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Airline projected a $2bn increase in fuel costs this quarter amid volatility in oil markets sparked by the war The CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, braced customers for higher fares following the surge in oil prices sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran, amid strong demand from passengers. Though rising oil prices have … Read more

Lawyers for Robert Morales’s family said chatbot ‘may have advised the shooter’ on how to carry out shooting The family of a man who was killed at Florida State University last year plans to sue ChatGPT and its parent organization, OpenAI, for allegedly telling the accused gunman how to carry out the mass shooting. Lawyers … Read more

Iran must negotiate in ‘good faith’ during the two-week ceasefire, said the US vice-president, JD Vance, as he called it a ‘fragile truce’. The US and Iran agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire on Tuesday evening, which includes a temporary reopening of the strait of Hormuz, after a last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan, cancelling … Read more

War Secretary Pete Hegseth declared a “decisive military victory” in Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week truce. Hegseth made the comments during a press conference at the Pentagon, telling reporters that the War Department had succeeded in decimating Iran’s military capabilities. “This morning, a big day for world peace. Iran … Read more

American journalist Shelly Kittleson who was kidnapped from a Badhdad street corner last week has now been released. The Iran-backed militia responsible said in a statement that it decided to free Kittleson on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the release saying they are relieved she is free.

Marist poll shows that 48% of city residents approve of Mamdani’s performance while 55% view him favorably Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox As New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, approaches his first 100 days in office, a new survey shows that roughly half of city … Read more

President Donald Trump will meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday at the White House, just as transatlantic relations within the alliance have frayed during U.S. operations in Iran.  Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the U.S. from NATO and slammed European nations for blocking base access and providing limited help to the Iran offensive … Read more

A highly alarming New Yorker feature on the machinations of Sam Altman drove me to test his AI for myself. The results were, well, highly alarming A corollary of the truism “don’t sweat the small stuff” is, by implication, “do sweat the big stuff”, but it can be hard to pick which big stuff to … Read more

Atlanta’s Reynaldo López, LA’s Jorge Soler throw punches Benches and bullpens clear in fifth inning The two had played together on the 2024 Braves Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López and Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler were ejected after getting into a brawl Tuesday night. Soler homered off López in the first inning, then … Read more

In an act transcending politics, tens of thousands successfully banded together to make the case against executing Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton in Alabama With all of his appeals exhausted, Charles “Sonny” Burton had already chosen the last meal he would have before being put to death by nitrogen gas at Alabama’s Holman correctional facility: barbecue chicken, … Read more