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It’s been clear for some time that Beehiiv wants to be more than just a newsletter platform. The LA-based company announced a number of updates Thursday that further clarify its ambitions. New features include AI analytics for webinars and podcasts, metered paywalls, and paid trials. Taken together, the announcements are a clear sign that the nearly five-year-old company aims to become an all-in-one hub for creators, reducing the hassle of juggling different tools and services to run a business. These additions position Beehiiv to compete with platforms that span newsletters, webinars, and podcasting, including Patreon, Substack, Zoom, Kit, and Ghost.…

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday as investors awaited updates on the resumption of U.S.-Iran peace talks and the release of the latest Purchasing Managers’ Business Index for April, due later in the day. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a key measure of U.S. government borrowing, rose more than 1 basis point to 4.308%. The yield on the two-year Treasury note, which is more closely linked to the Federal Reserve’s short-term interest rate policy, rose slightly to 3.798%. The yield on 30-year government bonds rose 1 basis point to 4.912%. One basis point equals 0.01%, and yields and…

Sky Sports News chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekor looks back at the melodrama at Chelsea so far, what led to Liam Rosenior’s sacking and who will be the next Blues manager. Sky Sports News’ Kabe Solhekol’s latest updates… Chelsea players have stopped believing in Rosenior Who’s next? Chelsea take time to make permanent appointment Will controversial sporting regime remain at Stamford Bridge? There is no candidate or candidate to replace the dismissed Rosenior. Liam Rosenior has been sacked just six days after receiving public support from Chelsea’s most powerful man. Co-owner Behdad Egbari, who essentially runs the club, took the unusual…

Tianjin, China – September 1: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held at the Meijiang Conference and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China, on September 1, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Takekuma Suo – Pool/Getty Images)Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIndia and China, the world’s major oil importers, are battling over the world’s scarce crude oil supplies as markets tighten due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and stalled peace talks between the United States and Iran.The…

Anthropic is ramping up its efforts to win European data center contracts to power its AI models, as it looks to hire a role to negotiate computing capacity in the region.U.S. hyperscaler AI infrastructure spending is expected to exceed $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to capitalize on the boom, announcing a number of data center deals in the US in recent weeks.Although it hasn’t been announced in Europe yet, that may be about to change. Anthropic is currently seeking a principal to “drive the commercial procurement and transaction execution process” for European data center capacity transactions, according to…

U.S. Senate Republicans voted Thursday to move forward with a $70 billion plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Protection over the next three years, ignoring Democratic demands for guardrails for immigration enforcement officers and their work.Lawmakers voted 50-48 in the early hours to adopt a non-binding budget resolution and send it to the U.S. House of Representatives, a key step in efforts to end the partial shutdown that has plagued the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February.Two Republicans, Sens. Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski, opposed the bill.If the resolution is adopted by the House, Congressional committees will…

The firing of US Navy Secretary John Phelan is the latest in a reorganization of the US military during the war with Iran, now in its eighth week.The Pentagon announced that Mr. Phelan would be retiring effective immediately.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”On behalf of the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of the Army, I would like to thank Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” said Pentagon Chief Press Secretary Sean Parnell. “We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.”His dismissal comes at a critical moment…

Seoul, South KoreaReuters — The South Korean Air Force apologized on Thursday for a mid-air collision involving two fighter jets in 2021, but a day after its auditors claimed the pilots took selfies and videos during the flight and held them responsible for the crash. “We sincerely apologize to the public for the concern caused by the 2021 accident,” an Air Force spokesperson said at a press conference, adding that one of the pilots involved was suspended from flying operations, received severe disciplinary action, and has since been retired. The apology follows a report released Wednesday by the National Board…

An Iranian salesman sits next to a portrait of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei at a fruit shop in the Shahid Boroujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2026. Morteza Nicobazul | Nur Photo | Getty ImagesThe war in the Middle East has sent Iran’s already fragile economy into free fall.Tehran’s main war tactic is economic damage. Iran’s attacks targeted energy infrastructure in neighboring countries and closed off the vital Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world’s oil and gas was transported before the war, causing the worst energy shock in decades.However, its…

“We are facing the greatest energy security threat in history,” Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told CNBC on Thursday. “As of today, we are losing 13 million barrels of oil per day… and there is significant disruption to critical commodities,” he told Steve Sedgwick virtually on CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore.Mr Birol had previously warned that the Iran war and the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz would result in “the biggest energy crisis we have ever faced” and called on governments to strengthen their resilience with alternative energy sources.”First of all, we expect nuclear…