Lead As the March 2026 escalation around the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted shipping and pushed fossil-fuel costs higher, European farms face a looming fertiliser shock. Around one-third of global fertiliser trade is stalled and roughly one-fifth of oil flows through the strait, magnifying price spikes for natural gas used in synthetic nitrogen production. Some … Read more
On Saturday, March 28, 2026, Pope Leo XIV made a historic one-day visit to Monaco — his first foreign trip of 2026 and his first papal journey in Europe outside Italy. The pontiff flew by helicopter from the Vatican, was received at the Prince’s Palace by Prince Albert and Princess Charlene, and greeted crowds waving … Read more
Lead: NASA’s Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. Mission Control Center in Houston will manage Artemis II, the first crewed lunar mission since 1972, currently targeting an April 2026 launch window. From this decades-old concrete complex, teams will monitor trajectory, life support and propulsion as four astronauts loop beyond the Moon and return roughly 10 days later. … Read more
Conservative activists and politicians gathered in Dallas on the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as Republicans parsed fractures over U.S. strikes on Iran and rallied around former President Donald Trump’s agenda. The conference, held Saturday, took place one month after the United States began strikes against Iran and marked the first … Read more
Organizers have designated the St. Paul rally on Saturday as the national flagship of a coordinated, nationwide series of “No Kings” protests aimed at President Donald Trump and his administration. More than 3,100 events are registered across all 50 states and organizers are projecting roughly 9 million participants, with Minnesota expecting up to 100,000 people … Read more
Lead: On March 13, 2026, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published updated cholesterol guidelines that aim to simplify targets and move prevention earlier in adult life. The new recommendations expand routine risk assessment to people aged 30–79 and reintroduce specific LDL cholesterol goals while spotlighting lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), as a … Read more
Lead Bluetti’s Sora 500 is a foldable, 500W portable solar panel that delivered as much as 509W in mid-March testing in southern France at about 600 meters elevation. The panel uses 12 TOPCon N-type cells and a 3S4P half-cut-cell architecture, which the reviewer found produced strong real-world output and better shade tolerance than many older … Read more
Meta announced on March 27 that it will fund and finance 10 natural‑gas power plants to supply electricity for its growing Hyperion AI data‑center campus in northeastern Louisiana. The deal with New Orleans–based Entergy adds seven newly contracted plants to three earlier approvals, producing roughly 7.5 gigawatts of generation capacity—enough to power over 5 million … Read more
Online safety advocates in New York and across the United States said a pair of jury verdicts in late March 2026 offer the first concrete legal validation of long-running concerns about social platforms and young people’s wellbeing. Juries in New Mexico and California found Meta—and in the California case, YouTube—responsible for harms to minors, including … Read more
Lead: On Jan. 7, while five and a half months into a mission aboard the International Space Station, 59-year-old retired Air Force Col. Mike Fincke suddenly lost the ability to speak for about 20 minutes. His crewmates quickly alerted ground flight surgeons and used the station’s ultrasound equipment; the episode prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation … Read more
Lead: On March 27, 2026, at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, No. 3 seed Duke escaped No. 2 seed LSU with an 87-85 victory after Ashlon Jackson drilled a three-pointer as time expired in the Sweet 16. The shot sent Duke to the Elite Eight and ended LSU’s season at 29-6. MiLaysia Fulwiley led LSU … Read more
March 28, 2026: Saturn forms a linking aspect with Pluto for those whose birthday falls today, lending gravity and focus to personal aims. Across the chart the day asks for steady planning, measured energy and occasional pauses to recharge. Over the next 48 hours many signs will face a corrective reset or a decision that … Read more
Lead WASHINGTON — On March 27, 2026, in a tense Sweet 16 matchup, UConn edged Michigan State 67-63 after big-man Tarris Reed Jr. sank critical free throws in the closing minute. Reed finished with 20 points and made all four of his foul-line attempts down the stretch; Alex Karaban added 17 points. The second-seeded Huskies … Read more
On March 28, 2026, the men’s NCAA Tournament narrowed to its Elite Eight, setting four high-stakes regional finals across the country. The East and West feature top seeds (No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 UConn in Washington, D.C., and No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 2 Purdue in San Jose), while the South and Midwest pair … Read more
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement confirmed it fired a missile at Israel on 27 March 2026, the first Houthi strike on Israel since the Israel–US campaign against Iran began. Israel said it detected a projectile from Yemen while continuing strikes on targets in Tehran; the Houthis said their action responded to repeated attacks on infrastructure across … Read more
