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This photo combination made on April 9, 2025 shows U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff (left) after meeting with Russian officials at Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells AFP during an interview at the Iranian Consulate General in Jeddah on March 7, 2025.Evelyn Hochstein Amer Hirabi | AFP | Getty ImagesA third round of talks between the United States and Iran began Thursday in Geneva, with Iran under intense pressure to agree to a nuclear deal with the United States and curb its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.The United States…

A Cuban Coast Guard ship docks in the port of Havana on February 25, 2026. On February 25, 2026, the Cuban Coast Guard announced that four people aboard a U.S.-registered speedboat were shot dead and six others injured in a gunfight near the Cuban coast amid heightened tensions with Washington.Adalberto Roque AFP | Getty ImagesThe Kremlin said Thursday that Cuba’s fuel shortage situation is worsening after a fatal accident involving a U.S.-registered speedboat off the coast of the Caribbean island. According to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, “We see the situation surrounding Cuba…

CAIRO (AP) – The International Monetary Fund said it has allowed Egypt to draw down about $2.3 billion from previously approved loans, noting that the country has made progress in restoring economic stability and controlling inflation as part of a reform program.The IMF said in a statement Wednesday that the decision to release funding was based on a review of government reforms, which it believes have brought about a “broad-based economic recovery” in the world’s most populous Arab country. It pointed out that gross domestic product grew at a rate of 4.4% from 2024 to 2025.A $3 billion bailout loan…

Katie Boulter recorded her seventh straight win on the WTA Tour as Camila Osorio withdrew from the Merida Open match.The British number three arrived in Mexico with the Ostrava Open victory in his heart and overcame serving issues to defeat Beatriz Haddad Maia in the opening match. The 29-year-old vaulter took the first set 6-3, but Colombian Osorio called for a physio and refused to continue. The win advances Boulter to the final eight, where she will face either top seed Jasmine Paolini or Australia’s Priscilla Hong.”Obviously, we really don’t want to see women getting hurt. It’s been so hard…

BEIJING — US semiconductor giant Nvidia Despite the U.S. government relaxing some regulations, the company has yet to recover from lost sales in China, and the company is warning of increased competition from Chinese rivals.”While a small number of H200 (semiconductor) products for China-based customers have been approved by the U.S. government, we have not yet generated revenue,” NVIDIA CFO Colette M. Kress said during an earnings call Wednesday, according to a FactSet transcript. “We don’t know if they will be allowed to be imported into China,” she said.China once accounted for at least a fifth of Nvidia’s data center…

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, was a nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, his family said.listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationA nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, days after U.S. Border Patrol abandoned him miles from his home after being released from a county jail, authorities said.A Buffalo Police Department spokesperson said Wednesday that officers discovered the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, in the upstate New York city Tuesday night.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listShah Alam had been missing since Feb. 19, when U.S. Border…

Syrian TV reported that thousands of people may have fled in a “mass flight” from Syria’s al-Hol camp housing families linked to the Islamic State group last month after Kurdish forces withdrew. Syrian Interior Ministry Spokesperson Noureddine Baba was quoted as saying that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from the camp without coordination with the Syrian government or the US-led coalition, also known as ISIS. The SDF rejected the Interior Ministry’s “misleading” statement as a way to avoid responsibility and accused Damascus-aligned forces of infiltrating the camp and taking away families of ISIS members. “In the face of this…

Now, things get serious.Liam Rosenior has made a good start to his Chelsea career. There were routine wins against Brentford, Paphos, Crystal Palace and Wolves, but there were also thrilling wins away to Napoli and three points at home to West Ham. The defeats to Arsenal in both Carabao Cup semi-finals were disappointing and missed opportunities, but understandable. However, that all changed at home after Leeds and Burnley drew their last two Premier League home games and were denied a win.Chelsea currently face a daunting match. This is the toughest battle among teams competing for a spot in the Champions…

Google is moving further into the realm of physical AI by bringing its familiar robotics software platform under its wing. Alphabet’s Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software designed to make industrial robots more accessible, will join Google, the companies announced Wednesday. Intrinsic will continue to be a separate entity within Google, but will work closely with Google DeepMind and leverage Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud services. Alphabet declined to share information about the financing or the purchase price. Intrinsic “graduated” to an independent Alphabet-owned company in 2021 after five years of development within Alphabet’s moonshot research division, Alphabet…

Check out some of the companies that are making headlines in intraday trading. Coinbase — The cryptocurrency exchange’s stock price rose 12% after it began trading shares on its platform. The move is part of Coinbase’s strategy to become a place where investors can trade not only cryptocurrencies, but also stocks and exchange-traded funds, and bet on market predictions. Paramount Skydance — The entertainment giant’s stock rose slightly after Paramount Skydance raised its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery to $31 per share. The price has risen from $30 per share. Warner Bros. said its board of directors would consider…