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Lead On March 23, 2026, the president of Alibaba.com argued in a Fortune commentary that agentic artificial intelligence will enable a new class of companies: billion-dollar enterprises run by a single founder. The piece says the long-standing need for large headcount and heavy capital to manage global trade and operations is dissolving as AI agents … Read more

In a shock finish that closed out the NCAA Tournament’s opening weekend, No. 9 Iowa edged No. 1 Florida 73-72 to eliminate the defending champions. The Hawkeyes rallied from a second-half deficit of as many as 12 points and took the lead on a corner 3 by Alvaro Folgueiras after a quick inbounds sequence. Florida … Read more

Lead In late January a measles outbreak centered at Ave Maria University spilled into the surrounding planned community, and public information about the event has been sparse. Collier County has recorded at least 104 cases since the start of January, including 88 confirmed and 16 probable infections, and cases among children and teens have increased … Read more

Lead On Monday, March 23, 2026, global precious metals plunged then partially recovered after a sudden swing in market sentiment tied to developments in the Iran conflict. Spot gold fell more than 5% to $4,262.50 in early London trade before rebounding to $4,412 by 11:40 a.m. London time (7:40 a.m. ET). Silver and platinum also … Read more

Lead Since January 2025 the federal government has accelerated a broad build‑out of immigration detention across the United States, buying and leasing warehouses, expanding local jail contracts and scaling bed capacity. Backed by roughly $85 billion in new funding — about $45 billion targeted to detention over four years — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) … Read more

Lead: In late March 2026, more than 70,000 Afghans crossed back into Afghanistan from Iran after the outbreak of war in Iran in late February severed jobs and study opportunities there. Many returnees—students, construction workers and families—arrived through crossings such as Islam Qala, citing campus closures, workplace evacuations and health hazards from burning oil in … Read more

Lead: The International Energy Agency director warned Monday in Canberra that the Iran war constitutes a “major, major threat” to the global economy, saying no nation would be untouched if the crisis continues. Fatih Birol spoke at Australia’s National Press Club after fresh attacks and escalating threats around the Strait of Hormuz that have disrupted … Read more

Lead On March 22–23, 2026, global precious-metals markets plunged after the Middle East war intensified, erasing gold’s gains for the year and triggering severe weakness in silver. Spot gold fell as much as 8.8% intraday to just under $4,100 an ounce, marking a ninth consecutive daily decline. The metal has lost more than 20% since … Read more

Goldman Sachs raised its 2024 average price outlook on Sunday, projecting Brent crude will average $85 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) $79, up $8 and $7 respectively from its prior forecast. The bank’s commodity team estimates the current crisis will remove as much as 17 million barrels per day (bpd) from global supply … Read more

Lead At a March 23, 2026 press appearance in Canberra, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol warned that more than 40 oil and gas facilities across nine Middle Eastern countries have been “severely or very severely” damaged since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, 2026. He said the damage to fields, refineries and … Read more

Pearl Abyss released Crimson Desert update 1.000.149 on consoles and PC, rolling out an initial suite of controller and input quality-of-life fixes alongside numerous bug corrections and content tweaks. The patch targets responsiveness and menu stability, notably resolving a PS5 crash tied to the in-game map, while also addressing quest progression bugs and adding fast-travel … Read more

Lead: On March 23, 2026, Iran warned it would strike electrical plants across the Middle East and mine Persian Gulf waters if the United States follows through on threats to bomb Iranian power stations, while Israel said it launched a wide-scale set of strikes on infrastructure in Tehran. The warnings put desalination-linked water supplies and … Read more

Lead Last week, combined U.S. and Israeli strikes reportedly struck multiple Iranian sites, killing a Basij militia commander and damaging military infrastructure across several cities. Iranian and regional outlets identified the slain commander as Ebrahim Mortazavi-Nasb of the IRGC Basij in Shiraz. State and semi-official Iranian agencies reported a separate strike on a radio transmitter … Read more

Lead: On March 23, 2026, at about 23:40 local time, an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation struck a Port Authority firefighting vehicle on Runway 4 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing at least two people and injuring others. The collision forced an immediate airport closure and the diversion or return of incoming … Read more

In the early hours of Monday, several volunteer ambulances operated by Hatzola Northwest were deliberately set on fire outside the Machzikei Hadath synagogue in Golders Green, north London, in an attack police are treating as antisemitic. Security footage timestamped 1:36 a.m. shows three masked individuals approach and ignite a vehicle; firefighters responded to large flames … Read more