Chaos in Hormuz Should Be a Reality Check for Oil Prices
Commodity flows from the Persian Gulf are back at a near-standstill, a reminder of the intractable nature of the war in Iran.
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Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
Sales of electric cars soared 51% in continental Europe last month, amid a rise in petrol and diesel costs driven by the Iran war. Data shows that 224,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) were registered in March, and 500,000 across the first three months of the year – a 33.5% increase on a year earlier, according…
Tech CEOs Think AI Will Let Them Be Everywhere at Once
Silicon Valley moguls have lately complained that too many people are too negative about artificial intelligence. They’re likewise frustrated by stalled AI adoption among major corporations that aren’t seeing the lucrative efficiencies promised by Big Tech. But if consumers and corporations are proving resistant to AI’s acceleration, it hasn’t stopped billionaire CEOs from charging ahead…
Nancy Sinatra hits out at Donald Trump over Frank Sinatra tribute
20 April 2026 Nancy Sinatra has blasted US president Donald Trump for his homage to her late father, Frank Sinatra. Nancy Sinatra has slammed Donald Trump The 85-year-old singer has been a vocal critic of the commander-in-chief so was thoroughly unimpressed when he shared a video of the legendary crooner singing his most famous song,…
Russia claims Ukraine-linked bomb plot foiled, German woman arrested | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russia’s FSB accused the woman, found with a bomb in her backpack, of taking part in a plot hatched by Ukraine. Published On 20 Apr 202620 Apr 2026 Russian authorities say they have thwarted a Ukraine-linked bomb plot against security services and arrested a German woman found with a makeshift bomb in her backpack. Russia’s…
‘Cocaine hippos’ raise tough questions, and scientists uncover insights on faster aging and heart risks
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Iranian woman arrested in US for allegedly trafficking arms to Sudan
Shamim Mafi, 44, was arrested at Los Angeles airport on Saturday and is accused of “brokering the sale of drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition manufactured by Iran and sold to Sudan”, First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said on X.
‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Ludi Lin’s Thriller ‘Unlucky’ Gets Sales Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based sales outfit Media Move has boarded The Unlucky, the sci-fi thriller set to star and be produced by Mortal Kombat actor Ludi Lin. Quentin Lee is aboard to direct and produce. Media Move will introduce the project to international buyers at next month’s Cannes market. Co-written and directed by Lee, The Unlucky is…
Trump DoJ’s mixed messages bode ill for Epstein victims, experts fear | Jeffrey Epstein
In the days since Pam Bondi’s exit from Donald Trump’s justice department, Jeffrey Epstein survivors and transparency advocates have been confronted by mixed messaging, prompting questions about whether a full accounting of his crimes would ever be revealed. Legal veterans told the Guardian that authorities’ decisions – such as Bondi’s failure to appear for a…
Kenyan women defy fishing taboos as climate change threatens Lake Victoria | Women News
Kagwel, Kenya — Rhoda Ongoche Akech still remembers the whispers that followed her to the water’s edge in 2002. At 39 years old, the mother of seven was about to break one of Lake Victoria’s oldest taboos: a woman stepping into a fishing boat. “People were alleging that when women go into the waters accompanied…