Breaking 12:50 Hormuz shipping paralysis blocks a third of global fertilizer trade as food crisis deepens 12:40 Xbox's new CEO personally ended the "This is an Xbox" campaign to rebuild brand identity 12:20 Thailand secures deal with Iran for safe tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz 12:10 IEA chief says Iran war energy crisis surpasses the oil shocks of the 1970s 11:40 JPMorgan says Bitcoin has outperformed gold as a safe haven during the Iran war 11:30 TikTok pulls "Fruit Love Island" after AI fruit drama series hits 300 million views in 10 days 11:00 Moroccan dirham strengthens against the us dollar amid stable financial conditions 10:45 Kirsten Dunst joins Sydney Sweeney in the sequel to The Housemaid’s Secret 10:27 Microsoft posts worst quarterly drop since 2008 as Big Tech AI spending alarms investors 10:20 Asian airlines slash flights from April as jet‑fuel crisis bites 10:13 US-made landmines found near Shiraz kill civilians in first confirmed deployment in decades 10:04 Polish PM Tusk warns of imminent escalation in Iran war as conflict nears one month 10:00 EU trade commissioner discusses critical minerals and tariffs with US counterpart 10:00 Sony halts memory card orders as global chip shortage squeezes consumer electronics 09:50 JPMorgan adopte une position haussière sur le dollar pour la première fois depuis un an 09:49 Drones strike Kuwait airport again, causing major damage to radar system 09:30 United States migrant hubs: Cambodian migrant repatriated after transfer to Eswatini 09:29 Bank of America agrees to pay 72.5 million dollars to settle Epstein lawsuit 09:00 United States: police thwart attack plot targeting pro-Palestinian activist 08:20 Micron shares drop over 20% in six days after Google unveils TurboQuant 07:50 Markets weeks from peak panic amid US-Iran conflict, warns Alpine Macro 07:34 India approves purchase of new air defense missiles from Russia 07:14 United States eases restrictions to boost investment in Venezuelan minerals 17:16 US-Israel strikes hit Iranian residential areas, killing 18 in Qom 16:40 Japanese finance minister warns of bold action as yen nears 160 16:20 Iran war boosts global demand for EVs, solar and heat pumps 16:00 Lagarde warns Iran war energy shocks could last years amid ECB rate hike debate

Cuba seeks Vatican help to ease U.S. oil embargo

Cuban officials have reportedly turned to the Vatican for assistance in persuading the U.S. administration to relax its oil embargo, according to the Washington Post. Senior-level discussions involved Vatican representatives, including Pope Leo. Reuters could not independently confirm the report. Requests for comment to the Vatican, the White......

TSX futures fall as Trump extends Hormuz deadline amid market uncertainty

Futures tied to Canada’s main stock index, the S&P/TSX Composite, slipped on Friday as ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict kept investors cautious. Gains in oil and gold prices limited losses in the resource-heavy market. As of 06:26 a.m. ET, June futures on the TSX were down 0.2%. U.S. President Donald Trump......

Tesla gains fade amid delivery worries despite Europe rebound

Tesla shares rose 0.8% Wednesday to close at $385.95 after European registration data showed positive growth for the first time in over a year, only to shed those gains Thursday with a 1.4% drop to $380.66 as analysts cut 2026 delivery forecasts. ACEA data revealed February registrations up 11.8% year-over-year in the EU, UK and EFTA countries,......

Mercosur and Canada edge closer to free-trade deal with April negotiations

Canada and the South American Mercosur bloc are making progress toward a free-trade agreement, with a new round of talks planned in Brasilia next month, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Officials from Canada, Argentina, and Brazil indicated that the agreement could be finalized in 2026, potentially before September. The......

TotalEnergies drops 2050 carbon neutrality goal over slow global transition

TotalEnergies stated Thursday that the world will miss the 2050 carbon neutrality target set by the Paris Agreement, prompting the French energy giant to reassess its own climate goals. The announcement in its 2026 Sustainability & Climate Progress Report marks an official retreat from a pledge first made in 2020. The company cited a transition......

Musk plans 30% retail allocation for SpaceX IPO

Elon Musk intends to reserve up to 30% of SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering for individual investors, at least triple the typical 5-10% share in standard IPOs. Reuters reported Thursday that this approach breaks from convention, with SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen pitching the oversized retail allocation to Wall Street alongside selective......

Iran conflict triggers mass tourism cancellations in eastern Mediterranean

The war in Iran sparks widespread tourism cancellations across the eastern Mediterranean, jeopardizing the region's vital summer season just weeks before launch. Cyprus suffers the hardest hit, with short-term rental cancellation rates jumping from 15% pre-conflict to 100% immediately after Iran's March 2 drone strike on the British......

Iran claims one million fighters ready for U.S. ground invasion

Iranian state media reported Thursday that over one million fighters stand organized for ground combat against American forces amid rising speculation of a U.S. offensive on Iran's southern coast and the strategic island of Kharg. Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, warned that any U.S. attempt to seize the Strait......

Rapid7 uncovers Chinese 'dormant cells' in telecom networks

Rapid7 detailed Thursday how a China-linked threat actor, Red Menshen, planted stealthy BPFdoor backdoors in global telecom networks using Linux kernel-level malware. First revealed in 2022, BPFdoor leverages Berkeley Packet Filter technology to passively monitor network packets without opening ports or signaling activity, evading standard......

Nvidia shares drop amid TurboQuant fears and lawsuit pressure

Nvidia shares fell about 4% Thursday as investors reacted to competitive, legal and regulatory challenges facing the AI chip leader. Google unveiled TurboQuant this week, an algorithm that cuts AI memory use by up to six times and boosts H100 inference speed by eight times without accuracy loss. Set for presentation at ICLR 2026 in Brazil......

Studies pinpoint Sun's magnetic engine deep below surface

Two recent studies reshape scientists' view of the Sun's hidden magnetic interior. Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology analyzed nearly 30 years of solar oscillation data from NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, Solar Dynamics Observatory and the ground-based Global Oscillation Network Group. Their findings,......

UAE signals readiness to join multinational effort to reopen Strait of Hormuz

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its willingness to participate in a multinational maritime initiative aimed at restoring navigation through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, according to international media reports. The proposed operation would involve a coalition of countries working together to secure shipping routes and......

UN security council holds closed-door meeting on Iran at Moscow’s request

The United Nations Security Council is set to convene behind closed doors on Friday following a request from Moscow, amid rising tensions surrounding Iran. The move comes as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts to address escalating concerns over recent military developments in the region. According to diplomatic sources, Russia called for......

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