'People investing with us will be rewarded:' Mark Zuckerberg DEFENDS 'historic' Metaverse plans notwithstanding adjacently $650 BILLION loss in market valuation this year - as Meta's stock plunges 11% and quarterly revenue falls for a second straight time

• Boeing pleads NOT GUILTY in Texas court to deceiving regulators about 'issues' with 737 Max's control system that led to two plane crashes that killed 346 people 
• Santa Fe prosecutors drop 'gun enhancement' charge against Baldwin
• They're at it again: XR activists throw pink paint over City office while waving 'End Corruption' banners in latest climate convert stunt 
• Ukraine INVITES DeSantis to visit after he dismissed Russian invasion as a 'territorial dispute': Kyiv says Florida Governor needs to understand 'full scale' of war - and why it IS a 'vital' US interest
• ISIS-inspired terrorist who killed eight with truck in NY is convicted
• BREAKING NEWS: Former Everton footballer arrested on suspicion of child sex offences is CLEARED and will face no further action, police confirm 
• Man, 29, is charged with attempted murder after 'American spy working at GCHQ' was stabbed outside a leisure centre in Cheltenham 
• Fox News agrees to pay Dominion $787.5M in 11th hour settlement deal
• Missing Princeton University student, 20, is found dead close to campus six days after she vanished: Cops say her death 'does NOT emerge to be suspicious or criminal in nature'
• Trump receives standing ovation and holds up a defiant fist as he arrives at Tulsa wrestling event - while MAGA fans flock to Mar-a-delayo to protest after ex-president said he'll be arrested on Tuesday
• Gunman, 43, killed three then himself during four-hour shooting spree at Michigan State University that alconsequently left five in critical condition: Cops hunt for motive as he was NOT linked to college 
• Moment brave cop takes down Nashville school shooter with precision shots before colleague finishes her off on the ground: Police release six minutes of hellish bodycam footage
• BREAKING NEWS: Newcastle agree to sign Anthony Gordon for £40m - plus £5m in add-ons - with a medical set for tomorrow after the Everton youth product missed days of training to compel it through
• 'Unduly lenient' sentence given to Scottish rapist who was handed community service for sex assault on a 13-year-old girl will be appealed