The obstruction, a towering 100-foot-high chunk of ice known as a serac, is preventing teams from moving beyond a key section of the route near Camp 1.
Tsakos Energy Navigation charter book hits $4bn with shuttle tanker deal
Greek owner says two specialised vessels staying with charterer for up to five extra years
USS George HW Bush Joins Ford, Lincoln: All About 3 US Carriers In Middle East
USS George HW Bush was moving along the eastern coast of Africa and was in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, joining the other two carriers in the Middle East.
OpenAI Says New Model Adept At Making AI Better
Open AI’s latest model is particularly adept at “agentic” coding and computer use in which digital assistants independently tend to tasks as directed.
Oil prices reach $105 as Iran and US tighten grip on Strait of Hormuz
Stocks in South Korea, China and Hong Kong fell, while Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures advanced
Trump’s Messaging Blitz Divides Advisers As Iran Talks Waver
Trump’s social media threats intended to humiliate Tehran’s leaders make them less inclined to strike a deal with the US.
The AI boom has pushed the market cap of Shenzhen-listed Zhongji Innolight, a leading optical communications device maker, close to $146B, a record high (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
The AI boom has pushed the market cap of Shenzhen-listed Zhongji Innolight, a leading optical communications device maker, close to $146B, a record high — Chinese optical stocks are attracting growing investor interest on…
Ukraine’s Remote-Controlled Drones Can Hit Targets At Great Distance, Says Minister
Ukraine is launching a new level of ‘small’ air defence which makes it possible to control interceptors at a distance of thousands of kilometres.
Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump says ‘great chance’ for peace deal
Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire by three weeks on Thursday following a meeting of officials from both sides at the White House. US President Donald Trump said he believed there was a “great chance” the two countries would agree on a peace …
DeepSeek V4 Pro has 1.6T total parameters, its largest model by that metric, and V4 Flash has 284B parameters; both models have a context window of 1M tokens (South China Morning Post)
South China Morning Post:
DeepSeek V4 Pro has 1.6T total parameters, its largest model by that metric, and V4 Flash has 284B parameters; both models have a context window of 1M tokens — The company says its cost-efficient new V4 mod…