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🇵🇦 Fuel tankers exploded near the crucial Panama Canal bridge, leading to it being temporarily closed.
Multiple people are injured. One individual is missing, meaning that he probably burnt to the extent it is hard to locate remains.
Multiple people are injured. One individual is missing, meaning that he probably burnt to the extent it is hard to locate remains.
🇺🇸 The Michigan Wolverines won this year's NCAA Division I basketball title defeating Connecticut 69:63 in the final game.
Michigan have demonstrated extremely dominant play against all the major favorites, consecutively defeating each of them in play-offs.
The win ends the 26-year title drought for one of the strongest United States college basketball conferences, The Big Ten.
Michigan have demonstrated extremely dominant play against all the major favorites, consecutively defeating each of them in play-offs.
The win ends the 26-year title drought for one of the strongest United States college basketball conferences, The Big Ten.
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🇹🇷 Skilled Turkish cop armed with a gun demonstrates peak professionalism, proceeds to shoot leg of an ISIS militant, who tried to kill him using an assault rifle. Then eliminates the target.
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🇬🇧 The UK's Department for Work and Pensions has paid out £850million in benefits to deceased individuals since 2021.
The payments stem from approximately 2.6 million separate errors, involving a combination of mental health support, unemployment benefits and the state pension.
Fewer than half of the overpayments have been recovered, raising concerns about the department’s ability to safeguard public funds.
The payments stem from approximately 2.6 million separate errors, involving a combination of mental health support, unemployment benefits and the state pension.
Fewer than half of the overpayments have been recovered, raising concerns about the department’s ability to safeguard public funds.
🇪🇬 Italian energy giant ENI and Egypt have announced a significant natural gas discovery in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Preliminary estimates point to around 2 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Temsah field off Egypt's Mediterranean coast. ENI operates it with a 50% working interest alongside BP, which holds the remaining 50%, through their joint venture Petrobel.
The timing could hardly be more pressing. Egypt's natural gas supplies from Qatar and Israel have been severely disrupted since the Iran war escalated, forcing Cairo to introduce a raft of energy-saving measures - among them a business curfew, higher fuel prices and slower government spending.
Preliminary estimates point to around 2 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Temsah field off Egypt's Mediterranean coast. ENI operates it with a 50% working interest alongside BP, which holds the remaining 50%, through their joint venture Petrobel.
The timing could hardly be more pressing. Egypt's natural gas supplies from Qatar and Israel have been severely disrupted since the Iran war escalated, forcing Cairo to introduce a raft of energy-saving measures - among them a business curfew, higher fuel prices and slower government spending.
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🇬🇧🇨🇻 More than 1,700 Brits have now joined the legal action against travel company Tui after becoming ill while on holiday in the Cape Verde islands. Since 2022, Tui has taken more than one million holidaymakers to Cape Verde.
At least eight Britons have now died after holidays there in recent years. In February, UK health officials warned Britons over travel to the West African archipelago following reports of stomach bugs.
In February, an investigation by the UK Health Security Agency found that since October 2025, there had been 112 reported cases of shigella and 43 of salmonella linked to travel to Cape Verde.
Shigella and salmonella are gastrointestinal infections which can cause diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever.
Lawyers say they have been gathering evidence of issues at some hotels in the country. Footage seen by the BBC and Sky News shows what appears to be undercooked food, buffets surrounded by flies and mould in rooms.
At least eight Britons have now died after holidays there in recent years. In February, UK health officials warned Britons over travel to the West African archipelago following reports of stomach bugs.
In February, an investigation by the UK Health Security Agency found that since October 2025, there had been 112 reported cases of shigella and 43 of salmonella linked to travel to Cape Verde.
Shigella and salmonella are gastrointestinal infections which can cause diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever.
Lawyers say they have been gathering evidence of issues at some hotels in the country. Footage seen by the BBC and Sky News shows what appears to be undercooked food, buffets surrounded by flies and mould in rooms.
🇺🇸 A classified CIA technology called “Ghost Murmur” has come into focus after it was reportedly used to locate and rescue a downed US airman in Iran, according to the New York Post.
