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Smoke billows from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai, March 16, 2026. – | AFP | Getty ImagesIran on Wednesday stepped up attacks on U.S. assets in the Middle East and Israel in apparent retaliation for the overnight killing of the country’s security chief, Ali Larijani, as the weeks-long conflict shows no signs of abating. Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that its missiles had struck more than 100 military and security targets in the heart of Israeli territory in “retaliation” for the killing of Larijani’s son and…
tencent The Chinese tech giant on Wednesday reported full-year earnings that beat analysts’ expectations as it continues to ramp up investments in AI.Tencent’s full year 2025 earnings are as follows:Sales: Sales were 751.8 billion Chinese yuan ($109 billion), higher than analysts’ expectations of 750.7 billion yuan, according to data compiled by LSEG.”We maintained a healthy growth rate in 2025 as our AI capabilities improved ad targeting and increased gaming engagement, while our cloud business delivered revenue and profit growth and significant profits,” Tencent Chairman and CEO Ma Huateng said in a statement.“Our resilient, cash-generating core business provides the resources to…
Every war creates dissent. Most people keep it to themselves. Some people leave quietly. Very few people can say what they think clearly. Joe Kent did.The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center did not hide behind bureaucratic language or “policy disagreements.” He said Iran is not an immediate threat to the United States. He also suggested that the war was being caused by pressure from Israel and its lobbying groups.This goes beyond the usual policy disagreements.Kent is by no means an important character. He served in multiple combat deployments and lost his wife in the war. He is not…
Pumpjack seen in Staunton, Texas on March 17, 2026. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesOil prices fell on Wednesday as rising US crude inventories helped offset rising geopolitical risk premiums, despite intensifying attacks on the United Arab Emirates’ energy infrastructure.The international benchmark Brent price fell 1.17% to $102.19 per barrel. U.S. crude oil prices fell 1.81% to $94.56 per barrel as of 10:44 p.m. ET.U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 6.56 million barrels in the week ending March 13, market sources told Reuters, citing data from the American Petroleum Institute.This was well ahead of the 380,000 barrel addition expected in a…
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) hold up the signed document of the Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Agreement with Japan during a meeting at Akasaka Imperial Villa in Tokyo on October 28, 2025. President Trump is currently on a trip to Asia for the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, and has since visited Japan and South Korea ahead of the APEC meeting. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAs Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi travels to Washington for the country’s first summit meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Iran conflict will loom…
A U.S. Navy warship believed to be carrying Marines and sailors to the Middle East is approaching the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Singapore on its way to the region, maritime tracking data showed on Tuesday. The amphibious assault ship Tripoli was approaching Singapore on the southwestern tip of the South China Sea on Tuesday morning, according to AIS tracking data seen by CNN. U.S. Navy ships often travel with their AIS transponders turned off. By revealing your location when passing through areas with heavy maritime traffic, such as the waters around Singapore, you can operate more safely.…
Ferrari team principal Frédéric Vasseur believes we have reached the point where “enough is enough” regarding changes to F1’s race start procedure.The Italian team’s lightning starts to the race have been a hallmark of the first two weeks of the sport’s new rules era, with Charles Leclerc leading the way in Australia and Lewis Hamilton doing the same in China from the second row of the grid. A five-second “pre-start” procedure was introduced ahead of the season opener this year after changes to F1’s power unit regulations made exiting the line more complicated. However, after wildly inconsistent starts for cars…
A Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) container ship docks at a marine terminal in Tokyo on October 31, 2016.Akio Kon – Bloomberg – Getty ImagesShares in Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines soared more than 11% to a record high on Wednesday after activist investor Elliott Investment Management said it had acquired a “substantial” stake in the company. Mr Elliott said he was confident in the Japanese shipping company’s long track record and position as one of the world’s largest diversified ocean-going vessel owners. “Despite this strong market position and high-quality assets, the market significantly undervalues the business,” the investment firm…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang gestures at the NVIDIA GTC Global AI Conference on March 17, 2026 in San Jose, California, USA. Carlos Barria | ReutersChinese artificial intelligence stocks soared Wednesday on upbeat comments from China. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks about the promise of AI agents and OpenClaw.Huang said Tuesday that OpenClaw is “definitely the next ChatGPT,” calling it a transformative step to expand what users can accomplish with AI. OpenClaw is an open source AI agent that is seeing increasing adoption in China, with many local technology companies integrating it into their products and releasing their own versions. mini…
Havana, Cuba — President Donald Trump has frequently reiterated a central promise as he ramps up pressure on Cuba’s communist-run government and threatens a U.S. “takeover” of the island. It would allow Cuban exiles to return to their homeland immediately, decades after leaving the country. “An incredible number of people will go back to Cuba, but I hope they don’t stay,” President Trump said at a recent White House event attended by prominent members of the Cuban-American community. “We don’t want them to stay too good, but there are probably some who will want to stay.“They love Cuba so much,”…