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The resumption of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah has come as little surprise to those who have been following closely. The question was not whether the conflict would recur, but when. The arrangements following the Nov. 27, 2024 ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel were widely understood to be temporary and structurally weak, leaving the underlying dynamics of the conflict largely untouched.The ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States and France was formally aimed at ending active hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. In reality, however, this agreement did not truly end the conflict. Israeli forces maintained a presence within Lebanese territory,…
Mind Robotics, an industrial robotics lab spun out of electric car maker Rivian, has raised $500 million in a Series A funding round co-led by venture firms Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The funding announced Wednesday follows a $115 million seed round led by Eclipse in late 2025, bringing Mind Robotics’ total funding to $615 million in its first few months. The round values the company at about $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news. Mind Robotics was created by Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe. The company became independent from Rivian in November 2025,…
Saratoga, ridden by Mark Walsh, celebrates winning the McCoy Contractors Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England on March 10, 2026.Michael Steele | Getty Images Sports | Getty ImagesThis report is from this week’s CNBC UK Exchange newsletter. Is it what you see? You can subscribe here.dispatchYesterday kicked off the Cheltenham Festival, the biggest annual event on the jump racing calendar.The four-day festival, extended from three days in 2005, will attract more than 160,000 racegoers to the champagne- and Guinness-fueled celebration of Britain’s second-most popular spectator sport.The festival draws a unique crowd to the rolling Cotswold hills. Streetwise…
A Zoox robot taxi runs in San Francisco, California on November 19, 2025.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAmazonZoox is a toaster-shaped self-driving car. Uber The app is launching in Las Vegas this summer, the latest sign of momentum in the nascent but rapidly growing robotaxis market.As part of a multiyear partnership announced Wednesday, the companies said they plan to make Zoox rides available in Los Angeles next year. In both cities, Zoox will also continue to offer rides on its own app.Amazon, which acquired Zoox in 2020, is far behind. of the alphabet Waymo, the US robotaxis giant. Waymo announced in…
Tottenham are in a predicament. The disastrous defeat against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League has put pressure on Igor Tudor.Despite suffering a disastrous run of four defeats under Tudor, Spurs have confirmed he will take part in a press conference to preview Sunday’s game at Liverpool, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. Sky Sports News answers the key questions amid Tottenham’s crisis… Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Jamie O’Hara believes Igor Tudor is ‘not the answer’ to Spurs revival, suggests who he thinks will do a better job Sunday, March 15th 4pm 4:30pm…
German Rheinmetall MAN tactical military transport vehicle parked at the Edvard Peperko military barracks.Luka Dakskovler | Light Rocket | Getty Imagesgerman weapons manufacturer line metal reported a 29% year-on-year increase in sales in 2025, but said it expects sales to increase by up to 45% this year, lower than expected. It also said it was in a “key position to support the replenishment of the U.S. missile stockpile” used in the Iran war, including by supplying critical solid rocket motors.”Increased spending on missile replenishment and air defense” is “inevitable,” the company said in a presentation accompanying Wednesday’s earnings call.The announcement…
Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into AI infrastructure projects in the Middle East in recent years, leveraging cheap and readily available energy and land and support from local governments.But the Iran war has spilled over into neighboring countries in the Middle East, raising questions about the future of data centers and digital infrastructure in the region, especially if the conflict drags on, experts told CNBC.Data centers are already being targeted. A series of Iranian retaliatory attacks targeted AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting banking, payment, enterprise, and consumer services.While the Iran war is not likely to…
Sen. Tim Scott said Wednesday that he hopes the federal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will be “resolved” so the Senate can nominate Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace him as central bank chief.Scott, who chairs the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that “the completion of this process will allow us to have the Fed fully operational as intended.”Read more CNBC’s political coverageSen. Thom Tillis (R.N.C.) has vowed to hold off on Fed nominations until the federal criminal investigation into Powell is resolved. Last year, President Trump floated the…
Dangerous storms with tornadoes and huge hail pounded the central United States between Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least two people. The storm threat is not over. More than 90 million people from the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic could experience severe storms today. And the tornado threat, while not as severe as Tuesday, is far from over. The latest ones are: Tornado kills two: An elderly man and woman from Lake Village, Indiana, were killed when a tornado ripped through rural Newton County, Indiana, about an hour south of Chicago, the coroner said. Several other people were hospitalized. First…
David Ashton grew up outside of Sacramento, California, and attended college in San Luis Obispo during the historic drought of the late 2000s. He spent years driving the 300 miles between Sacramento and San Luis Obispo, captivated by the endless fields of lettuce and acres of lush vegetation set against a stark, arid backdrop. The fact that these leafy crops were grown in drought conditions for shipment to other parts of the country stuck with Ashton and later became the inspiration for his robotic farming startup Canopii, which aims to reduce the supply chain of agricultural products. Portland, Oregon-based Canopii…