The system is designed to detect the faint electromagnetic signals generated by a human heartbeat, even across long distances.
It combines quantum magnetometry with artificial intelligence to isolate a person’s unique biological signal from environmental noise, making it possible to identify an individual in remote and hostile terrain.
The tool includes sensors built using microscopic defects in synthetic diamonds. These sensors can pick up extremely weak electromagnetic fields, such as those produced by the human heart.
US President Donald Trump later said the pilot was detected from “40 miles away,” while CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that the agency had verified the airman’s survival before the rescue operation began.
The system is designed to detect the faint electromagnetic signals generated by a human heartbeat, even across long distances.
It combines quantum magnetometry with artificial intelligence to isolate a person’s unique biological signal from environmental noise, making it possible to identify an individual in remote and hostile terrain.
The tool includes sensors built using microscopic defects in synthetic diamonds. These sensors can pick up extremely weak electromagnetic fields, such as those produced by the human heart.
US President Donald Trump later said the pilot was detected from “40 miles away,” while CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that the agency had verified the airman’s survival before the rescue operation began.
🇺🇸 Republican Clay Fuller is projected to have won Georgia's runoff election to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a once-staunch ally of Donald Trump who resigned earlier this year after breaking with the president.
He is a Trump-endorsed candidate who won against Democrat Shawn Harris, and whose victory keeps the strongly conservative district in Republican hands.
The win shores up the party's razor-thin 217-214 majority in the House of Representatives.
Fuller, a lieutenant colonel in the Georgia Air National Guard, will serve out the rest of Greene's term, which ends next January.
Initially, a special election was held on 10 March where Harris performed marginally better than Fuller, in part because a crowded Republican field split the vote. No single candidate won a majority that night, requiring Tuesday's run off election.
He is a Trump-endorsed candidate who won against Democrat Shawn Harris, and whose victory keeps the strongly conservative district in Republican hands.
The win shores up the party's razor-thin 217-214 majority in the House of Representatives.
Fuller, a lieutenant colonel in the Georgia Air National Guard, will serve out the rest of Greene's term, which ends next January.
Initially, a special election was held on 10 March where Harris performed marginally better than Fuller, in part because a crowded Republican field split the vote. No single candidate won a majority that night, requiring Tuesday's run off election.
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Chevron now imports the equivalent of 250,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude oil per day, on average, says Andy Walz, president of downstream, midstream and chemicals at Chevron.
"We think we can take that up another 50% so call it somewhere around 350,000 to 400,000 barrels a day of just the Chevron share of our position in Venezuela."
What Walz means by the US's "position in Venezuela" is that while Chevron is the only US company that has extracting capabilities in the country, others are buying Venezuelan oil from domestic producers.
Chevron is also not the only player when it comes to oil refining in the US. There are 132 refineries in the US that run on a mix of crude oils. And nearly 70% of US refining capacity runs most efficiently with heavier crude.
The US imports very little oil from the Middle East, roughly 8% in 2025. The increase in imports from Venezuela means there is more oil available, which should translate to cheaper gasoline prices for US drivers.
"We think we can take that up another 50% so call it somewhere around 350,000 to 400,000 barrels a day of just the Chevron share of our position in Venezuela."
What Walz means by the US's "position in Venezuela" is that while Chevron is the only US company that has extracting capabilities in the country, others are buying Venezuelan oil from domestic producers.
Chevron is also not the only player when it comes to oil refining in the US. There are 132 refineries in the US that run on a mix of crude oils. And nearly 70% of US refining capacity runs most efficiently with heavier crude.
The US imports very little oil from the Middle East, roughly 8% in 2025. The increase in imports from Venezuela means there is more oil available, which should translate to cheaper gasoline prices for US drivers.
🇬🇧🇺🇸 This summer's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after headliner Kanye West was blocked from coming to the UK.
The government refused permission for West to travel to the UK after backlash to his planned set at the London festival this summer.
In a statement, Wireless Festival said it was cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders. It added that "multiple stakeholders" had been consulted ahead of booking West, "and no concerns were highlighted at the time".
