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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One as it departs from the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration reportedly plans to announce a new trade investigation as early as Wednesday, with the goal of replacing reciprocal tariffs recently ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the investigation will be conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The law allows the president to impose tariffs on imports from other countries found…

The Ecuadorian government has announced that it is ready to launch a full-scale military offensive against criminal networks in the country starting this weekend, with support from the United States.In an interview with Ecuador’s Radio Centro on Wednesday, Interior Minister John Reinberg said the attack was a change in tactics by President Daniel Novoa’s government.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Last year, we focused on arresting all the heads of the (criminal) organization, and as a result there was internal conflict over the same criminal economy,” Reinberg said.“This year, we are going to attack the criminal economy.”The minister added…

Kai Havertz scored a penalty in the 89th minute against his former team Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie at BayArena, giving Arsenal a 1-1 draw.The Gunners looked set to be eliminated from the Champions League for the first time this season when Robert Andrich scored from a corner kick just after half-time, but Malik Tillman was given a reprieve after he was adjudged to have fouled substitute Noni Madueke. The hosts were outraged by this decision, but after a lengthy VAR check, the decision was upheld and Havertz calmly scored a valuable equalizer…

WordPress publishing software can now run entirely in a web browser, the organization that develops open source publishing software announced Wednesday. Through a new service called my.WordPress.net, WordPress software allows users to set up a site and start publishing without signing up, setting up a hosting plan, or registering a domain. Instead, the new solution leverages the same technology that powers WordPress Demo and makes it available as a permanent self-publishing platform. There are major caveats when running WordPress this way. Sites set to my.WordPress.net are private by default and cannot be accessed from the public internet. A blog post…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 9, 2026 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | Reuters What you need to know todayOil prices continued to soar on Tuesday, closing more than 11% lower as traders said countries would use emergency oil reserves to ease the chaos caused by wars in the Middle East. The plunge came despite aggressive rhetoric from US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth about attacks on Iran, with Hegseth saying Tuesday “will be the day of the most intense attacks.” U.S. crude oil and…

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei suffered a broken leg and other minor injuries on the first day of a shelling campaign by the United States and Israel, a person familiar with the situation told CNN. In addition to the leg injury, Khamenei, 56, suffered bruises around his left eye and minor lacerations on his face, officials said. Israeli sources previously told CNN that Khamenei was wounded in an assassination attempt last week and that rumors of his injury have been swirling for several days. Alireza Salarian, Iran’s ambassador to Cyprus, told the Guardian on Wednesday that Khamenei was wounded…

Vibe-coding sensation Replit has reached a new funding milestone. The company announced Wednesday that it has raised $400 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $9 billion, led by previous investor Georgian Partners. Other participating investors include G Squared, Prysm Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Accenture Ventures, Okta Ventures, and Databricks Ventures. Founder and CEO Amjad Massad also said in a post on X that backers include angel investors Shaquille O’Neal and Jared Leto. This follows the $3 billion valuation the company achieved when it raised $250 million in September. At the time, Replit said…

US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press conference at the Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, USA on March 9, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersPresident Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will build its first oil refinery in 50 years with an investment from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Reliance Industries.”This is a historic $300 billion deal, the largest in American history,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social.He thanked Reliance Industries, India’s largest privately held energy company, “for this significant investment.” Reliance owns the world’s largest refinery in Jamnagar, India, and has a…

Meta’s 5 GW Hyperion data center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana, January 9, 2026.Courtesy of MetaMeta on Wednesday announced four custom in-house chips tailored for artificial intelligence-related tasks as part of the company’s massive data center expansion plans.This specialized silicon is part of the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) family of chips, first made available to the public in 2023, with a second-generation version announced in 2024. Yee Jiun Song, Meta’s vice president of engineering, told CNBC that it will be manufactured by designing a custom chip. taiwan semiconductorthe social media giant can drive up the price per…

A tanker sails through the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, March 11, 2026, in the United Arab Emirates. Viewed from northern Ras Al Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam Territory.Stringer | Reutersmajor insurance company Chub The company will be the lead underwriter of a U.S. government-led program to provide insurance to ships dangerously navigating the Strait of Hormuz.The agency said Chubb will work with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation as part of a $20 billion plan to help restart oil tankers and other commercial traffic amid risks…