Author: Alex Maschino
Sources: Vantor (satellite image); International Monetary Fund (shipping routes); Natural Earth (country boundaries). The New York Times The United States has ramped up its forces in the Middle East, even as President Trump has pledged to wind down the war against Iran soon. In recent days, more than 5,000 Marines, paratroopers and special forces have arrived in the region, raising the prospect of a ground invasion.Mr. Trump threatened last week to invade Iran’s main oil export hub, Kharg Island, and “obliterate” its facilities if Iran does not allow shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has essentially closed…
Gold ticks higher and dollar weakens as Trump’s Iran deadline approaches
Lisa Kudrow is getting candid about her early days on Friends. After the hit NBC sitcom blew up, Kudrow’s costars felt the benefit of the show’s success more than she did, according to the actress. “Nobody cared about me,” she said of the show’s early success in a Saturday, April 4, interview with the U.K.’s Independent. “There were certain parts of [my talent agency] that just referred to me as ‘the sixth Friend.’” Kudrow, 62, shot to fame as Phoebe Buffay in the hit comedy, starring alongside David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and the late Matthew Perry.…
The New York Islanders fired head coach Patrick Roy yesterday with four games left in their regular season and replaced him with Pete DeBoer. DeBoer got four years beyond this season. Emily Kaplan: “Heard NY felt they were leaving Ilya Sorokin exposed and needed better defensive structure. There’s more term than Torts deal, so Isles are getting ahead of the cycle before someone else hired DeBoer this summer.” Could there be more moves in store for the New York Islanders this offseason if they miss the playoffs? NHL Media: Artur Staple, when asked if the coaching change is the first…
The decision to receive what are known as third-country migrants – that is those who come from neither the sending nor receiving nation – aligns with DR Congo’s commitment to human dignity, international solidarity and to protect the rights of migrants, the statement read.
AI is looming over many white-collar workers like a dark cloud, threatening to automate their jobs. But JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said there are sunnier days ahead thanks to the tech’s productivity gains—people will have more jobs than ever, and will be clocking in fewer hours a day. “I believe that 30 years from now, your kids are probably working three and a half days a week,” Dimon told CBS in a recent interview. The CEO of the $794.5 billion bank said the world is becoming “very productive” thanks to AI; he predicted a future of healthier, happier humans who…
Bringing Up Bates alum Katie Bates plans to keep her “sweet baby in heaven” close to her heart amid her husband Travis Clark’s affair scandal. “This necklace is really special to me,” Bates, 25, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Saturday, April 4, sharing a photo of her Zumra chain with an angel wing charm and a peridot pendant. “I had a miscarriage in January, and my sister got me this beautiful necklace.” She continued, “The angel wings and August birthstone represent our sweet baby in heaven [who is] forever a part of our family.” Katie, one of Gil and…
Pascal Struijk’s winning penalty in a shootout sent Leeds United to the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1987 with victory against a West Ham United side who scored twice after the 90th minute to force extra time in an extraordinary tie at the London Stadium. Ao Tanaka’s 26th-minute strike and Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s penalty 15 minutes from time put Leeds in control before Mateus Fernandes replied in the 93rd minute and Axel Disasi drew the Hammers level three minutes later. West Ham had two goals disallowed during extra time, with Lucas Perri – Leeds’ hero in their win…
The activists were protesting the alleged use of the RAF base as a departure point for US aircraft involved in the US-Israel war on Iran.Published On 5 Apr 20265 Apr 2026British police have arrested seven people on suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action at a protest near a Royal Air Force (RAF) air base in eastern England used by United States forces.The five men and two women arrested at a peace encampment just outside the Lakenheath airbase had gathered with other activists on Sunday to protest the alleged use of the base as a departure point for US…
The music industry’s latest collision with AI technology has arrived — and this time it involves voice cloning, copyright claims on songs that have been in the public domain for over a century, and an independent folk musician from North Carolina caught in the middle.The Verge reported on Saturday (April 4) that Murphy Campbell, a folk singer-songwriter from North Carolina, discovered in January that AI-generated covers of her songs had been uploaded to her Spotify profile without her consent.Then, in a separate incident, a user filed copyright claims against Campbell‘s YouTube videos, via the Content ID access of gamma-owned distributor…