It continued: "Antisemitism in all its forms is abhorrent, and we recognise the real and personal impact these issues have had.
The government announced that the decision to refuse Kanye a permit to enter the United Kingdom was made on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good.
Visitors to the UK need an ETA if they do not need a visa for short stays of up to six months, or do not already have a UK immigration status.
The government refused permission for West to travel to the UK after backlash to his planned set at the London festival this summer.
In a statement, Wireless Festival said it was cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders. It added that "multiple stakeholders" had been consulted ahead of booking West, "and no concerns were highlighted at the time".
It continued: "Antisemitism in all its forms is abhorrent, and we recognise the real and personal impact these issues have had.
The government announced that the decision to refuse Kanye a permit to enter the United Kingdom was made on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good.
Visitors to the UK need an ETA if they do not need a visa for short stays of up to six months, or do not already have a UK immigration status.
🇧🇷🇨🇳 Brazil has added the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD to its official list of companies accused of subjecting workers to conditions akin to slavery, following a 2024 scandal involving 163 laborers.
According to reports, the workers had been brought to Brazil to assist in the construction of a BYD factory.
Investigations later found that they were living in poor conditions, including overcrowded housing, a lack of mattresses and limited access to basic amenities.
Brazil’s Ministry of Labor said that inclusion on the list could affect BYD’s access to certain bank loans, though it would not prevent the company from continuing its operations in the country.
BYD said it had not been aware of any violations at the time. The contractor involved denied the allegations.
According to reports, the workers had been brought to Brazil to assist in the construction of a BYD factory.
Investigations later found that they were living in poor conditions, including overcrowded housing, a lack of mattresses and limited access to basic amenities.
Brazil’s Ministry of Labor said that inclusion on the list could affect BYD’s access to certain bank loans, though it would not prevent the company from continuing its operations in the country.
BYD said it had not been aware of any violations at the time. The contractor involved denied the allegations.
🇺🇸 Tech billionaire Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman dismissed from their roles at the artificial intelligence company as part of a lawsuit set to go to trial later this month.
Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, alleging that the artificial intelligence venture he helped found nearly a decade ago had manipulated and misled him into donating $38 million on the understanding that it would remain a nonprofit organization. While it did not.
His side argued that removing a charity’s officers and directors is a common remedy when those individuals fail to protect or carry out the charity’s public mission.
The filing also said Musk is asking the court to require OpenAI to return to operating as a genuine nonprofit. OpenAI completed a restructuring in October and is now run as a nonprofit holding a 26% stake in its for-profit arm, which includes ChatGPT.
Musk, Altman and others co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit AI lab.
Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, alleging that the artificial intelligence venture he helped found nearly a decade ago had manipulated and misled him into donating $38 million on the understanding that it would remain a nonprofit organization. While it did not.
His side argued that removing a charity’s officers and directors is a common remedy when those individuals fail to protect or carry out the charity’s public mission.
The filing also said Musk is asking the court to require OpenAI to return to operating as a genuine nonprofit. OpenAI completed a restructuring in October and is now run as a nonprofit holding a 26% stake in its for-profit arm, which includes ChatGPT.
Musk, Altman and others co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit AI lab.
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🇨🇳🇹🇼 Leader of the main Taiwanese opposition party, Kuomintang, went to China to meet Xi Jinping.
While Cheng Li-wun calls this 'a visit in the name of peace' and her party has long been associated with the pro-Chinese sentiment in the country, many accuse the opposition leader of playing dirty and breaking the law by trying to conspire with foreign governments without a mandate from that of Taiwan.
While Cheng Li-wun calls this 'a visit in the name of peace' and her party has long been associated with the pro-Chinese sentiment in the country, many accuse the opposition leader of playing dirty and breaking the law by trying to conspire with foreign governments without a mandate from that of Taiwan.
🇮🇹 Italy has formally allowed workers to take sick leave to care for an ill pet, recognizing animal care as a legitimate basis for absence from work.
Under the policy, employees may receive up to three days of paid leave per year, provided they submit a veterinarian’s certificate and the animal is properly registered.
