Futures Flat Ahead Of CPI, Ceasefire Negotiations

Trump Weighs Plan To Buy Chagos Islands, Home To Diego Garcia Military Base The White House is actively considering a plan to purchase the Chagos Islands, potentially undermining the UK's agreement to transfer sovereignty of the strategically vital territory to Mauritius, according to reports. An undated photograph shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. U.S. Navy via AP US officials have prepared proposals to bypass Britain and negotiate directly for control of Diego Garcia, the key Indian Ocean atoll that hosts a major joint US-UK military base. The idea forms part of...

AST SpaceMobile Craters After Blue Origin Rocket Fails To Place Satellite In Correct Orbit Shares of AST SpaceMobile plunged the most since February after Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket failed to place the company's BlueBird 7 satellite into its intended orbit during Sunday morning's launch. Shortly after the successful launch of New Glenn from the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Sunday, Blue Origin said the rocket's payload, the BlueBird 7 satellite, was placed into an "off-nominal orbit." pic.twitter.com/BMAUIwF5jk — Dave Limp (@davill) April 19, 2026 AST SpaceMobile published a statement saying the...