UnitedHealth Group raises 2026 forecast, profits to hit $5.48 billion as health care costs drop
UnitedHealth Group reports second-quarter net profit of $5.48 billion, benefiting from lower medical costs and strong Optum performance Health services business. The company also raised its profit forecast for 2026, saying it expects better financial…
Did Kushner and Vitkov profit from the war in the Middle East? What Iran claimed in private message to Vance
Iran accuses Kushner, Vitkov of profiting from war leaks in private messages to Vance Iranian negotiators reportedly sent private message to US vice president JD Vance A senior Iranian official told Drop Site News that during U.S.-Iran talks in…
TSMC hits record profits, why TSMC stock price falls: Second-quarter profits soar 77%, Arizona invests $100 billion explained
TSMC manufacturing company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, announced on Thursday that its second-quarter profit increased by 77.4%. The strong results were better than…
About 2 billion years ago, Oklo became a natural nuclear reactor underground in Africa, and its radioactive remains are still there today | World News
Long before forests spread across the continents, before the first animals walked the land, and even before the age of the dinosaurs, a remarkable process was unfolding beneath the Earth’s surface. Deep underground, a series of natural nuclear…
UK investigates TikTok’s child safety practices
Britain’s media watchdog is investigating how TikTok conducts age checks on its users to prevent children from seeing harmful content such as pornography. A TikTok spokesperson said the company complies with the Cybersecurity Law. Ofcom said on…
An ancient ocean once divided North America from north to south; aquatic creatures from 70 million years ago still sparkle like gems
Fossils from this period are on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. South Dakota is one of the most landlocked states in the United States. It is over 1,000 miles from both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It’s…
‘Her campaign was a sham’: Spencer Pratt accuses Nithya Rahman of ‘disappearing in the crowd’ like a ‘pickpocket’
Spencer Platt slammed Nithya Raman The two-term city council member was criticized for “completely disappearing” and “not running at all” during the November runoff against Los Angeles mayor Karen BassThe result means Platt is…
Norway is drilling the world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel, cutting through fault zones and rocks that keep seawater seeping in | World News
While much of the coverage of Norway’s Rogfast Tunnel has focused on the record it will hold as the world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel, the real story engineers are dealing with lies underground, where rocks have been squeezed,…
Who is Miles Tamboley? Memphis Tamboli Pasta and Pizza owner refuses to serve National Guard members
Miles Tamboli, owner of Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza in downtown Memphis, refused service to four uniformed members of the Tennessee National Guard. The decision sparked a backlash online, with some accusing him of being anti-military. Miles…
Meet Julia Butterfly Hill: The 23-year-old climbed a 1,000-year-old tree and stayed there for 738 days before it was chopped down | World News
At age 23, Julia Butterfly Hill climbed nearly 180 feet into the canopy of a towering 1,000-year-old redwood tree in northern California, intending to stay there only for a few days as part of an environmental protest. Instead, the ancient tree named…