife on “Bloomberg: The Asia Trade.” (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian

Karl Stefanovic embraces UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson in video promoting podcast

Channel Nine TV presenter also calls former UK prime minister Keir Starmer a ‘wanker’ in teaser for interview with RobinsonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChannel Nine TV presenter Karl Stefanovic has posted a video of himself embracing UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who is set to appear on his podcast.It comes after the Gold Logie winner told another UK activist, Ant Middleton, a former soldier who has spoke

general  Jun 23, 2026

Science Daily

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space

NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra-cold matter that behaves in astonishing ways. The experiments could unlock new discoveries about the universe while paving the way for powerful future technologies in space and on Earth.

science  Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Global Funds Snap Indian Stock Selling Streak as Oil Shock Ebbs

Foreign investors turned buyers of Indian equities for the first time in two months as easing Middle East tensions and lower oil prices revive appetite for the market.

business  Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Iran Rushes to Woo Asia’s Largest Oil Importers after US Waiver

Iran is racing to court some of Asia’s largest oil buyers as a 60-day US sanctions waiver takes effect, a temporary lifeline that should allow Tehran to resume exports and begin clearing a backlog of cargoes on the water, even as peace talks continue.

business  Jun 23, 2026

ESPN

France star Kylian Mbappé is fast becoming 'Mr Wor...

A century of caps for France and 16 goals in 16 World Cup games? It's almost as if this tournament is made for Kylian Mbappé.

sports  Jun 23, 2026

ESPN

OU caps improbable run with first title since '94

Oklahoma capitalized on North Carolina's uncharacteristic pitching struggles and got another clutch performance from LJ Mercurius out of the bullpen on its way to victory in the winner-take-all Game 3 of the Men's College World Series finals Monday night.

sports  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian

Queensland’s economy teeters on edge of ratings downgrade despite coal royalty windfall

Earnings from mining the fossil fuel set to increase to $6.9bn over financial year, up from $4.8bn, with budget deficit to reach $6.17bnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s treasurer says he’s “not giving up” on halting a ratings downgrade for the state’s finances after handing down a budget full of red ink, amid predictions state borrowing will top $200bn in three years.David Janetzki promised a budget surp

general  Jun 23, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Carly Rae Jepsen to Release New Double Album ‘Day and Night’ With New Single Out This Week

The first track from the 24-track double album “On Wires” is set to be released on June 26.

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Variety

Jon Stewart Dives Into Reflecting Pool Algae Infestation: ‘Did They Replace the Water With Mountain Dew?’

On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart covered the fiasco that is President Donald Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now infested with algae. Stewart opened the show with CNN soundbites, which explained that the pool’s high phosphate levels invited a “significant algae bloom” that turned the monument […]

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Deutsche Bank Cuts Gold Forecasts up to 22% as Bulls Temper View

Deutsche Bank AG reduced its gold-price forecasts by as much as 22%, as investors become more wary about the outlook for US monetary policy and investment demand for the precious metal dries up.

business  Jun 23, 2026

NY Times Business

Those British Strawberries Are Being Picked by Central Asian Workers

Ten years after Brexit, most seasonal workers in Britain are from countries such as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Without them, agricultural chiefs say, many farms would fail.

business  Jun 23, 2026

NASA News

Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha

Relentless rains are threatening a lake in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley that has become a key hub in the global flower trade.

science  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian

‘Canaries in the coalmine of populism’: an oral history of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front row seat

How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s futureDavid Cameron, having promised in 2013 that a future Conservative government would offer a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU, announces the date of the vote: 23 June 2016. The next day, Boris Johnson, then the mayor of London, says he will campaign for leave. Continue reading...

general  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Piglet, it’s a purple, psychedelic shapeshifter! The wild new creature prowling Winnie-the-Pooh’s wood

Is it an alien? A dinosaur? Is it going to kill us all? Our writer hits Ashdown Forest for the Big One Hundred celebrations – and finds its magic enchanting new generationsThe rolling idyll of heath and forest, spinney and stream that gave us the Heffalump, the Woozle and, most famously of all, Winnie-the-Pooh, has a new fantastical resident. Creeping through the bracken, making strange cooing and purring noises, is a shapeshifting creature with a huge tubular nose and eyes inspired by adders. I

entertainment  Jun 23, 2026

The Guardian

Three in five gen Z Britons would like new vote to rejoin EU, poll finds

Exclusive: Data reveals 60% of 18 to 28-year-olds would vote to rejoin bloc if given the opportunityA generation of young Britons who were locked out of the 2016 EU referendum because of their age now believe that Brexit has failed, with a majority demanding a fresh vote to rejoin the EU, exclusive polling shows.Gen Z Britons show deep dissatisfaction with the UK’s departure from the EU, according to new polling of 18- to 28-year-olds conducted by the thinktank More in Common and shared with the

general  Jun 23, 2026