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War
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MARKETSWARWORLD
The Iran War's Economic Shockwave: UK Borrowing Costs Hit 18-Year High
Three weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran, the economic effects are arriving. UK government borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2008. Househol
WORLDWARPOLITICS
Megyn Kelly Turns on Murdoch:
The former Fox News anchor blamed Rupert Murdoch for goading Trump into the Iran war — and admitted she spent 14 years cheerleading a similar mistake.
WORLDCULTUREWAR
Jury Hits Meta with $375 Million Verdict in New Mexico Child Safety Trial
A Santa Fe jury found Meta willfully violated New Mexico's unfair practices act and awarded $375 million in damages — the first major state-level verdict aga...
WORLDWAR
Bob Woodward's "Secrets": The Last Reporter Unlocks His Files | Ranked
WARMARKETSPOLITICS
War Is Good for Business: Elbit's $28 Billion Backlog, US Defense Stocks, and the Economy of the Iran War
WARWORLDENERGY
The Iran War's Unexpected Beneficiary: How the Hormuz Crisis Saved Russia's European Oil Lifeline
HEALTHWARSCIENCE
Two Studies, One Week: How Exercise Fights Alzheimer's and Why 11 Minutes of Sleep Could Save Your Heart
A UCSF study published in Cell identified the precise biological mechanism by which exercise fights dementia — via an enzyme that fixes the brain's leaky def...
WARWORLDENERGY
Two Straits, One Playbook: China Is Watching Hormuz and Taking Notes on Taiwan
America's struggle to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is providing Beijing with a live-fire test of what a maritime chokepoint blockade looks like. The Taiwan St...
WAR
The 15-Point Plan to End the Iran War: What the US Proposed, What Iran Has Not Yet Answered
WAR
Iran's New Security Chief: What Replacing Larijani With an IRGC Hardliner Means for the War
WAR
Israel Issues New Beirut Evacuation Warnings as Lebanon Toll Tops 1,000 and Ground Operation Expands
WORLDTECHWAR
'I'm Not Working for You Hacks': Kara Swisher Vows to Walk Out of CNN When Ellisons Arrive
Speaking at a journalism awards dinner in Washington, Kara Swisher delivered the bluntest public break yet from the Ellison family's expected takeover of CNN...
WARENERGY
Kharg Island: Iran's Oil Jugular, 2,500 Marines, and a Retired General's Plan to Seize It
WARWORLD
Lebanon Expels Iran's Ambassador: The Country Hezbollah Built Just Kicked Out Its Patron
ENERGYWARWORLD
$29 a Week: New Zealand Becomes First Country to Pay Citizens Directly for Iran War Fuel Costs
NZ is paying 143,000 families NZ$50/week directly for fuel relief — believed to be the first country to do this since the Iran war began. Petrol stations are...
MARKETSWARHEALTH
Someone Knew: The Polymarket Trader Who Made $1 Million Betting on Secret Iran Strikes
A single anonymous Polymarket trader won 93% of their bets predicting secret U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran — often hours before strikes happ...
WARWORLDTECH
Russia's Spring Offensive Has Started: 400 Drones, 619 Attacks in Four Days, and the World Isn't Watching
WARPOLITICS
America's Most Expensive Warship Is Out of the Iran War: The USS Gerald Ford's $13 Billion Problem
WORLDWARHEALTH
CDC Issues Global Dengue Travel Warning Covering 16 Countries as Cases Rise Across the Americas
The CDC issued a Level 1 global travel advisory for dengue fever on March 23, 2026, flagging 16 countries with higher-than-expected cases among returning U.S...
SCIENCEWARENERGY
UN Climate Warning: Earth's Energy Imbalance Hits Record, El Niño Expected by Late 2026
The World Meteorological Organization says the planet is gaining more heat energy than it can release — the highest imbalance in recorded history. The last
WORLDWARPOLITICS
Colombian Military C-130 Crashes on Takeoff: 125 on Board, At Least 1 Dead, 43 Missing
Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed taking off from Puerto Leguizamo near Peru border. 125 on board. President Petro confirms at least 1 dead, 77 inju...
POLITICSWARWORLD
Cuba Says It's Ready for War: How a Fuel Blockade Became a Military Standoff
Cuba's deputy foreign minister went on NBC to say the island is militarily prepared for a US attack. The Trump administration has threatened regime change. S...
CULTUREWAR
The Death of Millennial Feminism: What a Memoir Reveals About a Movement's Collapse
The Atlantic's Helen Lewis argues Lindy West's memoir is the obituary for Millennial Feminism. What killed it, and what replaces it?