The measure builds on a 2017 ruling by a court in Rome, which sided with a woman who had taken time off to care for her sick dog. The court found that denying assistance to an animal could constitute a violation of the law.
The new policy effectively codifies that precedent, with the state acknowledging that pet ownership entails responsibility - and that caring for an animal can justify medical leave.
Under the policy, employees may receive up to three days of paid leave per year, provided they submit a veterinarian’s certificate and the animal is properly registered.
The measure builds on a 2017 ruling by a court in Rome, which sided with a woman who had taken time off to care for her sick dog. The court found that denying assistance to an animal could constitute a violation of the law.
The new policy effectively codifies that precedent, with the state acknowledging that pet ownership entails responsibility - and that caring for an animal can justify medical leave.
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🇷🇴 A Romanian news channel that repeatedly questioned the cancellation of last year’s presidential election has had its broadcasting licence revoked.
The national media regulator pulled the plug on Realitatea Plus yesterday after the TV channel failed to pay 28 fines issued in 2024, totalling 605,000 lei (approximately €122,000).
The channel's parent company, had settled more recent penalties but not the older ones, triggering automatic revocation under the audiovisual law.
Realitatea had positioned itself as a staunchly sovereignist outlet, critical of Romania’s political establishment and vocal in its support for independent anti-EU candidate from the past presidential election Calin Georgescu.
While being privately owned, the channel was paid substantial amounts by the leading opposition party for electoral advertising and promotion.
The channel’s flagship programmes openly referred to Georgescu as “the elected President” even after the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the 2024 vote.
The national media regulator pulled the plug on Realitatea Plus yesterday after the TV channel failed to pay 28 fines issued in 2024, totalling 605,000 lei (approximately €122,000).
The channel's parent company, had settled more recent penalties but not the older ones, triggering automatic revocation under the audiovisual law.
Realitatea had positioned itself as a staunchly sovereignist outlet, critical of Romania’s political establishment and vocal in its support for independent anti-EU candidate from the past presidential election Calin Georgescu.
While being privately owned, the channel was paid substantial amounts by the leading opposition party for electoral advertising and promotion.
The channel’s flagship programmes openly referred to Georgescu as “the elected President” even after the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the 2024 vote.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iranian government's accounts worldwide haven't stopped their mockery of President Trump even after the so-called ceasefire agreement between their country and the United States emerged, as this post by the Iranian consulate in Iraq demonstrates.
Meming and shitposting about Trump and the US became a common theme for accounts owned by different government institutions of Iran. Despite his statements about the ceasefire paving way to 'the golden age' for the Middle East and Iran, these Iranian government-affiliated accounts have not changed the tune while talking about the American leader and commenting on Trump's self-proclaimed successes and threats that he made.
Meming and shitposting about Trump and the US became a common theme for accounts owned by different government institutions of Iran. Despite his statements about the ceasefire paving way to 'the golden age' for the Middle East and Iran, these Iranian government-affiliated accounts have not changed the tune while talking about the American leader and commenting on Trump's self-proclaimed successes and threats that he made.
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🇨🇳 A hacker has reportedly breached a Chinese government supercomputer and stolen a massive trove of sensitive data, including defence and military research.
The stolen dataset, said to be over 10 petabytes, is now being offered for sale online. For reference, a high-end laptop typically stores about one terabyte.
According to a CNN report, the stolen data allegedly includes classified defence documents, missile schematics, and even research linked to fighter jets and advanced war simulations.
The breach is reportedly believed to have taken place at the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin, a key facility that supports more than 6,000 organisations across the country. These include major players in advanced science, aerospace, and defence research. Essentially, the facility acts as a backbone for some of China’s most sensitive and high-end computational work.
The stolen dataset, said to be over 10 petabytes, is now being offered for sale online. For reference, a high-end laptop typically stores about one terabyte.
According to a CNN report, the stolen data allegedly includes classified defence documents, missile schematics, and even research linked to fighter jets and advanced war simulations.
The breach is reportedly believed to have taken place at the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin, a key facility that supports more than 6,000 organisations across the country. These include major players in advanced science, aerospace, and defence research. Essentially, the facility acts as a backbone for some of China’s most sensitive and high-end computational work.
