Gulf Arab states lobbied hard for the United States to engage in talks with Iran. Yet in the war, 1,800 Iranian missiles and drones have been intercepted in Gulf airspace, with hundreds breaking through. The Gulf is being transformed by conflict. Will …
Brazil’s Senate ratifies Mercosur free trade deal with European Union
Brazil has formally ratified a landmark free trade deal with the European Union, joining Argentina and Uruguay in creating one of the world’s largest trade blocs. The agreement, decades in the making, removes most tariffs, boosts exports on both sides…
The U.S. insists the Iran conflict won’t be a ‘forever war.’ Experts beg to differ
President Trump and his officials say the war won’t be protracted. Experts say it could go on longer than the White House expects.
New Mexico child safety trial: Mark Zuckerberg downplayed Meta’s own research on how the company’s apps affect teens; Adam Mosseri made similar comments (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
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New Mexico child safety trial: Mark Zuckerberg downplayed Meta’s own research on how the company’s apps affect teens; Adam Mosseri made similar comments — Instagram chief Adam Mosseri made similar comments d…
As Attacks Spread, War With Iran Reaches Far Beyond Mideast
NATO downed a missile fired by Iran at Turkey, and a U.S. sub sank an Iranian Navy ship off Sri Lanka, thousands of miles from the war zone.
‘Notion that the Iranian Kurds could trust anything the Americans said would be pretty reckless’
Iranian Kurdish militias have reportedly been consulting with the US in recent days about whether, and how, to attack Iranian security forces. A coalition of groups based on the Iran-Iraq border in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has be…
Amazon’s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says
Amazon said the Bahrain facility was damaged due to a nearby drone strike, and two data centers in the UAE were directly hit by drones.
When is a war in Iran not a ‘war’? When it’s ‘our’ war
Republicans know ‘forever wars’ are unpopular, Eric Garcia writes. So they are coming up with tortured definitions of what a war is. Sound familiar?
Pasqal, a French startup that builds quantum processors using neutral atom technology, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $2B pre-money valuation (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)
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Pasqal, a French startup that builds quantum processors using neutral atom technology, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $2B pre-money valuation — Pasqal Holding SAS agreed to merge with a blank…
Watch: Moment wolf rescued from canal in northern Italy
Video released by the Italian fire brigade shows the wolf being rescued from under a bridge.