WARPOLITICSWORLD
Missiles at Diego Garcia: What We Know, What Iran Denies, and Why It Changes Everything
Two missiles targeted the US-UK base at Diego Garcia. Iran denies it. NATO can't confirm. If true, Iran just revealed long-range missiles that could reach Lo...
WORLDWAR
Pipe Bombs at Fort Washington: What We Know About the National Park Explosive Devices
A bomb squad responded to multiple suspected explosive devices found at Fort Washington National Park in Maryland over two days. Here's the full context.
POLITICSWORLDWAR
France Election Results: Socialists Hold, LFI Alliances Collapse, and a 2027 Warning Shot
France's second-round municipal results are in. The far-right failed to take its biggest targets. The far-left alliance strategy collapsed. And a centrist fo...
HEALTHWARMARKETS
Wegovy at $149 a Month: The GLP-1 Price War and What It Means for American Healthcare
GLP-1 weight loss drugs launched at $1,000–$1,600/month. They're now below $300 for self-pay patients. Here's why — and what it reveals about the US drug pri...
WARPOLITICS
"Expendable Cattle": Republican Lawmakers Split Over Troop Casualties in the Iran War
Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested accepting US military casualties as a cost of war. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna — a Republican — called it treating soldiers like "
WAR
God and Gunships: Pete Hegseth's Christian Rhetoric Is Reshaping How America Talks About the Iran War
Hegseth has framed the Iran war in explicitly Christian terms. What does that mean for military readiness, Muslim allies, and the law?
TECHWARMARKETS
The IKEA Missile Market: AI Attack Drones Are Now on Alibaba
Iran-style AI-guided attack drones are appearing on commercial Chinese e-commerce platforms. What the 'IKEA-ification' of precision strike weapons means for ...
WARHEALTH
A Pharmacist Who Stayed. A Blogger Who Came Home. The Civilian Cost of the War in Iran.
Through an internet blackout and thick black smoke, a handful of civilian stories are getting out of Iran. A pharmacist, a child, a blogger. The numbers say ...
WARMARKETSWORLD
Iran Threatens to Mine the Entire Persian Gulf
Defence Council: attack Iranian coast and the whole Gulf gets mined. Oil at $113. Asian markets in freefall.
WARENERGYPOLITICS
Iran War Day 24: The Hormuz Deadline Expires Tonight
Trump's 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power grid expires at 6:44 PM CDT Monday. Here is exactly what is at...
WORLDWARPOLITICS
Who Is Trump Actually Talking To? Inside Iran's Fractured Post-Khamenei Leadership
Trump claims productive talks with Iran but won't name his counterpart. Iran's FM denies talks happened. Egypt, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey and Oman are all runn...
ENERGYWARPOLITICS
Farm Diesel Doubled in a Week: How the Iran War Hits Your Grocery Bill
The Iran war closed the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices spiked. Farm diesel doubled. Fertilizer doubled. Here's exactly how that becomes higher food prices — an...
ENERGYWARPOLITICS
1.4 Billion People, No Pipeline Alternative: How the Iran War Hits India
India imports ~85% of its crude oil, much of it through Hormuz. Here's why it has almost no buffer against this particular shock.
POLITICSWARHEALTH
Schools, Hospitals, Power Grids: Have Israel, the US, and Iran Violated International Law?
All three warring parties have struck civilian targets. Former ICC prosecutor and former US State Dept legal adviser assess whether international law has bee...
WAR
Israel's Lebanon Ground Invasion: What's Been Approved, What's Already Happened, and What a Buffer Zone Actually Means
IDF chief approved expanded Lebanon ground operations. 1,000+ killed, 1M+ displaced, Litani bridges struck. History says Israeli incursions into Lebanon don'...
WARWORLDENERGY
Did Israel Miscalculate Iran's Military Capabilities?
4,564 wounded in Israel. Air defenses breached near nuclear site. Iran's missile arsenal is the Middle East's largest and most varied.
WARPOLITICSENERGY
40 Minutes: Israel Struck Tehran While Trump Was Announcing a Pause
Trump said talks with Iran were 'very good and productive' and paused energy strikes. 40 minutes later, Israel launched a new wave on Tehran. The US-Israel s...
WORLDWARMARKETS
Four Jewish Ambulances Torched in London — Antisemitic Attacks Rising
Hatzola ambulances set ablaze in Golders Green. Three suspects sought. PM Starmer: 'deeply shocking.' Part of a European pattern.
