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Islamabad, Pakistan – When the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt landed in Islamabad over the weekend, it marked the second meeting in less than two weeks of a diplomatic track working to contain the fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the region.Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed at the conclusion of Sunday’s consultations that the US and Iran had expressed confidence in Pakistan to facilitate direct talks. Islamabad, he said, was “honoured” to host them “in the coming days, for a comprehensive and lasting settlement of the…
Shoppers walk past fruit and vegetable stalls at the Beau Beau Market in Paris, France, Wednesday, February 15, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEconomic and consumer confidence plunged in Europe in March, official data released on Monday showed, the latest evidence of how the Iran war is upending growth and inflation expectations.Business confidence fell in March in both the EU (down 1.5 points to 96.7) and the euro area (down 1.6 points to 96.6), according to preliminary data from the European Commission.The figures, which measure business confidence in five major sectors of the European economy, also reveal that employment expectations…
Satellite image of Kharg Island, located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran.Gallo Images | Gallo Images | Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would “completely” destroy Iran’s power plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if the strategically important Strait of Hormuz is not reopened “immediately” and a peace deal is not reached “very soon.””The United States is in serious discussions with a new, more rational administration to end military operations in Iran,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.“Great progress has been made, but if for some reason an agreement…
A Russian-flagged oil tanker reportedly arrived in Cuba on Monday after US President Donald Trump authorized the lifting of the regime’s fuel blockade on the island nation, which is experiencing a deepening energy crisis. Russia’s Ministry of Transport announced that the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying around 730,000 barrels of oil, arrived at Cuba’s Matanzas port on Monday, according to Russian state news agencies. CNN has not been able to independently confirm the ship’s location. The ship arrived off the coast of Cuba on Monday morning, according to data from ship-tracking website MarineTraffic. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov also…
The FIA has confirmed that a meeting will be held in April to discuss new F1 regulations following Oliver Bearman’s crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.Bearman ran onto the grass as he tried to avoid Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, who was slowing him down on the flat out run heading into Spoon Curve, spun at more than 190 mph, ran across the track and slammed into the barrier with a 50G impact. The British driver bruised his right knee from the impact and exited the car carefully, but suffered no further injuries. The speed difference between Bearman and Colapinto was a…
StarCloud’s latest funding round values the space computing company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the first startups to reach unicorn status after graduating from Y Combinator. The company’s Series A, which closed 17 months after its Demo Day presentation, was led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures. This is another sign of interest in outsourcing data centers in orbit, as resource and political obstacles have slowed the development of data centers on Earth, but the business model relies on unproven technology and large capital investments. Starcloud has now raised a total of $200 million and will launch its first…
Claressa Shields believes Caroline Dubois can follow in her footsteps and become a multi-weight world champion.American superstar Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is the undisputed heavyweight champion, but has also held titles at super welterweight, middleweight and super middleweight. Although Shields is six years older than Dubois and has much more professional experience, the American champion has some similarities with the young Brit. image: Claressa Shields says she’s Caroline Dubois’s ‘biggest fan’ “I’m so proud of Caroline. I’m like her biggest fan,” Shields told Sky Sports. “I see a lot of myself in her and I’ve been talking to…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, March 9, 2026 in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stock markets rose on Monday morning even as investors struggled with new evidence of further escalation in the Iran war and deteriorating business confidence. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index opened 0.3% lower and pared losses to rise 0.45% shortly after 9:50 a.m. London time (4:50 a.m. ET), with most sectors gaining except for auto stocks and travel and leisure stocks.The FTSE 100 was last up 0.8% and Germany’s DAX was…
Photos from Horizon Quantum’s public offering ceremony held at the Nasdaq Market Site on Friday, March 20, 2026 in New York City.Quantum computing companies are defying a turbulent market to go public this year as they seek to raise money to capitalize on recent scientific advances and move experimental technologies closer to commercialization.One such company is Xanadu QuantumThe company, which develops quantum computing hardware and software, began trading on the Nasdaq and Toronto Stock Exchanges on Friday, rising 15% in the U.S. after a rough start in public markets. Xanadu Quantum — Chip giant’s quantum partner Nvidia — Debuted by…
brisbane, australia — One of the largest manhunts ever carried out in Australia has ended with the shooting death of a fugitive believed by authorities to be Desi Freeman, a self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” who had been on the run for seven months after killing two police officers. Freeman disappeared into the dense wilderness of rural Victoria state in Australia in August last year after firing at police officers who tried to serve a search warrant on his property for suspected sex crimes. Hundreds of police officers, dogs and helicopters spent days and weeks searching the area around the small town…