Month: March 2026

The women’s category of Olympic sports will be limited to biological females from 2028, says the International Olympic Committee. ...

Russia is reportedly sending drones to Iran, according to Western intelligence, underscoring how the war in Ukraine is inextricably tied to the one in the Middle East. Moscow’s support for Tehran is likely to further escalate tensions with the West and especially the US. Ukraine, meanwhile, is providing anti-drone capabilities ...

China’s oil demand could peak sooner than expected, a senior executive at a major state energy firm said, as the Iran war accelerates the turn away from fossil fuels. The country is the world’s second-largest oil consumer, but demand growth has slowed as it shifts to EVs and renewables, and ...

The US appeared to be accelerating efforts to end the Iran war, though Tehran remained defiant, insisting it would not capitulate. US President Donald Trump has told aides he expects the conflict to end within weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported, and his scheduling of a summit with Chinese leader ...

Stand With Crypto, the advocacy group that helped shepherd pro-cryptocurrency candidates into Congress last election cycle, is making its first foray into this year’s midterms. The offensive, reported first by Semafor, includes a new “voter hub” where digital assets users can learn candidates’ stances on the digital assets and view ...

As Israelis grow weary of sheltering from missile attacks, their prime minister is using the war to distract from the Palestinian issue An opinion poll conducted in Israeli two weeks into its war on Iran, prosecuted together with the US, demonstrated what looked like euphoria: surveys by thinktanks such as ...

Aipac-backed lawmakers denounce ‘extremist’ violence in West Bank as support for Israel becomes a political liability As Israeli settlers ramp up violent attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, often as Israeli forces stand by, denunciations are mounting in the US, even from Democratic legislators and public figures who ...

There is indirect contact and channels between the two sides – but a deal may still be a long way off. ...

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC’s technology editor Zoe Kleinman. ...

The OECD downgrades forecasts for many of the world’s biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran. ...