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Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a time of promise for family, renewal, and new beginnings. This day, the vernal equinox, marks a “new day” for millions of people in Iran and around the world. However, for many Iranians, there is less enthusiasm for the festival this year. Caught between a wounded, angry but deeply entrenched regime and constant attacks from the United States and Israel that have killed thousands and destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure, Iranians have been preparing for a very different Nowruz. “I don’t have the energy to cleanse myself of my sins and prepare my…
Aston Villa defeated Lille 2-0 at Villa Park to advance to the Europa League quarter-finals.Second-half goals from John McGinn and Leon Bailey gave Unai Emery’s side a 3-0 aggregate victory, ending their run in the Premier League and drawing them level with Bologna in the last eight. They got off to a bright start, celebrating Emery’s 100th win for the club in a pre-match display before kick-off, but they had to wait for the breakthrough goal, with Amadou Onana having the best chance of the first half to deny Belke Ozer with a header. Despite being trailed by a point…
Oil prices rose as much as 3% on Thursday after Iran attacked multiple energy facilities across the Middle East following its attack on the South Pars gas field.Dwayne Schnell 500px Plus | Getty ImagesU.S. oil prices deepened after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington could soon lift sanctions on Iranian crude stored in tankers in a bid to ease price pressure following Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, fell 2% to $106 a barrel. US crude oil prices fell 1.56% to $94.64 per barrel.”We could potentially lift sanctions on about 140 million barrels of…
Samuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty ImagesOpenAI plans to combine a web browser, ChatGPT app, and Codex coding app into a single desktop super app, CNBC confirmed Thursday.Fiji Simo, OpenAI’s applications CEO, will oversee the changes with support from OpenAI president Greg Brockman, a spokesperson said. The new app aims to help OpenAI streamline the user experience and reduce fragmentation. “Companies go through phases of exploration and phases of refocus, both of which are important,” Simo said in a post on X on Thursday. “But as we’re seeing now with Codex, when a new bet starts to pay off,…
Omar Oswaldo Torres, leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa criminal network, was arrested in the raid.Published March 19, 2026March 19, 2026Mexican authorities say 11 people were killed in the raid that led to the arrest of Sinaloa cartel faction leader Omar Oswaldo Torres.The Mexican Navy announced in a social media post on Thursday that the raid took place in Culiacán, part of Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe claimed that staff members at the scene of the attack were attacked and fought back, killing 11 “attackers.” Their identities have not yet…
World number one Luke Littler fought back from the brink of defeat and spun off six legs to beat Gerwyn Price in a final-leg thriller to win the Premier League Darts Night Seven in Dublin.After seeing off Stephen Bunting, Littler consolidated his place behind league leader Johnny Clayton after a crackerjack victory over Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final, before coming from a 5-0 deficit to beat Price. The back-to-back world champions survived a total of eight match darts to seal victory in the Irish capital. Van Gerwen three times, Price five times. That included the Welshman’s usually reliable shot…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left) speaks with US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting held in the Oval Office of the White House on March 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty ImagesIn an admittedly awkward moment in the Oval Office on the American side on Thursday, US President Donald Trump mentioned Pearl Harbor during his first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who won a landslide election victory. Asked by a Japanese reporter why the United States did not notify allies such as Japan before carrying out the attack on Iran on February 28, the…
The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, a federal agency, has approved plans for a commemorative gold coin featuring one of President Donald Trump’s recent portraits.A Trump-appointed committee voted unanimously Thursday to mint the coins. However, the legality of such efforts has been repeatedly questioned.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listFederal law prohibits depictions of living presidents on U.S. currency. However, Thursday’s coins may circumvent this rule because they are intended as souvenirs and not for circulation as currency.Still, the Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to include the president’s face on the $1 coin, in addition to commemorative…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in pre-market trading: Micron Technology — Shares fell nearly 6%. Micron reported strong quarterly results, with adjusted earnings of $12.20 per share easily beating consensus estimates of $9.31, according to LSEG. Sales came in at $23.86 billion, compared to analysts’ expectations of $20.07 billion. Investors may have taken note of comments about increased spending to expand production. The stock price has increased more than 350% in the past 12 months. Memory stocks — Several memory companies fell after Micron’s financial results. Seagate Technology fell nearly 3%, Western Digital fell 3% and SanDisk…
Pablo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesA day after announcing it was discontinuing Horizon Worlds from the Quest virtual reality headset. Meta The course has been changed. The company announced Wednesday that its VR platform will be available “for the time being.””We actually decided today to continue Horizon Worlds in VR for our existing games to support our fans who reached out to us,” Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth said in an Instagram Story Q&A.Meta previously announced on Tuesday that Horizon Worlds would be removed from the Quest Store at the end of this month and completely…