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The U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran has extended into a third day, with both sides emphasizing sharper responses in coming days and deepening fears of a broader war that could shake the global economy.where things standThe United States and Israel launched a major offensive against Iran on Saturday, killing the Islamic State’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and provoking retaliatory attacks by the Iranian government. The Iranian government is counterattacking Israel and Gulf states with U.S. military bases, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, with missiles and drones. Civilian infrastructure in Dubai, including the luxury Fairmont The Palm…

Residents of the Gulf state awoke to the sound of new explosions on Monday morning, after a night of attacks across the region that saw Iran-backed Hezbollah join the growing conflict. The situation is as follows. Explosions in major cities: CNN reporting teams heard explosions in major Gulf cities including Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha on Monday morning local time. A CNN photojournalist captured what appeared to be a missile being intercepted in the sky over the Qatari capital. A CNN team heard “two consecutive explosions” in Dubai, what sounded like a jet and an interceptor flying overhead. Bahrain: Sirens…

2026 Actor of the Year: Kristen Bell, Jenna Ortega, Timothée Chalamet and others win Best Dressed AwardThe 2026 Actor Awards reimagined Hollywood glamor. In the end, the March 1 ceremony (previously known as the SAG Awards) imposed a dress code for the first time in its 31-year history, requiring celebrity guests to follow a theme of “reimagining 20s and 30s Hollywood glamor.” (Click here to see all the celebs on the red carpet.) Host Kristen Bell took this mission to heart as she stepped into the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles wearing a sheer Georges Hobeika dress…

It’s the most compact show of awards season, with just 15 categories (two for motion picture and TV stunt work are handed out off-camera), and while both leading and supporting roles are nominated in the same TV drama, comedy, and limited series/TV movie categories, the actors also tend to be favorites for acting. One Battle After Another leads the way with seven nominations, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, individual awards for Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infinity, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro, and Best Action Performance by a Motion Picture Stunt Ensemble. “Sinners” received…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 27, 2026 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersStock futures fell on Monday morning after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran over the weekend, sending oil prices soaring and adding a volatile Middle East to the list of concerns for stock investors. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 375 points, or 0.77%. S&P 500 futures fell 0.74% and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.85%. Gold futures rose 1.6% as investors flocked to the global safe-haven asset.The joint US-Israeli attack killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and…

2026 Actor of the Year: Varsity Blues’ Ali Larter talks about James Van Der Beek’s deathJames Van Der Beek’s friends are taking time to celebrate what he meant to them. Two weeks after the Dawson’s Creek star, who announced his stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2024, passed away at age 48, his fellow SAG-AFTRA friends, including his Varsity Blues co-star Ali Larter, honored him at the 2026 Actor Awards ceremony on March 1. “My heart goes out to Kimberly and his six beautiful children,” Larter told Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet. “He had so much grace in his…

Jefferies analysts have released a basket of major companies at risk of disruption from artificial intelligence, offering investors some guidance at a vulnerable time for U.S. stocks. Software-as-a-service providers, insurance services, logistics and real estate stocks have suffered multiple declines this year as markets fear that rapidly evolving artificial intelligence models will soon disrupt a range of traditional business models. The iShares Expanded High-Tech Software Sector ETF (IGV) has fallen more than 23% this year and is in a bear market. Many investors say the selling was at times indiscriminate, but the weakness continues to plague some big-name companies, including…

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart turn heads with a rare date night at the 2025 Emmy AwardsHarrison Ford is undaunted by his accomplishments. In fact, at the 2026 Actor of the Year Awards ceremony held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 1, the Star Wars actor was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by his SAG-AFTRA colleagues and was visibly moved to receive such an honor, recalling that early personal struggles inspired him to pursue acting. “My junior year of college, I was a little lost,” he said at a ceremony hosted by Kristen Bell. “I was…

Amid growing speculation about new versions of the DeepSeek AI model, several other Chinese tech companies have released their own generative artificial intelligence models in the past few weeks. They range from Alibaba’s Qwen 3.5 to ByteDance’s video generation Seedance 2.0. But it’s MiniMax, which just went public in Hong Kong in January, that has caught the attention of AI users and UBS stock analysts. In mid-February, the company released the M2.5 model, which has performance comparable to Claude’s latest Opus 4.6 at a lower price. According to OpenRouter data, this has led to a rapid increase in developers choosing…

Monday marks the first trading day of March on Wall Street after the S&P 500 index fell about 1% in February, leaving it only slightly positive this year. The weekend’s attacks on Iran by the US and Israel are expected to spill over into financial markets next week. It was expected to be a week packed with important employment data and club earnings reports. 1. The situation in the Middle East is fluid, and a lot can happen between now and the start of regular trading on Wall Street. The futures market opens on Sunday at 6:00 pm (Eastern Time).…