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Lead On Monday the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a $928 million agreement with French energy company TotalEnergies to swap previously held offshore-wind lease commitments for investments in domestic fossil-fuel projects. The deal includes an Interior pledge to reimburse TotalEnergies up to the value of those lease payments once the company meets specified commitments … Read more

Lead Iran on Wednesday rejected a U.S. proposal to pause the war in the Middle East and instead set out its own conditions, while fresh strikes struck Israel and Gulf Arab states, including a hit on a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport that sparked a fire. Israel responded with airstrikes on targets in Tehran … Read more

Published 04:02 GMT Since the escalation of fighting in the Middle East, Gulf aviation hubs have seen major disruption, with Dubai International operating under constrained schedules while many aircraft have been grounded and passengers stranded. Dubai handled more than 92 million international travellers in 2024, and the three major Gulf hubs normally support over 3,000 … Read more

Lead On March 25, 2026, in the White House East Room, former First Lady Melania Trump attended the final day of the Fostering the Future Together global coalition summit accompanied by a humanoid robot. The machine, introduced publicly by startup Figure AI as “Figure 03,” walked the red carpet, scanned the audience and addressed the … Read more

Former North Carolina standout Joel Berry said he was not surprised when UNC announced Hubert Davis would not return as head coach following the Tar Heels’ 2026 NCAA Tournament loss to VCU. The defeat, during which a 19-point lead evaporated late, intensified scrutiny after a 24-7 regular season and an 18-0 home record. Conversations about … Read more

Lead: GitHub will begin using customer interaction data to train its AI models starting April 24, 2026. The change covers Copilot Free, Pro and Pro+ users, while Copilot Business, Copilot Enterprise, and verified students and teachers are exempt under existing contracts. A US-style opt-out option is available through account settings; GitHub says the additional data … Read more

At AdeptiCon 2026 Warhammer Community unveiled a major Kill Team expansion that pits veteran Cadian Spectre operatives against the colossal Tyranid known as the Red Terror. The reveal shows the Red Terror in plastic for the first time and frames its hunt across nine linked Joint Ops missions in a release titled Kill Team: Terror … Read more

Lead Ryan Gosling’s film adaptation of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary opened to unexpectedly strong global returns, fueling early franchise discussion as studio-level power shifts continue. The movie debuted with an $80.5 million North American opening over the March 20–22 weekend and surpassed $100 million domestically by March 25, reaching an early $150 million worldwide. … Read more

Lead George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has emerged as a focal point for the travel disruption caused by the ongoing partial U.S. government shutdown. In March travelers faced security waits the Transportation Security Administration estimated could reach hours as many TSA officers stayed home without pay. The situation at Bush Intercontinental has been especially … Read more

On 25 March 2026, Sarah Mullally was formally installed as the archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral, marking the ceremonial start of her public ministry as the first woman to lead the Church of England. The 63-year-old, a former National Health Service nurse, took the 13th-century Chair of St Augustine before about 2,000 invited guests, … Read more

Lead US President Donald Trump has confirmed a trip to China to meet President Xi Jinping on 14–15 May, after postponing an earlier visit because of the US–Israel campaign against Iran. The Washington visit by Xi is also planned later this year, with officials saying preparations are being finalised. The delay followed wide-ranging strikes and … Read more

Pilots and anonymous safety reporters have for years flagged recurring runway incursions, vehicle near-misses and confusing air traffic control (ATC) instructions at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, according to federal and NASA safety databases. The warnings, logged across decades, gained renewed attention after a deadly collision at LaGuardia earlier this week in which an Air Canada … Read more

Lead: Shaquille O’Neal has publicly denied responsibility for a set of sexually explicit direct messages that circulated online and were linked to singer Sabrina Carpenter. On The Big Podcast with Shaq, O’Neal disputed the authenticity of the messages, read them aloud and used humor to insist they were not his, saying he has “way more … Read more

Lead Incoming North Carolina athletic director Steve Newmark has described the sequence of discussions and decisions that resulted in the dismissal of men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis after five seasons. The deliberations stretched across several days after UNC’s NCAA Tournament exit to VCU, with Newmark and interim AD Bubba Cunningham meeting university leaders and Davis … Read more

Lead A team led by Yifan Cheng and David Julius reports (Nature, 25 March 2026) high-resolution structures and local energetic measurements that explain how the cold receptor TRPM8 senses temperature. Using cryo-EM of cell-derived membrane vesicles together with hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX–MS), the authors capture two interconverting architectures—a canonical “fully swapped” and a newly … Read more