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In Canada: Drake Dominates 80% of Spotify’s Global Impact List for the First Half of 2026
Spotify has published its Global Impact List for the first half of 2026, ranking the 50 most-streamed songs by Canadian artists outside Canada, and Drake has dominated it with 40 of the 50 entries, roughly 80% of the list. The result cements his continued grip on global streaming, driven largely by his prolific “Iceman” era,…
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GTA 6 U.S. Army Deal Has Already Convinced at Least 20 Soldiers to Reenlist
At least 20 US soldiers have chosen to re-enlist after an Army base in Fort Stewart, Georgia, offered time off as an incentive to play Grand Theft Auto 6 upon its launch. The scheme, run by the 3rd Infantry Division’s 9th Brigade Engineering Battalion, is a novel recruitment tactic designed to make re-enlistment more appealing…
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Prince Harry’s secret visit to Trump’s backyard days before UK return with Meghan was revealed
Prince Harry reportedly made an undisclosed visit to Washington DC, home turf of US President Donald Trump, in the days before he and Meghan Markle prepared to return to the UK. The visit’s disclosure comes amid intense scrutiny of the couple’s planned homecoming after six years largely based in the United States, with royal watchers…
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Former acting US attorney Andrew Haden found dead in San Diego
Andrew Haden, 48, a former twice-acting US attorney for the Southern District of California, was found dead on Wednesday inside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in downtown San Diego. His death attracted attention because he had led one of the country’s busiest federal prosecutorial districts, but authorities did not release details about the circumstances.…
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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner withdraws from US Open with right knee injury: ‘Sad and disappointed’
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the US Open due to a right knee injury, ruling him out of the year’s final Grand Slam tournament. The Italian said he had been working closely with his team and medical staff, but was ultimately forced to pull out, describing himself as “sad and disappointed” about…
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Is Harry’s return linked to how he answered questions about drug usage for his US visa?
The article poses a question rather than reporting confirmed facts: whether Prince Harry’s forthcoming return to the UK, alongside Meghan Markle, could be connected to how he previously answered questions about past drug use when applying for his US visa. This links back to a long-running legal dispute in which Harry’s admissions of past drug…
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Salesforce partners not seeing meaningful revenue from Agentforce AI platform, report says
Salesforce partners have yet to see meaningful revenue from Agentforce, the company’s AI agent platform, two years after its launch amid promises of rapid growth. A survey by analyst firm TD Cowen found growing customer curiosity but no partners reporting the technology as a driver of bookings, adding to signs that adoption remains slower than…
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Two US Army Corps of Engineers employees among 8 killed in Alaska charter plane crash
A charter plane crashed near a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, including two employees of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The crash highlights the ongoing risks of small aircraft travel in Alaska’s remote and often harsh terrain, where charter flights remain a vital but sometimes hazardous means…
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AI companies are burning books, advocates complain to FTC
A coalition of 18 advocacy organisations has formally asked the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate AI companies for buying physical books, scanning them for use as AI training data, and then destroying the originals. The complaint, revealed on Friday, centres on practices by Anthropic and Amazon, and argues the destruction of these texts is…
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Fox News Campus Radicals Newsletter: DOJ opens probe into prestigious college over alleged discrimination favo
This piece is a round-up from Fox News’s “Campus Radicals” newsletter, a regular digest covering higher-education controversies from a conservative perspective. The two headline items flagged are the US Department of Justice opening an investigation into a prestigious college over allegations that its admissions or policies favour minority students, and a Berkeley mathematics professor raising…