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Four astronauts are set to make history today as NASA prepares to launch Artemis II, the first crewed journey to the Moon in more than 50 years. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with weather forecasts showing an 80% favorable outlook for the two-hour launch window. Commander......
The United Arab Emirates is preparing to deploy its navy as part of a multinational coalition to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a move that took on added urgency Tuesday after President Donald Trump suggested the United States could withdraw from the conflict with Iran within two to three weeks and leave the security of the waterway......
UK stock markets climbed on Wednesday as investors reacted positively to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments suggesting that the conflict with Iran may be approaching an end. The news eased fears of further interest rate hikes by the Bank of England. The FTSE 100 rose 1.6% while the FTSE 250 gained 1.8%, recovering from recent losses......
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a pointed warning to Russia and China on Tuesday over their alleged support for Iran, saying the United States is addressing the matter directly as the war enters its fifth week with no diplomatic breakthrough in sight. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing alongside Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine,......
Market turbulence triggered by the American-Israeli military campaign against Iran has taken a heavy toll on the world's wealthiest individuals, erasing more than $255 billion in combined net worth from six of the ten richest people since January, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison suffered......
Google's Quantum AI team has published a white paper revealing that breaking the elliptic curve cryptography securing Bitcoin and Ethereum may require far fewer quantum computing resources than previously thought — and could theoretically be done fast enough to intercept a transaction before it is confirmed on the blockchain. The......
Microsoft ended the first quarter of 2026 with its stock down roughly 25%, marking its steepest quarterly decline since the fourth quarter of 2008, when shares fell 27% during the global financial crisis. Although the stock rebounded on Tuesday, the final trading day of the quarter, the recovery did little to offset months of selling driven......
NASA's Perseverance rover has made two significant discoveries on the rim of Jezero Crater that together strengthen the case for ancient microbial life on Mars. Scientists have identified microscopic corundum crystals — the mineral that forms rubies and sapphires on Earth — alongside record concentrations of nickel in billion-year-old......
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced new safety measures at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday, limiting certain landings and causing notable delays. The restrictions come amid a runway repaving project and a FAA decision to prohibit side-by-side approaches on the airport’s parallel east-west runways in clear......
Absenteeism among airport security personnel in the United States has declined significantly after workers received long-delayed pay, according to officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The improvement comes after weeks of disruption that affected airport operations across the country. The TSA, which oversees security......
Recent statements from the United States Department of Defense have sparked renewed uncertainty about Washington’s commitment to NATO’s principle of collective defense. During a press briefing, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested that reaffirming the country’s position on the alliance would ultimately depend on......
Financial markets are tightening rapidly as the ongoing conflict in Iran drives energy prices higher, giving central banks the option to delay immediate rate changes. In the United States, overall financial conditions have tightened sharply due to rising energy costs, higher borrowing and mortgage rates, wider credit spreads, and declining......
Sovereign bonds rallied sharply in the United States, Australia, and Japan on Sunday as investors pivoted away from inflation concerns toward fears that the Middle East conflict could drag the global economy into a prolonged slowdown, marking a notable reversal for a market that had faced heavy selling pressure for most of March. U.S. Treasuries,......
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