Iran, Minneapolis, Harvard and other Trump opponents have employed a similar strategy An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilization” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official said the shipping channel would be reopened for two weeks if the United States ...
Day: April 9, 2026
Israel to hold direct talks with Lebanon but no ceasefire, Netanyahu saysIsrael to hold direct talks with Lebanon but no ceasefire, Netanyahu says
Lebanese officials had called for a ceasefire before talks begin. ...
Israeli strikes on Lebanon are wrong and should stop, PM saysIsraeli strikes on Lebanon are wrong and should stop, PM says
Lebanon’s health ministry says more than 300 people died in strikes on Wednesday. ...
Melania Trump says rumours linking her to Epstein ‘need to stop’Melania Trump says rumours linking her to Epstein ‘need to stop’
The first lady has denied any connection to Jeffrey Epstein in a surprise statement, and called on Congress to hear from victims. ...
Watch: Melania Trump’s surprise Epstein statement in fullWatch: Melania Trump’s surprise Epstein statement in full
She tells reporters at the White House that any claims linking the two “need to end today”. ...
SpaceX bankers game plan to blunt post-IPO selling tsunamiSpaceX bankers game plan to blunt post-IPO selling tsunami
The Scoop SpaceX’s IPO is primed to be the biggest in history. Its bankers are worried about what comes next. At a $2 trillion valuation, the listing could raise as much as $75 billion for Elon Musk’s rocket company. The problem is what happens months later, when early investors start ...
Oil prices remain high despite Iran ceasefireOil prices remain high despite Iran ceasefire
Oil prices are still hovering just below $100 per barrel as a shaky ceasefire in Iran goes into effect, but there’s a long road ahead even if the war concludes. Some market players are bullish: Israel reopened a major offshore gas facility, an oil executive in Iraq said oil production ...
Ancient philosopher text unearthedAncient philosopher text unearthed
A 2,000-year-old papyrus fragment revealed previously unknown writing by a pre-Socratic philosopher. Empedocles lived in the fifth century BC, and was repeatedly cited by later thinkers — Aristotle called him the “father of rhetoric.” But his writing only survives in brief quotes or summaries. The 30 verses found in a ...
As RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby diedAs RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died
The campaign to change the rules was years in the making, orchestrated in part by two men with close ties to US health secretary RFK Jr When a federal judge in Mississippi ordered a sweeping rollback of the state’s strict school vaccine rules in 2023, the ruling hit some doctors ...
‘They’re gonna make me cry’: I competed at a speed puzzling championship‘They’re gonna make me cry’: I competed at a speed puzzling championship
You might think of puzzling as leisurely, but it’s now a sport. I entered a national competition and discovered a passionate community A PhD student in Berkeley. A 12-year-old in Texas. A content creator in Washington. An undergrad at Stanford. A former math teacher turned homeschool mom in Texas. After ...