Thailand’s tourism ministry has predicted that an eight-week closure of airspace, which it considers a worst case scenario, could result in 600,000 fewer international arrivals. ‘Everything has been impacted – hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops, massage spas,’ says Chiang Mai Trekking.
The first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has finally swung in. The film is set four years after the events of No Way Home. The trailer has already revealed a lot of sweet details about the film. The movie is set to arrive in theaters on July 31, 2026.
The facility, Iran's main uranium enrichment site, was hit in the first week of the war. Several buildings appeared damaged, according to satellite images. The attacks came a day after Israeli airstrikes hit in Tehran as Iranians celebrated the Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, a normally festive holiday.
K-pop supergroup BTS returns with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul. Some 260,000 fans are expected to watch K-pop stars BTS perform together on Saturday. It's the first time the group has performed together since October 2022. A pop culture commentator says BTS will have a "second heyday"
He added that he had seen the memes in primary school, but "never actually knew who Chuck Norris was". Chuck Norris got pulled over by police once. He once visited Death Valley. He lives longer. Chuck Norris. He did everything better than everyone else. He never watched his films. He didn't know who he was.
Rainer: "I'd say the main one is to be out there all the time" Rainer is expected to return to the Tigers' starting line-up this week. He says he's looking forward to getting back on the field after time off. "I want to get back to my old self," he says.
Husband Edward Warner lives with Tania and Ayla in Kingsville, Texas. They are among dozens of Canadians who have been detained by U.S. immigration authorities. A spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada said it was aware of multiple cases of Canadians currently or previously in immigration-related detention in the United States.
Israel is also targeting journalists and their families. This week, Israel bombed the home of Lebanese journalist Mohammed Sherri, killing him and his wife and injuring his children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes continue to rain down on cities across Lebanon. Health officials report more than 1,000 people have been killed since early March.
Pakistan has not directly confirmed responsibility for the specific strike. The broader conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan has intensified over mutual accusations of harboring militant groups. Pakistan has repeatedly blamed Afghan-based fighters for attacks on its soil. Afghanistan denies these claims and criticizes Pakistan’s military response as unjustified aggression.
Mueller was driven by a career-long passion for the painstaking work of building successful criminal cases. When he became FBI director, “I had expected to focus on areas familiar to me as a prosecutor,” Mueller told a group of lawyers in October 2012. Instead, ‘we had tofocus on long-term, strategic change,’ he said.
Congress looks for Trump’s exit plan as the Iran war drags on. President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress. Lawmakers are increasingly questioning when, how and at what cost the war with Iran will come to an end. Iranian missile and drone attacks have reportedl
The ABC called the result for Peter Malinauskas and his Labor government less than 90 minutes after the polls closed. The election was billed as the first test of whether an insurgent One Nation could translate support in opinion polls into votes at the ballot box. With 30% of the vote counted on Saturday night, One Nation was polling 21.1 per cent.
Brent futures were up $6.02, or 5.6%, at $113.40 a barrel by 1237 GMT. Earlier in the session, Brent had climbed more than $11 to a high of $119.13. U.S. crude futures, meanwhile, were up 2% at $98.05 per barrel.
Switzerland has stopped issuing new export licenses for weapons to the United States since the US-Israel-Iran war began on 28 February. The Swiss government emphasized that it has not exported arms to Israel or Iran for years. The government also noted that no definitive licences were issued to the U.S.
U.S. military officials say 2,500 additional Marines aboard three warships are heading to the Middle East. This comes as the Trump administration’s war on Iran continues to prompt Iranian retaliatory strikes largely closing the Strait of Hormuz. It was unclear how the Marines would be used, but this is the second time in little over a week that the Pentagon has said it is sending Marines to the region.
The President announced that he had ordered American bombers to commence destroying targets throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran. Trump went on to counsel the Iranian people to find refuge somehow, but then, at some unspecified moment, they should “take over” their government. The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy would not survive the first day of bombing.
Iran hangs three men, including 19-year-old wrestler, in first executions over January protests. Activists warn of the risk of a new surge in hangings as war rages with Israel and the United States. They were the first hangings Iran has carried out related to the nationwide demonstrations.
Nowruz is one of the biggest holidays of the year for Iranians. It's an ancient holiday, with pre-Islamic roots, and unites Iranians across religious lines. After the mass killing of protestors by the Iranian regime in January, some Iranian activists said celebrations should be toned down. Many organizations canceled their celebrations altogether.
OpenClaw is an open-source service that lets developers create and manage AI agents. Huang said OpenClaw "exceeded what Linux did in 30 years" in mere weeks. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that Peter Steinberger, the developer, was joining the AI company.
Washington now ranks last in the nation for farm profitability after being closer to the middle in recent years. Rising diesel and gasoline prices increase the cost of operating tractors, transporting crops, and maintaining day-to-day farm operations. “The cost keeps stacking up, and they have to decide how much longer can we keep doing this,” says one farmer.
Super Micro shares plunge 33% on Friday after three people linked with the company are charged with smuggling AI technology to China. The company is accused of using a middleman to fake paperwork and repackage servers that were powered by cutting-edge Nvidia chips. Super Micro is one of the biggest tech companies in the U.S. and China.
