On March 1, 2026, Maersk announced it will temporarily suspend Trans‑Suez sailings through the Bab el‑Mandeb Strait and reroute all ME11 (Middle East–India to Mediterranean) and MECL (Middle East–India to East Coast US) services around the Cape of Good Hope. The decision follows an escalation of military activity in the Middle East and was taken … Read more
Lead Elijah Allman, son of entertainer Cher and musician Greg Allman, was arrested in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday evening after police say he entered St. Paul’s School’s dining hall and caused a disturbance. Concord Police responded at about 6:00 p.m. and identified the man as Elijah Allman of Malibu, California. Officers charged him with … Read more
On Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement saying the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was hit by four ballistic missiles during an operation it called “True Promise 4.” The U.S. military countered that claim, with U.S. Central Command saying the Lincoln was not struck and that the missiles did not come … Read more
Lead: David Montgomery publicly pushed back on an ESPN report that he “wants out” of Detroit, responding on Twitter amid NFL Combine week. The claim—originating from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler—said the 28-year-old running back has trade value because he is owed $6 million in 2026 and remains under contract. Lions general manager Brad Holmes has described … Read more
Arman Tsarukyan provoked a large bench-clearing brawl Saturday at Real American Freestyle (RAF) 6 after striking Georgio Poullas as the match ended. The No. 2-ranked UFC lightweight contender shoved Poullas to the mat after time expired and landed punches, prompting more than a dozen people to surge onto the mat. The melee spread into the … Read more
Lead: Pearl Abyss’s upcoming single-player open-world RPG Crimson Desert, demonstrated at CES and in recent developer footage, shows ambitious real-time ray-tracing delivered with strong performance. The demo was captured on an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-core CPU paired with an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 32GB of RAM, running at native 4K with FSR … Read more
Lead: In a February 2026 interview tied to his new memoir, former Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein reflects on his tenure as CEO from 2006 to 2018, the 2008 financial crisis and its political aftermath, and his personal battles, including a cancer diagnosis. Speaking with The New York Times, Blankfein offers candid, sometimes wry observations … Read more
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday, Honor unveiled a Robot Phone with a motorized camera arm that extends from the device and demonstrated a new Magic V6 foldable while briefly teasing a humanoid robot; Honor said the Robot Phone should reach China in the second half of 2026. The company, spun off from … Read more
On March 1, 2026, U.S. strikes on Iran over the weekend revived fears that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could be interrupted, potentially halting a large share of Gulf exports and sparking a sharp energy shock. The narrow waterway, which carried about 13 million barrels per day in 2025, is a strategic chokepoint linking … Read more
The Actor Awards ceremony took place on Sunday, March 1, 2026, serving as the final major industry awards stop before the Oscars on March 15. The event, voted on by members of the Screen Actors Guild, highlighted Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another as the film with the most nominations. Apple TV’s The Studio … Read more
On 1 March 2026, President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on Iranian targets—labelled by the Pentagon as Operation Epic Fury—intensifying instability across the Middle East and prompting fresh debate about the United States’ role in the global financial order. Beyond immediate regional consequences, economists and policy-makers warn the strikes add momentum to a gradual move … Read more
Lead Quarterback Malik Willis is widely expected to reach a deal quickly once the negotiating window for impending free agents opens in just over a week. Sources and market chatter place Willis in the $20 million to $25 million per-year range on a two- or three-year contract, putting him at the low end of the … Read more
Lead: At the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 23, 2026, an audience member involuntarily shouted a racial slur while actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the first prize. Organisers had given a preshow notice that an attendee, John Davidson, has Tourette’s syndrome and might make “involuntary noises or movements,” but that … Read more
Lead: The US launched “major combat operations” in Iran on Saturday morning shortly after Israel struck Tehran, prompting immediate concerns about disruption to global oil flows and higher fuel costs. Iranian Revolutionary Guard warnings and an attack off Oman led many tankers to anchor outside the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil chokepoint. … Read more
Early on Sunday, three people were killed and 14 others wounded in a mass shooting outside Buford’s bar on West Sixth Street in downtown Austin. Austin Police Department officers arrived after reports of gunfire at about 1:59 a.m.; three officers returned fire and a male suspect was killed at the scene. Fourteen victims were located … Read more
