Day: April 11, 2026

US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace dealUS and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal

JD Vance leads American delegation while Iran’s negotiators headed up by Iran’s parliamentary speaker Peace talks between Iran and the US began in Islamabad this afternoon, with senior negotiators from both countries meeting face to face at the highest level for the first time since 1979, in the presence of ...

US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regimeUS state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime

Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chief United States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis – after the US state department terminated their green ...

The Oldest Octopus Fossil Ever Isn’t An Octopus At All, Scientists DiscoverThe Oldest Octopus Fossil Ever Isn’t An Octopus At All, Scientists Discover

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that were ritually sacrificed, kicked out of the galaxy, taxonomically revised, and wore many hats. First, scientists shed light on human sacrifice and cousin sex using ancient DNA from the bones of people who lived in fifth-century Korea. Then: ...

Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?

The biggest names in and out of Hollywood are choosing to be interviewed by their peers rather than journalists, leaving many more revealing questions on the table We live in a time where ultra-rich businesspeople have accrued more wealth and power than ever, creating a growing sentiment that they ought ...

‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify

Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged it Jason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend last month. The friend, bassist Burniss Earl Travis, was curious about Moran’s new record that he ...