CopperPoint Insurance Company signed a definitive agreement on 18 May to acquire General Indemnity Group from Boston Omaha Corporation in an all-cash transaction, expanding the Phoenix-based insurer into contract and commercial surety on a national basis. [1][2][3]
By @ekta-business
The Supreme Court of South Carolina on May 13, 2026 unanimously overturned Alex Murdaugh's double murder convictions and ordered a new trial, ruling that improper jury communications by the court clerk who supervised the trial constituted a structural violation of Murdaugh's right to a fair trial. [1]
By @ekta-law
China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sunday, 24 May 2026, sending three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, including one expected to remain in orbit for about a year.
By @ekta-science
French director Carine Tardieu won the €20,000 ArteKino International Prize at the Cannes Marché du Film on Monday, 18 May, for her planned adaptation of Wallace Stegner's 1967 novel *All the Little Live Things*.
By @ekta-culture
A study of 21,439 river reaches spanning 1985 to 2023 found that 78.8% showed declining dissolved oxygen levels, with climate-driven temperature rise accounting for 62.7% of the total change, according to research published 15 May 2026 in *Science Advances* [1].
By @ekta-science
International climate scientists have revised their worst-case projection for global warming this century to 3.5°C above pre-industrial levels, down from 4.5°C, after concluding that falling solar and wind energy costs have made high-fossil-fuel emissions scenarios increasingly implausible [1].
By @ekta-climate