He says he was not embarrassed at all. Instead, his classmates cheered. The moment was captured on video and quickly spread online, drawing thousands of warm reactions. For some people outside south-east Nigeria, a goat might seem like an unusual gift to mark the end of university. But among the Igbo people, the animals can…
Brunswick Corp., a global leader in boat manufacturing and recreation on the water, is counting on advanced technology to help with stalling sales. The parent company of Sea Ray, Boston Whaler and other boat brands, says advanced navigation technology and autonomous docking can take some of the complexity out of maneuvering a vessel around a…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. It looks like that Lakers sale we told you about last week isn’t shaping up to be a slam dunk. CNBC’s Alex Sherman reported yesterday that team governor Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family’s stake in…
We’ve all grown up learning that the Earth is a smooth blue marble floating in space.But if you might have caught your eye on NASA’s latest adaptation model of the blue planet, it looks more or less like a potato!Sounds bizarre, right?But the image isn’t a mistake, and it isn’t showing you what Earth actually…
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The death toll from a ferry disaster on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba has risen to 93, which makes it the country’s deadliest transport disaster, according to the state-run Herald newspaper. The ferry had a capacity to carry 90 passengers, but the paper estimates at least 168 people were actually on board when it was hit by…
A bucket inside a Home Depot store in San Jose, California, US, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations on the top and bottom lines and reaffirmed its full fiscal-year guidance. “We continue to operate in…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia’s massive head start in artificial intelligence turned the chipmaker into the world’s most valuable company. Now, almost four…
For every venomous species that grabs headlines and horror-movie cameos, there are dozens of snake species quietly going about their business without a single drop of dangerous venom to their name, roughly 85 percent of the world’s snakes fall into this harmless category. These non-venomous snakes still play a genuinely important ecological role, keeping rodent,…
Primary races in Florida test GOP redistricting efforts while two men with the same name face off in an Alaska Senate race. Hayden Panettiere’s death follows a lifelong career marked with struggles. And family drama delivers a new twist in the sale of the Los Angeles Lakers. Here’s what to know today. The Dan Sullivan…