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Oil prices plunged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump agreed to halt attacks on Iran for two weeks in exchange for allowing Tehran safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.us west texas intermediate Futures prices for May delivery were down about 18% to $92.50 a barrel by 8:48 a.m. ET. international benchmark brent crude oil Futures prices for June delivery fell more than 16% to $91.25 a barrel. If WTI settles more than 14.52% lower, it could mark its worst daily performance since April 27, 2020.President Trump said the two-week ceasefire is conditional on Iran agreeing to fully, immediately and…

Software giant Atlassian on Wednesday announced new AI tools and agents focused on turning data into visual assets and applications. This includes deploying the visual tool Remix in open beta. Remix allows businesses to transform data and information stored in Atlassian’s content collaboration software Confluence into assets such as charts and graphics. Remix recommends the visual format that best suits the data and information at hand, and allows users to create these visual assets without having to open another application or software. The company also announced three new third-party agents that run within Confluence using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).…

1. “Fragile ceasefire”On Monday, April 6, 2026, a television station broadcast a press conference by US President Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStock futures soared overnight after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. With less than 90 minutes left before the 8pm ET deadline, President Trump posted on social media last night that he would call off the planned attack on the condition that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz.Here’s what happened:Following this announcement, oil prices fell below $95. brent crude…

U.S. President Donald Trump watches a press conference on the Iran conflict in the James S. Brady Press Conference Room at the White House on April 6, 2026 in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States will impose a 50% tariff on “any” goods imported from “any country that supplies military weapons to Iran.” Trump said in a post on Truth Social that any country found to be supplying weapons to Iran would be subject to the tax “immediately” and there would be no “exclusions or exemptions.” “Countries supplying military weapons…

The three-time Olympic gold medalist has faced harmful online abuse and even considered retiring due to comments about her appearance.Published April 8, 2026April 8, 2026Chinese swimming authorities say they have launched an investigation into the cyberbullying of three-time Olympic gold medal diving champion Quan Hongchan and have reported the matter to the police.The “malicious” online attack against Mr. Quan is being investigated by the China General Administration of Sports, the agency announced on Wednesday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listQuang, who won her first gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games at the age of 14 and two more…

Samuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty Imagesalibaba China Telecom and China Telecom will open a data center in southern China powered by the e-commerce giant’s own chips as China ramps up its focus on homegrown AI infrastructure.The facility, announced Tuesday, will be equipped with 10,000 of Alibaba’s Zhenwu semiconductors designed for AI training and inference, and will have the ability to support AI models hundreds of billions of parameters in size. These are among the largest models out there, highlighting how China’s largest tech companies are advancing their own AI semiconductor technology as the Chinese government ramps up efforts…

Emilia Clarke’s brain aneurysmEmilia Clarke, who filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, published an essay in The New Yorker in 2019 titled “A Battle for My Life.”After suffering a severe headache at the gym, the actress writes, “I made it to the bathroom and fell to my knees feeling very, very sick.” “During that time, the pain was getting worse with shooting, stabbing, squeezing pain. On some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was swift and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening type…

After years of trying to lose weight “the right way,” Jane Zuckerman realized that “putting in the work just wasn’t enough.” Zuckerman, a 32-year-old data analyst based in Washington, D.C., said she lost 90 pounds in college and spent years cycling through nutritionists, therapy and strict routines — only to find herself at her heaviest after the pandemic, at 270 pounds. Zuckerman said GLP-1 injections were out of the question, because she’s afraid of needles. But when the first GLP-1 pill for obesity became available in early January, Zuckerman called her doctor immediately, she said. Almost a month after starting Novo Nordisk’s new…

A Gen Z girl looks at her smartphone screen in frustration while scrolling through social media.memento jpeg | moment | Getty ImagesGovernments around the world are working to crack down on teen social media use amid mounting evidence of potential harm, but critics argue that blanket bans are an ineffective quick-fix solution. In December, Australia became the first country to implement a blanket social media ban for under-16s. Platforms such as Meta Inc.’s Instagram, ByteDance Inc.’s TikTok, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, Elon Musk’s X, and Reddit will face penalties if they do not take age verification measures. Several European countries are…

Mircea Lucescu, one of Romania’s greatest soccer players, who won numerous trophies both as a player and as a coach, has died at the age of 80.Lucescu’s death was confirmed by the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital on Tuesday, and he was admitted to the hospital on Friday morning after reportedly suffering a heart attack.”Mircea Lucescu was one of the most successful Romanian football coaches and players, helping the Romanian national team qualify for the European Championship for the first time in 1984,” the hospital said in a statement. “Generations of Romanians have grown up with his image in their hearts…