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Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a rundown Wednesday of the food — and the copious amounts of caffeine — that U.S. military personnel consumed during the Iran war. “Along the way, we consumed more than 6 million meals, and by my estimate, more than 950,000 gallons of coffee, 2…
NewsFeed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said more work is needed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and secure a permanent ceasefire after the US-Iran truce, as he meets Gulf leaders and pushes diplomatic efforts to stabilise global energy markets. Published On 8 Apr 20268 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes…
Meta is debuting its first major artificial intelligence model since the costly hiring of Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang nine months ago, as the Facebook parent aims to carve out a niche in a market that’s being dominated by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Dubbed Muse Spark and originally codenamed Avocado, the AI model announced Wednesday is…
Stocks roared higher at the opening bell Wednesday, after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, bringing a pause to the war that started more than a month ago. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Official statements from Washington and…
Air strikes hit the Tyre and Nabatieh areas hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been freed after militants from the Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah kidnapped her in Iraq one week ago. Two Iraqi government sources and a source familiar with the situation told CBS News on Tuesday that Kittleson had been released. Secretary of State Marco Rubio later confirmed her release, saying in a statement,…
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A 2-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran sparked a broad-based relief rally across risk assets, and even buoying traditional safe havens.
Dozens of congressional Democrats called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office Tuesday after he used extreme rhetoric against Iran that included threatening to wipe out “a whole civilization.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. More than 70 lawmakers, including a handful of senators,…
In a social media post on Tuesday evening, Trump said: “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks… subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz”.