The US military says Iran’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz has been ‘degraded’ following strikes on an underground facility used to store cruise missiles and other weaponry. More than 20 countries on Saturday expressed readiness to support efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.
Musk, 54, is the wealthiest individual in the world with a net worth currently estimated at $814 billion, per Forbes. Musk spent about eight hours testifying in a San Francisco federal trial about his plans to buy Tesla for $420 per share in a proposed 2018 deal that never materialized. Musk later had to testify in court that he was not making a marijuana joke.
Palestinians celebrate Eid in Gaza, making the most of a fragile ceasefire. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month of daylong fasts. Israel further restricts the entry of aid through only one partially opened crossing. Approximately 200 trucks are entering Gaza daily since the start of the U.S. and Israeli war.
Fire broke out at a factory in Daejeon, South Korea, on Friday afternoon. All those initially reported missing have now been accounted for. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, though one witness reported hearing an explosion before the blaze took hold. Around 170 workers were believed to have been inside the factory.
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The future queen sat down with Norwegian broadcaster NRK to open up on her friendship with the late sex offender for the first time. Mette-Marit claimed she’d been “manipulated and deceived.” The future queen, who is married to King Harald and Queen Sonja’s son, Crown Prince Haakon, exchanged dozens of friendly emails with Epstein earlier this year.
Jimmy Kimmel cringed when watching back footage of Donald Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday. Trump was referencing the Imperial Japanese Navy's December 7, 1941, attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. The president made the joke five years before he was born.
U.S. Navy has few good options when it comes to opening the strait. Iran has an extensive set of capabilities that includes sea mines, anti-ship cruise missiles, and unmanned surface drones. Any naval presence will be at considerable risk from Iran’s still-extant ability to launch drones.
Mullin is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate next week. He already had the vote of a Democratic committee member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Mullin is the son of former Sen. John Mullin, who died in a car crash in 2007.
Chavez is being erased at an unprecedented rate. There has been talk within some communities to removed the Chavez name and replace it with a more generic honor for farmworkers and activists. The challenge to separate Chavez from the cause is exacerbated by a Trump administration-led camp, experts say.“They’re the ones who deserve everything.”
"Radio is woven into the fabric of CBS News," editor-in-chief Bari Weiss says. CBS News cut some of its radio programming late last year, including its "Weekend Roundup" and "World News Roundup Late Edition" Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country.
Worshippers also held funeral services for Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini, spokesperson for the Revolutionary Guard, who was killed in an Israeli strike Friday. He was one of the top Iranian officials killed in the war including the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “The leader (Khamenei) is no longer here, and we are offering the prayers in his absence”
Iran war, credit crunch, and AI: inside the global market meltdown. A US-Israel war on Iran has triggered the worst oil supply shock since the 1970s. The same dynamic is crushing Bitcoin, now trading at $69,000, 45% below its October all-time high of $126,198.
Mueller began his 12-year tenure just one week before the Sept. 11 attacks. He transformed the FBI into a terrorism-fighting force after the attacks. Mueller later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. His family asks that their privacy be respected.
Trump's Pearl Harbor joke gets mixed reactions in Asia. Commentators were split on how Takaichi handled what the Asahi Shimbun newspaper described as Trump’s “shallow understanding of historical context” Some Chinese users even mused that Takaichi might have inspired Trump's remarks.
Nowruz, the Persian New Year, arrives with the smell of explosives and the sounds of falling bombs in Iran. The festival is a two-week-long holiday in Iran, and before the bombs started falling, families would picnic beneath those trees. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted Iranians with a Nowruz video message.
Three weeks into the U.S.-Iran war, the initial economic impact of the conflict is visible in America every few miles on the highway. But now, growing fears of inflation caused by higher gas prices that in turn drive up the costs of shipping, food and heating are shifting expectations. A third place the Iran war is poised to take an even bigger financial toll on Americans is in the mortgage market.
There’s no case where air power alone has coordinated with a civilian unarmed pro-democracy movement to topple a regime. You’re ending up with leaders from the second generation who are more anti-American, more dangerous, more willing to take costs. “I’ve studied every air campaign since World War I, and in all that time, over 100 years,Air power alone — without ground forces — has never toppled a regime,” he says.
Congress looks for Trump’s exit plan as the Iran war drags on. President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress. Lawmakers are increasingly questioning when, how and at what cost the war with Iran will come to an end. “I do think the original mission is virtually ac,” Sen. Thom Tillis said.
Proposal would see Hamas and other terror groups hand over all their guns as Israel gradually withdraws from Gaza. Hamas would be expected to hand over heavy weapons as well as details of its tunnel network. It was unclear how this would happen or whether the terror group would accept the proposal. The proposal was submitted to Hamas during meetings in Cairo over the past week.
Nathalia Assaad believed more than anything that if she could just talk to the doctor, they’d work something out. She got nowhere with the sheriff’s office, felt there must be some mistake. After a detective told her deputies’ hands were tied, she contacted the Hillsborough County Commission.