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Nvidia
Nvidia is restarting production of China AI chip variant, says CEO
The company had reportedly halted the manufacturing of its H200 chip last year because of increasing regulatory hurdles in the US and China.
18 Mar 2026 - 6:31AM
Ukraine war
Zelensky, Starmer urge support for Ukraine as Iran conflict steals focus
18 Mar 2026 - 5:43AM
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Crime
US House panel subpoenas Pam Bondi in Epstein probe
18 Mar 2026 - 3:52AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Top US counterterrorism official quits, says Trump was ‘deceived’ into Iran war
Joseph Kent quits NCTC in protest, alleging ‘no imminent threat’ existed and citing pressure from Israel and lobbyists as the true catalyst for conflict.
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Joseph Kent, who has resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Centre. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump
Bill, George, Barack or Joe: which ex-president gave Trump backing for Iran war?
Trump said his presidential pal told him, ‘I wish I did it.’ But all four living ex-presidents said they had not been in touch.
17 Mar 2026 - 10:15PM
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US-China relations
With Trump’s China trip in limbo, further trade talks loom: analysts
As the US president cites the Iran war for his delay and Paris talks see only minor progress, experts said more negotiations were likely.
17 Mar 2026 - 9:00PM
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United States
US ‘grief author’ convicted of murdering husband with lethal fentanyl dose
Prosecutors say Kouri Richins poisoned her husband for a US$4 million estate before self-publishing a children’s book on coping with loss.
17 Mar 2026 - 12:36PM
Kouri Richins was convicted of poisoning her husband. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean
Trump vows to ‘take’ Cuba as island reels from total power blackout
US president says he can do ‘anything I want’ with weakened nation as oil embargo cripples Havana’s power grid.
17 Mar 2026 - 3:46PM
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United States
Trump administration can resume ‘third-country’ deportations, appeal court rules
Attorney General Pam Bondi called the ruling, that deports undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own, a ‘key win’.
17 Mar 2026 - 3:45AM
United States
Trump administration urges judge to revisit ruling blocking Powell subpoenas
A federal judge had ruled on Friday that a DOJ investigation into Powell was intended to pressure the Fed chairman to lower interest rates.
17 Mar 2026 - 3:13AM
Ukraine war
Oscar-winner Penn skips Academy Awards ceremony to visit Zelensky in Kyiv
The ‘One Battle After Another’ star skips ceremony for his third Oscar win to meet President Zelensky and potentially visit the front lines.
17 Mar 2026 - 9:56AM
American actor Sean Penn walks down a street in Kyiv on Monday. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump
BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit
Documentary was ‘never aired in Florida – or the US’, the British broadcaster said, adding it was challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
17 Mar 2026 - 1:12PM
US-China trade war
China and the US end trade talks in Paris as doubts form over Trump visit
The two sides held deep, frank and constructive consultations, China’s top international negotiator says.
16 Mar 2026 - 10:39PM
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United States
Afghan asylum seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, who had worked with the US military in Afghanistan, died in Texas after his arrest on Friday, AfghanEvac said.
16 Mar 2026 - 4:27AM
Gun violence in the US
Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander: Israeli military
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon on March 5 along with 3 other relatives of Detroit attacker Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, the IDF said.
16 Mar 2026 - 1:12AM
The front entrance of the Temple Israel synagogue outside Detroit, Michigan. Photo: Getty Images / AFP
US, Israel war on Iran
IEA says oil from emergency stocks to flow in Asia and Oceania immediately
The International Energy Agency also said barrels for Europe and the Americas will only be available from the end of March.
16 Mar 2026 - 12:19AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
US energy chief signals Iran war could continue for several more weeks
Meanwhile, Iran’s FM said his nation was not interested in talks with the US ‘because we were talking when they decided to attack us’.
15 Mar 2026 - 11:50PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
‘Cease fire’! Pope Leo escalates call for Middle East war to end
The pope did not cite the US or Israel by name but did mention the strike on a school in Iran that killed over 165 people.
15 Mar 2026 - 10:40PM
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Pope Leo leads prayers from a window at the Vatican on Sunday. Photo: Handout via Reuters
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Over 800,000 Lebanese – 1 in 7 people – displaced by war in 10 days
It is little more than a year since the last conflict uprooted over a million Lebanese from their homes, although that process took months.
15 Mar 2026 - 10:05PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issue death threat for Israeli PM Netanyahu
Before the threat, US President Donald Trump said Tehran wanted ‘to make a deal, I don’t want to because the terms aren’t good enough yet’.
15 Mar 2026 - 7:39PM
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To help Middle East nations fight drones, Ukraine wants cash and tech
This is about protection and a full assessment of how to counter Shahed drones, says Zelensky, after Kyiv dispatched dozens of experts.
15 Mar 2026 - 5:34PM
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Turkey says Iran feels ‘betrayed’ by US attacks during nuclear talks
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Tehran still ‘open to any sensible backchannel diplomacy’, vows to keep Ankara out of the war.
15 Mar 2026 - 11:15AM
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Iranian Red Crescent aid workers and firefighters work at a residential site damaged by strikes in Tehran’s Javadiyeh district on Saturday. Photo: Iranian Red Crescent Society via Reuters
United States
Trump travel ban bars Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees from Oscars
Malhees stars in ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’, which has been nominated for best international feature film.
14 Mar 2026 - 1:34PM
United States
Meta plans to cut up to 20% of staff to fund AI infrastructure
If Meta settles on the 20 per cent figure, the lay-offs will be its biggest since 21,000 were made redundant in its ‘year of efficiency’.
14 Mar 2026 - 9:50AM
North Korea
Trump tells South Korea he is only leader who can break North Korean deadlock
Trump was interested to know if North Korea’s Kim Jong-un would be open to meeting him, South Korean prime minister said.
14 Mar 2026 - 9:47AM
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