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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 12th 2026
Sunday, Apr 12th, 2026 -
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said it is "disappointing" initial talks to end the war in Iran had broken down without a deal, as he defended the UK's decision not to join the conflict. The US and Iran have held talks to end the war but the negotiations in Pakistan concluded without agreement in the early hours of Sunday. Streeting said the UK - which is not involved in the talks - wanted to see a negotiated ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Apr 12th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Police broke up a blockade in the center of Dublin by fuel protesters who have brought much of Ireland to a standstill during the past week as the government prepared on Sunday to approve cost-cutting measures they hope will end the six days of disruption over soaring costs at the pump. As tractors and trucks that had blocked O'Connell Street were rolling out of the capital, protests continued ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Calls for Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell to drop out of the California gubernatorial race mounted Saturday as prominent supporters rescinded their endorsements and staffers fled his imploding campaign after more—and more serious—sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged. Multiple women had already accused Swalwell, 45, of unwanted touching and kissing, and sending them unsolicited explicit ...
Source: commondreams.org
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
mission around the moon in 12 stunning photos The moon mission might have come to an end after a 10-day voyage around the moon and back. But thankfully, the mission's crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—as well as NASA's cameras on Earth and in space, captured their daring journey from start to finish. In fact, the mission was largely communicated to the world in photos, ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
A machete-wielding suspect randomly attacked three people at New York City's Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation's biggest rail hub. The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and a 65-year-old man about the head and face and left a 70-year-old woman with cuts to her shoulder in the subway platform attack. Police said the assailant, 44-year-old ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy never seems to make anything easy at the Masters. Year after year, for more than a decade, the Northern Irishman threw away chances at completing the career grand slam. And when he finally accomplished the feat last year, McIlroy did it only after recovering from a ball put in the water on the back nine and a bogey at the 18th hole in ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump's proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program The astronauts on board Artemis II were "almost poets", Nasa's administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface. They were, he said, "ambassadors for humanity" as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York has launched an investigation into a sexual assault allegation against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., NBC News confirmed Saturday. Multiple women in the last two days have come forward alleging that Swalwell sexually assaulted or harassed them while serving in Congress, including one who alleged he assaulted her in New York. Swalwell has denied the allegations. A ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
PARIS — A 9-year-old boy was rescued this week after living locked in his father's utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized, and his father detained. Police were alerted by a neighbor to "sounds of a child'' coming from a van on Monday in the village of Hagenbach near the borders of Switzerland and Germany, according to a statement from ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported, ahead of a proposed ceasefire for Orthodox Easter. A further two people were wounded in the attack on the Black Sea port city, when drones hit a residential area, damaging apartment buildings, houses and a kindergarten. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia targeted Ukraine ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
World United Kingdom 3 min read The UK has been forced to pause its plan to hand over the Chagos Islands , on which the US air base in Diego Garcia resides, after US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the deal. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government are not completely scrapping the plan to hand the islands to Mauritius. A spokesperson told CNN that "we continue to believe the agreement is ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Legal action follows war of words with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex's resignation as patron The Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-founded. The charity has lodged papers in London's high court over defamation claims naming Prince Harry and the former Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer as defendants. The prince had been engaged in a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The Trump administration submitted official architectural renderings for the planned 250-foot "triumphal arch" near Arlington National Cemetery. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is due to review the proposed project, which has been touted by President Donald Trump as honoring the U.S.'s 250th anniversary, at its meeting on April 16. On Feb. 2, Trump posted on social media an image showing India Gate, with the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
By Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times A 20-year-old man was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, according to police. A company spokesperson also confirmed the attack in a statement and said that someone "made threats at our San Francisco headquarters." "Thankfully, no one was hurt," according to the statement. "We deeply appreciate how quickly (the San Francisco ...
Source: miamiherald.com