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Lead: On March 26, 2026, President Trump announced a 10-day extension to his demand that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz, moving the new deadline to April 6 at 8 p.m. ET after saying talks with Tehran were progressing. The shift in tone came the same day Israel said it had killed an Iranian naval … Read more
Lead U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived Friday at a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Vaux-de-Cernay, France, to seek allied backing for the U.S. approach to the Iran conflict after President Donald Trump publicly attacked NATO partners. Rubio faced a group of ministers who have expressed deep reservations about U.S. military action in the … Read more
March 27, 2026 — The U.S. Senate early Friday approved legislation to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security, moving to end a lengthy partial government shutdown that disrupted airport security and travel. The measure, passed by voice vote, creates a path to restore operations hampered at checkpoints and limit wider economic fallout … Read more
Lead U.S. stock futures ticked higher on Friday after President Donald Trump announced a brief extension of a deadline to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, citing ongoing negotiations with Tehran. The move — a pause that pushes the target date to April 6 — followed attacks on Iran’s energy facilities on Feb. 28 and comes as … Read more
Lead Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old former underground rapper known as Balen, was sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister after the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) delivered a landslide win in the general elections held on 5 March. His ascent follows last year’s youth-led protests — in which 77 people died — and reflects widespread voter frustration … Read more
Lead: A helicopter carrying one pilot and four passengers crashed Thursday afternoon onto Kalalau Beach on Kauai’s Na Pali Coast, killing three people and sending two others to Wilcox Medical Center, authorities said. The aircraft was identified by officials as operated by Airborne Aviation and was conducting a tour flight along the island’s north shore. … Read more
Lead Readers of The Globe and Mail received the daily horoscope for March 27, 2026, offering sign-by-sign guidance for personal and social choices as the week closes. The column highlights a mix of celebration, self-reflection and practical warnings across the 12 zodiac signs, and singles out birthday readers for a notably introspective year ahead. Advice … Read more
Iran launches 83rd wave of strikes on Israel; missiles bear ‘Thank you to people of India’ On Friday, Iran conducted what the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described as its 83rd wave of strikes aimed at Israel and military targets across the Gulf. Footage circulating on social media and distributed by Iranian outlets showed personnel preparing … Read more
On Saturday, March 28, 2026, dozens of “No Kings” demonstrations are scheduled across Southern California — from Los Angeles neighborhoods to Ventura County — as part of a nationwide day of protest organized against the Trump administration. Organizers say roughly two-thirds of more than 3,000 planned demonstrations will take place outside urban centers and that … Read more
Lead FX’s limited series Love Story closes with a deliberate, elegiac imagining of what John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy might have been in private before fate intervened. The finale returns viewers to the tarmac and the July 16, 1999, flight that killed John, Carolyn and Carolyn’s sister Lauren off Martha’s Vineyard, but … Read more
Lead In a rare overnight session on March 27, 2026, the U.S. Senate moved unanimously to provide funding for most Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components while explicitly excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and portions of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), notably border patrol. The agreement — advanced by unanimous consent after negotiations unraveled … Read more
Lead Taylor Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce made their first appearance as an awards-show couple at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday night at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. The pair did not pose together on the red carpet—Swift arrived and walked solo—but they were seated next to one another inside the venue. Swift dominated … Read more
Lead On Thursday night, No. 9 seed Iowa defeated No. 4 Nebraska 77-71 in the Sweet 16 in a game decided late by Alvaro Folgueiras’ three-point play and free throw. Bennett Stirtz led the Hawkeyes with 20 points while Folgueiras added 16, including two decisive dunks in the final minute. The victory, under first-year coach … Read more
Lead: US President Donald Trump announced a further 10-day pause — until 6 April — on his threat to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, saying Tehran requested more time and talks were progressing. The pause coincided with a dip in Brent crude to about $108 a barrel after an earlier spike. Yemen’s Houthi movement said there … Read more
On March 26, 2026, author J.K. Rowling publicly welcomed the International Olympic Committee’s ruling to bar transgender women from future Olympic female events and, within minutes, praised the newly released trailer for the HBO Harry Potter reboot. The IOC decision follows a controversy at Paris 2024 involving Algeria’s boxer Imane Khelif, whose participation after a … Read more
