Oil prices ease and Asian shares are mixed as energy supply worries over Iran war remain

HONG KONG — Asian shares were mixed on Friday following Wall Street losses, and oil prices pared earlier gains on the intensifying Iran war, falling back to around $107 a…

Teenagers sue Musk’s xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three teenagers in Tennessee sued Elon Musk’s xAI this week, claiming the company’s image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images.…

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, defending his company, takes star role at antitrust trial

NEW YORK — Live Nation Entertainment’s longtime chief executive was the star witness at a New York antitrust trial Thursday, defending the dominant position his company has taken over the…

Average US long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.22%, highest level in more than 3 months

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than three months, a setback for prospective home shoppers this spring homebuying season ByALEX VEIGA…

Death toll surpasses 1,000 in Lebanon as Israeli bombardment continues

More than 1,000 people have been killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Lebanon this month, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say Israel’s bombardment…

Michael Bambang Hartono, tobacco tycoon and Indonesia’s richest man, dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country’s largest business empires, died Thursday. He was 86. Hartono…

Hegseth insists US is meeting Iran war objectives

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted Washington is meeting its objectives against Iran despite escalating attacks on Gulf energy facilities. Iran struck Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas facility and energy sites…

Hegseth says no ‘timeframe’ for war on Iran as Pentagon asks for $200bn

The Pentagon is seeking an additional $200bn from Congress to fund the United States-Israel war with Iran, a conflict Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns has no “timeframe” for ending. Asked…

“It’s time to end the war.” UN’s Guterres urges US, Israel to cease attacks

NewsFeed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the US and Israel of “potential tragic consequences” if they don’t end the war on Iran. He shared a second message for Iran, cautioning…

Child among survivors pulled from rubble of US-Israeli attack in Iran

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