SCIENCEWAR
Rome's Ancient Machine Gun: The Polybolos Evidence Found at Pompeii
Researchers found evidence that Roman legions used a rapid-fire bolt launcher during the 89 BC siege of Pompeii — potentially the world's oldest documented u...
WORLDWARPOLITICS
'The New Israeli Border Must Be the Litani': Smotrich Calls for Annexation of Southern Lebanon
Israel's finance minister said Monday the Litani River must become Israel's new northern border — an explicit annexation call during an active ground operati...
WARPOLITICSMARKETS
The Pivot: Trump Claims Iran Talks, Extends Strike Deadline — Markets Soar, Iran Says Nope
Trump extended the Iran power-plant strike deadline again, claiming 'productive' talks with an Iranian leader. Iran denied any negotiations. Oil dropped. Mar...
WARENERGYPOLITICS
Trump Blinks: Five-Day Extension, Oil Falls 7%, and the IEA Says This Is Already the Worst Energy Crisis in History
Trump postponed Iran power plant strikes for 5 days. Oil fell 7%. But the IEA chief says 11M barrels/day are already lost — worse than the 1970s twin shocks ...
WORLDPOLITICSWAR
'Torture Has Effectively Become State Policy': UN Rapporteur's Report to the Human Rights Council
UN Special Rapporteur Albanese presented a report titled 'Torture and genocide' Monday. 72,263 killed in Gaza. 18,500+ detained in West Bank including 1,500 ...
POLITICSENERGYWAR
Cuba in the Dark: Three Blackouts in One Month, a US Fuel Blockade, and a "Friendly Takeover"
Cuba's national electrical grid has collapsed three times in March 2026. A US fuel blockade has cut off the oil the island needs to run its power stations.
MARKETSWORLDWAR
Germany's Labor Crisis: 288,000 Foreign Workers Needed Per Year or the Workforce Shrinks 10% by 2040
Germany needs to import nearly 300,000 skilled workers annually just to stay flat. The last of the baby boomers are retiring. Birth rates haven't recovered
WARPOLITICS
Cluster Bombs, a Beauty Salon, and 14 Dead in Israel: The Human Cost of Iran's Missile Campaign
Iran has fired 400 missiles at Israel in 23 days. 14 Israelis have been killed directly by strikes. Three Palestinian women waiting for their nails done be
WARPOLITICSWORLD
Can Iran Hit London? The Missile Range Dispute Nobody Can Resolve
The IDF says Iran has missiles that can reach 4,000km — putting London, Paris, and Berlin in range. The UK government says there is "no assessment to subst
WARENERGY
The Stated War Aim Is Destroying Iran's Nuclear Program. The IAEA Says It Isn't Working.
Both the US and Israel have declared the elimination of Iran's nuclear capacity as the primary objective of the war. On Sunday, the IAEA Director General s
WARPOLITICSWORLD
Three Red Lines in 48 Hours: Diego Garcia, Dimona, and the 48-Hour Ultimatum
In the past two days, Iran fired at a joint US-UK base in the Indian Ocean, breached Israeli air defenses near a nuclear facility, and received a president
WARPOLITICS
Israel's Third Front: Ground Operations Approved in Lebanon, 1,000 Already Dead
Israel's Chief of Staff has approved a "prolonged" ground and air campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. More than 1,000 people have already been k...
WARHEALTHWORLD
Sudan's Invisible War: 64 Dead in a Hospital Strike, 150,000 Dead Overall, and the World Isn't Watching
On the night of Eid, a drone struck a major hospital in Darfur and killed 64 people including 13 children. The UN calls Sudan the world's largest humanitar
WARWORLDSPORTS
Ukraine's Other War: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping the Peace Talks - Ranked
Ukraine-US negotiations resumed this weekend for the first time since the Iran war began. Russia has gained strategic breathing room. The US eased sanction
WAR
The West Bank Front: Settler Violence Has Surged Since the Iran War Began
Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, six Palestinians have been killed by settlers in the West Bank — and 15 of the 25 Palestinian deaths
WARSPORTS
Iran-US War: $800M in Damage, $16.5B in 12 Days
New analysis reveals the true cost of the US-Iran conflict — significantly higher than previously disclosed. Here are the numbers, what they mean, and what
WARPOLITICS
Iran-US War at a Crossroads: What Trump Says vs. What's Happening
Three weeks in, the president says it's "pretty much" over. Ground troops are moving in. Kharg Island may be a target. Iran is threatening the Red ...