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Top articles in Wednesday’s newspapers and transfer rumors… premier leagueManchester City believe they have won the race to sign Manchester United, Chelsea and Spurs target Elliott Anderson, with Etihad bosses confident of landing the England international and Nottingham Forest midfielder in a £65m deal – The Mirror Harry Maguire has ignored Sir David Beckham’s big-money offer to join Inter Miami and wants to finish his career at Manchester United – The Sun Harry Maguire takes pay cut in new Manchester United contract, lower than previous £190,000-a-week wage – Telegraph See the back page of Sky Sports News Back Pages is…
Top Shot – A rocket trail is seen over Netanya, Israel on April 8, 2026. The Israeli military issued two warnings in quick succession early Wednesday morning that Iran had fired missiles at the country, shortly after US President Donald Trump announced he had agreed to postpone attacks on Iranian infrastructure. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) / Jack Ghez | AFP | Getty ImagesHello, my name is Leonie Kidd and I’m from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.This is the most significant development since the outbreak of the Iran war, and markets are reacting. News…
Xeon server chips shown to CNBC inside Intel’s advanced packaging facility in Chandler, Arizona, on November 17, 2025.CNBCAsian technology and semiconductor stocks rose on Wednesday after the United States and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire that includes the temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Major indexes in Asia soared on the news, led by semiconductor makers, which are highly sensitive to global trade flows and energy costs. Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing companythe world’s largest contract chip maker, rose 4.84%. A major contract chip manufacturer in China, International Semiconductor Manufacturingup more than 10%. Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer Tokyo…
explainerThe United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, just an hour before President Trump’s deadline to escalate the conflict.Published April 8, 2026April 8, 2026Iran has accepted a two-week cease-fire after US President Donald Trump agreed to halt attacks on the condition that Tehran fully reopens the Strait of Hormuz, with talks set to begin in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday.Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said safe passage through the strategic waterway would be ensured for two weeks through coordination with Iran’s military.President Trump’s action followed a request from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who urged Washington…
Liverpool attacker Florian Wirtz “does not directly agree” with captain Virgil van Dijk’s belief that he gave up after the FA Cup humiliation at Manchester City.Reds manager Arne Slott also questioned Van Dijk’s criticism, insisting that “the players didn’t give up” in Saturday’s 4-0 quarter-final defeat at the Etihad Stadium. Slott and Wirtz spoke ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain. It was another daunting game for Liverpool, who are in excellent form and have scored 15 goals in their last four games. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Arne Slott responds to…
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – APRIL 8: At approximately 3:00 a.m. on April 8, 2026, in Tel Aviv, Israel, an Iranian cluster munition is fired into Tel Aviv and surrounding areas. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOn Wednesday, a number of Middle Eastern countries reported incoming missiles and drones from Iran, and air defenses were activated across the Gulf within hours of a newly announced two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.The United States and Iran agreed to a temporary ceasefire just before US President Donald Trump’s deadline to launch a major attack if no deal is reached. A…
Hackers have allegedly stolen large amounts of sensitive data, including top secret defense documents and missile blueprints, from China’s state-run supercomputer, in what could be the largest known data theft from China. The dataset is said to contain more than 10 petabytes of sensitive information, and experts believe it came from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin. NSCC is a centralized hub that provides infrastructure services to more than 6,000 clients across China, including advanced scientific and defense institutions. Cyber experts who spoke with the suspected hackers and examined samples of the stolen data they posted online said they…
Kai Havertz has declared David Raya the best goalkeeper in the world after helping Arsenal beat Sporting 1-0 in the Champions League quarter-final first leg in Lisbon.Havertz, who calmly controlled a pass from fellow substitute Gabriel Martinelli to score the winning goal in the 91st minute, was keen to praise his goalkeeper’s contribution. Raya made a series of important saves to keep Arsenal clean, hitting Maxi Araujo’s ferocious drive onto the bar early on and then making a superb near-post stop from Genny Katamo. The save was just the latest example of Raya saving Arsenal this season, with manager Mikel…
Update (April 7, 10:30 p.m. PT): The company has updated its app store listing to remove references to the Android app. However, he added that an iOS keyboard is coming soon. Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called Google AI Edge Eloquent on iOS to compete with Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Willow and others. The app is free to download, and once you download the Gemma-based Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model, you can start dictating on your phone. In the app, you can check the live transcription, and when you press pause, the app will automatically filter out…
Following the landmark announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States, Iranian officials issued multiple statements in both Farsi and English. they say: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a statement on X, declaring: “If attacks against Iran are stopped, our powerful military will cease defensive operations.” Araghchi said arrangements would be made to ensure safe passage of the country’s military through the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire period. He also said that Iran was considering the United States’ 15-point proposal, and that the United States had accepted the “broad outline” of Iran’s own 10-point proposal as the…