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Sunday, Apr 12th, 2026 -
(Bloomberg) -- The US and Iran ended direct talks in Pakistan without an agreement, putting a fragile ceasefire at risk and raising doubts over efforts to end a six-week war that has killed thousands and disrupted global energy supplies. Vice President JD Vance, who led the American delegation, said he's returning home without a deal after Iran declined to commit to not pursuing a nuclear weapon. "We've made very ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
in four more House districts ahead of the November midterms. Heavyweight donors have poured millions of dollars into the April 21 contest, which asks Virginians to consider a constitutional amendment that would redraw the Old Dominion's maps mid-decade and give the party the edge in all but one of 11 congressional districts. The districts currently held by Republicans are outpacing blue districts in turnout, ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
HOUSTON (AP) — Still marveling over their moon mission , the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home Saturday from hundreds who took part in NASA's lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel. The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mission Control, flying in from San Diego, where they splashed down just offshore the evening before. After a ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
A man with a machete slashed and injured three people at New York City's Grand Central on Saturday before he was fatally shot by police, officials said. The NYPD said officers encountered the armed man on the 4/5/6 subway platform at Grand Central-42nd Street at around 9:40 a.m. after a civilian alerted them and they found a slashing victim. The man, identified as 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, was armed with a ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
Democratic representative has denied accusations from former staffer as he faces calls to drop bid for governor The Manhattan district attorney's office said on Saturday that it is investigating a sexual assault allegation against Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman from California running to be the state's governor, who on Friday denied claims by an unnamed woman that he sexually assaulted her twice. ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
A temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has come into force, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Kyiv would respect it if Moscow did. The ceasefire is due to last for 32 hours, from 4:00pm local time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday until midnight on Sunday, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the ceasefire on Thursday to coincide with Orthodox Easter celebrations, more than ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Officials accept that time has run out to pass law to allow transfer of islands to Mauritius The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement. On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
An African AIDS charity cofounded by the United Kingdom's Prince Harry in honour of his late mother Princess Diana has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year, following a management dispute. "Sentebale has commenced legal proceedings in the High Court of England and Wales," the charity said in a statement on Friday. "The charity seeks the court's intervention, protection and restitution ...
Source: aljazeera.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 -
Officers responded to a North Beach residence at approximately 4:12 a.m. local time for a fire investigation, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department, Allison Maxie, said in a statement. No one was injured, and the fire was contained to an exterior gate, the spokesperson said. At around 5:07 a.m., officers responded to OpenAI's office, where they said an unknown man was threatening to burn down the ...
Source: insider.com