Iraq seeks World Cup playoff delay after players stranded by airspace closure
Iraq has asked FIFA to postpone its intercontinental World Cup qualifying playoff after the ongoing regional conflict left most of the national team unable to leave the country. The match, scheduled for March 31 in Monterrey, Mexico, would see Iraq face the winner of the Bolivia versus Suriname semifinal. Iraq’s request follows the......
Iraq extends airspace closure until March 10 amid regional war
Iraq has prolonged the closure of its airspace for another 72 hours as the regional conflict triggered by strikes on Iran continues to disrupt aviation across the Middle East. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the country’s skies will remain closed to all arrivals, departures and transit flights until at least noon on......
Gunfire reported outside Rihanna’s Beverly Hills home, suspect arrested
Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect after gunfire struck the Beverly Hills residence of pop star Rihanna on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred while the singer was inside the property. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to reports of shots fired at about......
Screen overuse raises alarms over child brain development
Heavy screen exposure in early childhood is drawing increasing scrutiny from doctors, researchers and educators across several countries. What was once treated as a question of parenting habits is now being examined as a public health issue with neurological, educational and social consequences. A growing body of research from the United States,......
Saudi Arabia cuts oil production as Hormuz crisis disrupts Gulf exports
Saudi Arabia has begun reducing oil production as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz fills storage facilities across the Persian Gulf, intensifying what analysts describe as the largest supply disruption in modern oil market history. The move by the world’s largest oil exporter comes as the conflict involving the United States......
McLaren criticizes Mercedes over data gap after disappointing Australian GP
McLaren has accused Mercedes of failing to provide sufficient technical information after a disappointing start to the 2026 Formula 1 season at the Australian Grand Prix, where Lando Norris finished fifth more than 51 seconds behind race winner George Russell. The result exposed the scale of the challenge facing the Woking based team under......
DJI Romo vacuum hack reveals global security risks
Spanish software engineer Sammy Azdoufal modified his DJI Romo robot vacuum to respond to a PlayStation 5 controller. He used AI tool Claude to reverse-engineer the DJI app's MQTT communication protocol with company servers. A backend authentication flaw let his device token access roughly 7000 vacuums and power stations across more than......
Musk promotes vision of robot driven era of sustainable abundance
Elon Musk continues to promote a future in which artificial intelligence and advanced robotics perform most forms of work, making traditional employment optional and creating what he describes as an era of “sustainable abundance.” The Tesla chief executive has repeated the prediction in recent public appearances, including at the......
Asian markets tumble as oil surpasses $100 for first time since 2022
Asian stock markets fell sharply after oil prices climbed above $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022, sending shockwaves through global financial markets and intensifying fears that the expanding conflict involving Iran could trigger stagflation. Brent crude jumped as much as 20 percent to exceed $111 per barrel when trading opened......
IMF warns Middle East conflict could reignite global inflation
The International Monetary Fund warned that the expanding conflict in the Middle East could push global inflation higher as oil prices approach $120 per barrel, adding new pressure to the world economy at a time when weak labor data in the United States is intensifying concerns about stagflation. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva......
Startup unveils first full brain emulation controlling a simulated body
Eon Systems, a startup based in San Francisco, has introduced what it describes as the first full brain emulation of a fruit fly controlling a physically simulated body, producing several natural behaviors without machine learning training. The announcement, made on March 6, marks a significant step in brain emulation research by linking a......
Nintendo launches Mario Day 2026 with rare Switch 2 promotion
Nintendo has unveiled a series of promotions and events for Mario Day 2026, including a rare discount on a Switch 2 title, a special console bundle and a new preview for an upcoming animated film, as the company celebrates the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The annual MAR10 Day celebration, tied to the March 10 date that visually resembles......
Musk dismisses Anthropic CEO comments about possible AI consciousness
Elon Musk rejected remarks by Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei suggesting uncertainty about whether advanced artificial intelligence systems might possess some form of consciousness, responding with a brief remark that quickly circulated online. The exchange gained attention after the prediction market platform Polymarket posted on......
Israel warns Iran has abandoned restraint in global terror plots
A senior official from Israel’s National Security Council warned that Iran has abandoned restraint in overseas terror operations, shifting from proxy warfare to direct attacks targeting Israelis worldwide as hostilities between Iran and the United States Israel coalition enter a second week. The official told The Jerusalem Post that......
Chinese scientists set record with high purity two photon quantum device
A team of Chinese researchers has developed a quantum dot device capable of emitting photon pairs with a purity of 98.3 percent, setting a new benchmark in quantum optics and advancing efforts to create reliable two photon sources for encryption, medical imaging and precision sensing. The research, published in the journal Nature Materials,......