Day: March 26, 2026

The world’s imbalance between incoming and outgoing energy is growing ever faster, the UN warned. The planet gains energy from the sun and releases it as heat. Under usual circumstances, the two are in equilibrium, but greenhouse gases trap more energy, and as concentrations increase, temperatures rise. The World Meteorological ...

A US jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction trial. The companies must pay a combined $6 million in damages after being accused of harming kids and teens with platforms as addictive as cigarettes and failing to warn them about those dangers. The ...

The supply shocks stemming from the Iran war will expand beyond just fuel markets — to the benefit of China and Russia, analysts said. The conflict is imperiling the supply chain for petrochemicals, which are derived from fossil fuels and serve as the building blocks for plastics, an expert told ...

Tensions between China and Japan flared further this week after a Japanese army officer was accused of breaking into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo. Beijing lambasted Japan over the incident, which Tokyo said was “truly regrettable.” The episode inflames the diplomatic spat between the two countries that began over Japanese ...

Iran on Wednesday rejected a US peace plan and laid out its own conditions for entering negotiations, setting a high bar. Tehran’s hardball asks include the payment of war reparations and the recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Even as the countries pass messages through Pakistan, Iranian ...

Cleaning her home for the festival, one Iranian told us: “Perhaps this dark night will finally give way to dawn.” ...