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Pak-Flagged, Iraq-Bound Supertankers U-Turn In Hormuz As US-Iran Talks Break Down
A trio of very large crude carriers - all without direct links to Iran - began to approach the narrow waterway from the Gulf of Oman late on Saturday.
US To Deport 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis Spokesperson's Son, His Family
Washington, April 12 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has terminated the lawful permanent resident status of three Iranian nationals with alleged ties to figures associated with Iran’s revolutionary regime, leading to their arrest and detenti
Easter Truce Between Russia And Ukraine Falters
Ukraine's military command accused Russia of repeatedly violating a truce to mark the Orthodox Easter Saturday with nearly 470 incidents ranging from air strikes...
Over 500 Arrested At Pro-Palestine Rally In London
Police in London said they had arrested more than 500 pro-Palestinian protesters at a demonstration in support of the banned...
Trump Ballroom Renovation Allowed To Proceed, For Now
A federal appeals court has ruled US President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom renovation can proceed, albeit temporarily, and called for a district...
"We Win Regardless": Trump Says Makes 'No Difference' If Iran, US Reach Deal
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not bothered about the outcome of US-Iran talks in Pakistan, insisting the United States had come...
NASA's Artemis II Astronaut Says Earth Is "Impossibly Beautiful" From Every Altitude
Wiseman's words clearly demonstrate the amazing and impressive experience of seeing the Earth from space.
‘Too powerful for the public’: Inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war
The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investmentThis week, the AI company Anthropic said it had created an AI model so powerful that, out of a sense of overwhelming responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public.The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, summoned the heads of major banks for a chat about the model, Mythos. The Reform UK MP Danny Kruger wrote a letter to the government urging it to “engage with AI firm Anthropic whose new frontier model Claude Mythos could present catastrophic cybersecurity risks to the UK”. X went wild. Continue reading...
New documentary reveals boyband 98 Degrees’ had age-of-consent manual while touring in 90s
Label tried to keep band members out of trouble during first tour, Nick Lachey says in Boy Band ConfidentialAs they embarked on their first tour and their record label tried to limit their potential for legal issues, members of the 1990s US boyband 98 Degrees were equipped with a handbook listing the age at which people across the nation can lawfully consent to sex , the group’s lead singer, Nick Lachey, reveals in a new documentary.“This is going to sound super shady, but … I remember our first tour, someone at the label gave us a book, and it was the age of consent in every state in the country,” Lachey says in Boy Band Confidential, which is premiering on Monday at 9pm ET on the cable network Investigation Discovery. “And like, we kept that book on the tour bus.” Continue reading...
"We Leave With Our Final, Best Offer": JD Vance's Full Statement On Failed US-Iran Talks
JD Vance said there was no deal with Iran after 21 hours of negotiations in Pakistan, saying Tehran had chosen not to accept their terms.
Can’t beet it! Humble mangelwurzel to star at Chelsea flower show
Formerly unloved vegetable casts off lowly roots to feature in Great Pavilion after online craze among young gardenersThey are an unloved root vegetable traditionally grown for cattle feed, and when pulled from the ground they look like an ingredient destined for a witch’s cauldron.But the humble mangelwurzel will be in pride of place in the Great Pavilion at this year’s Chelsea flower show (19-23 May), after becoming the subject of an online craze among young gardeners. Continue reading...
Peruvians to go to polls hoping to break cycle of instability
Crime and corruption top voter concerns in highly unpredictable election with 35 candidates for presidentPeruvians go to the polls on Sunday hoping to break a cycle of instability that has produced nine presidents in a decade as well as surging violent crime, corruption scandals and overwhelming distrust in institutions and politicians.About 27 million people who are eligible to vote must choose between a record 35 presidential candidates as well as contenders for the bicameral congress – all from a ballot sheet measuring nearly half a metre, the longest in the country’s history. Continue reading...
Apr 12, 2026
Easter Truce Between Russia And Ukraine Falters
Apr 12, 2026