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🇹🇷🏳️🌈 Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBTQ+ rights group went on trial on charges of "obscenity" and "violating the protection of the family," according to their lawyers.
The defendants, leaders of the Genc LGBTI+ association (Young LGBTI+ in Turkish), are accused of breaching an article of the Turkish constitution on protecting family values, as well as publishing images on social media showing same-sex couples kissing, deemed "obscene" by authorities.
They face up to three years in jail and having their civil rights suspended if found guilty by the court in the city of Izmir.
Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, but the LGBTQ+ community is frequently targeted by President Erdogan and his ruling AK Party, who have blamed it for Turkey’s declining birth rate.
A amendment of Turkey's penal code that proposed prosecuting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people for behaviour deemed "contrary to biological sex and general morality" and promoting such behaviour in Turkey was withdrawn last November.
The defendants, leaders of the Genc LGBTI+ association (Young LGBTI+ in Turkish), are accused of breaching an article of the Turkish constitution on protecting family values, as well as publishing images on social media showing same-sex couples kissing, deemed "obscene" by authorities.
They face up to three years in jail and having their civil rights suspended if found guilty by the court in the city of Izmir.
Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, but the LGBTQ+ community is frequently targeted by President Erdogan and his ruling AK Party, who have blamed it for Turkey’s declining birth rate.
A amendment of Turkey's penal code that proposed prosecuting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people for behaviour deemed "contrary to biological sex and general morality" and promoting such behaviour in Turkey was withdrawn last November.
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🇬🇧🇷🇺 Prime-minister Starmer's threat to seize sanctioned Russian tankers has been directly defied by Vladimir Putin after Moscow sent a warship to escort two vessels through the English Channel. Admiral Grigorovich, a Black Sea fleet frigate, accompanied sanctioned ships in the British waters.
A British naval vessel trailed the boats, with The Telegraph witnessing the Russian flotilla sailing past RFA Tideforce. However, the Royal Navy did absolutely nothing to prevent the Russian ships from going through the Channel.
The incident came just weeks after Starmer granted special forces the authority to capture two sanctioned Russian vessels. Britain is still yet to seize a single Russian vessel.
A British naval vessel trailed the boats, with The Telegraph witnessing the Russian flotilla sailing past RFA Tideforce. However, the Royal Navy did absolutely nothing to prevent the Russian ships from going through the Channel.
The incident came just weeks after Starmer granted special forces the authority to capture two sanctioned Russian vessels. Britain is still yet to seize a single Russian vessel.
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🇺🇸 Stormy Daniels’ disgraced ex-lawyer and Democratic anti-Trump superstar Michael Avenatti released from prison and moved to halfway house.
Avenatti is best known for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her failed 2018 defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Once a media darling with presidential ambitions, he was later convicted in multiple fraud cases and sentenced to years in federal prison.
In 2022, Avenatti was convicted and sentenced to 48 months in prison for stealing close to $300,000 in proceeds from Daniels. At the time of his sentencing, Avenatti was already serving a 30-month sentence for threatening to extort $25 million from Nike. Avenatti was also sentenced in December 2022 to 14 years in prison for stealing from four of his clients. One of those clients was a paraplegic.
Judge James Selna stated that Avenatti must pay $6 million in restitution to his victims. Following his release from federal custody in 2028, Avenatti will be under supervised release for three years.
Avenatti is best known for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her failed 2018 defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Once a media darling with presidential ambitions, he was later convicted in multiple fraud cases and sentenced to years in federal prison.
In 2022, Avenatti was convicted and sentenced to 48 months in prison for stealing close to $300,000 in proceeds from Daniels. At the time of his sentencing, Avenatti was already serving a 30-month sentence for threatening to extort $25 million from Nike. Avenatti was also sentenced in December 2022 to 14 years in prison for stealing from four of his clients. One of those clients was a paraplegic.
Judge James Selna stated that Avenatti must pay $6 million in restitution to his victims. Following his release from federal custody in 2028, Avenatti will be under supervised release for three years.