SpaceX IPO Hits $85.7B After Banks Exercise Greenshoe

SpaceX has raised a total of $85.7 billion (£64.4 billion) in its initial public offering after the banks managing the listing exercised a greenshoe clause to purchase an additional $10 billion in shares, the company confirmed in a statement on Monday. The extra allocation, an overallotment option that allows underwriters to sell more shares than […]

A Million Visit the Falls. A Dozen Stay for the Moonbow.

The first thing was the sound. Not the darkness. The sound—a low rumble that deepened into something felt in the chest, a compression of air and water and gravity that announced the falls before the falls announced themselves. There were no floodlights. Only the pale wash of a rising full Moon and the thick blue-black […]

The Darecation: Why Travellers Are Paying to Suffer

The start line sat at 6,893 metres. To reach it, runners climbed for 11 hours through temperatures of -30 °C and winds up to 100 kilometres per hour. Sixteen people signed up for the World’s Highest Marathon on Chile’s Ojos del Salado, the tallest volcano on Earth. Five made it to the start. Then they […]

Mo’orea Has One Road. The Cruise Ships Don’t Use It.

The hire-car agent handed over the keys with a warning that had nothing to do with the vehicle. “Remember not to park under any coconut trees.” The advice was practical. It was also the first signal that Mo’orea operates on a logic that does not accommodate the cruise ships that bring more than a third […]

José Andrés Wants You to Eat Tapas. He Also Wants You to Leave.

The first rule of tapas, according to José Andrés, is not about the food. It is about the tempo. “Don’t stay in one place!” the Michelin-starred chef commands, with the authority of someone who has spent 35 years in Washington, DC, trying to teach Americans to push their plates to the centre of the table. […]

I Wore AI Glasses in Paris. They Got the Tower Wrong.

I stood beneath the Eiffel Tower arguing with my own face. The Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses—chunky, black-framed, seven million units sold in 2025—had just told me, through a tiny speaker near my ear, that the tower was 330 metres tall. A few minutes later, I asked again. This time: 324 metres. The official website says […]

Ten Million Bats Fill the Sky. Only 800 People Come.

The ladder sways. The wooden platform sits 10 meters above the forest floor. Below, the miombo woodland trembles—not from wind, but from the weight of millions of straw-coloured fruit bats packed so tightly in the branches that some cling to each other rather than to the trees. The sun sets over Kasanka National Park in […]

Oil Falls 5%, Shares Jump After US-Iran Deal Announced

Oil prices fell sharply, and global stock markets rallied on Monday after the United States and Iran announced a framework deal to end the war, with President Donald Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz would reopen. Brent crude, the global benchmark, dropped 4.7% to $83.24 a barrel. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 5% higher, South Korea’s […]

US and Iran Sign Framework Deal to End War

The United States and Iran have agreed to a framework deal to end the war, with mediators Pakistan and Qatar announcing the memorandum of understanding will be signed on Friday in Switzerland. President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, the US naval blockade of Iranian ports would end within 30 days, and […]

NHS Said Too Complex. He Flies 5,000 Miles for Allergy Treatment.

The blood tests came back when Yann Jennings was six months old. Milk, peanuts, eggs—all positive. By the time he was three, the list had grown to 20 allergens. Dairy, wheat, tree nuts, coconut, seafood, red fish, pulses and beans, kiwi, sesame, dogs, cats, horses, pollen, flaxseed, chia, poppy seed, buckwheat, millet, peas, chestnut, quinoa, […]