Trump Agrees to Two-Week Ceasefire with Iran, Contingent on Strait of Hormuz Reopening
Donald Trump has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, suspending attacks on the condition that Tehran fully and immediately reopens the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for global oil shipments. The announcement, made via Truth Social, marks a rare de-escalation in tensions between the two nations after months of heightened conflict. In his […]
Vietnam’s To Lam Clinches Presidency, Holds Rare Dual Power Over Party and State
Vietnam’s National Assembly unanimously elected Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm as state president on Tuesday, granting him a dual mandate that breaks from the country’s tradition of collective leadership and mirrors governance structures in China and neighboring Laos. Lawmakers acted on a Communist Party nomination locked in at an internal meeting in late March. […]
Iran-US Peace Talks Advance via Pakistan as Trump Deadline Looms
Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan has announced a breakthrough in US peace talks mediated by Islamabad, a development that comes just hours before a critical deadline set by President Donald Trump. The claim, shared via social media, marks a potential turning point in the tense standoff between Washington and Tehran. On the military front, the US […]
Anthropic Withholds Powerful Claude Mythos A.I. Over Hacking Fears
Anthropic has unveiled a groundbreaking yet tightly guarded A.I. model, Claude Mythos Preview, which the company claims is too powerful for public release due to its ability to detect and exploit critical software vulnerabilities. Announced on April 7, 2026, this model has already identified thousands of bugs, including a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD, an operating […]
Trump Admits Greenland Is the Real Reason He Soured on NATO
Amid a lengthy White House press conference on Monday, President Donald Trump appeared to inadvertently answer a question no one had asked: why he really turned on NATO. It came as an aside — tucked between complaints about European allies refusing to join the Iran war and a fresh round of boasts about American military […]
Plane Carrying Mithril Exec Shot Down by La Línea Gang in Mexican Border Region
A small plane carrying Mithril Resources (TSXV: MSG) CEO John Skeet and two geologists was reportedly shot down by gunfire shortly after takeoff from the Copalquin mining project in Durango, Mexico, near the border of Chihuahua and Sinaloa. The incident, which occurred in the volatile Guadalupe y Calvo region, marks a stark escalation of security […]
Physical Oil Prices Now Surge Faster Than Futures
Physical crude prices have broken away from futures as the Strait of Hormuz disruption deepens, with European and Asian refiners now paying near-$150 a barrel for some grades while June Brent remains far lower. Reuters reported that at least 12 million barrels per day, or about 12% of global supply, has been shut in from […]
North Korean IT Workers Exposed by Simple Interview Tactic Targeting Kim Jong Un
A viral video circulating online has exposed a striking method to identify North Korean IT workers posing as legitimate candidates for remote jobs at Western companies. The footage captures an interviewer asking a job applicant to insult North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a request that visibly unsettles the candidate before they abruptly exit the […]
Trump Warns of ‘Civilization’s End’ as Iran Deadline Looms Over Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Iran to a boiling point, warning in a social media post that ‘a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again’ if Iran fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his 8 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday. The ultimatum comes as the U.S. and […]
Panama Grants Approval for First Quantum to Process Stockpiled Ore at Cobre Panama Mine
Panama has officially approved the processing of stockpiled ore at First Quantum’s (TSX: FM) shuttered Cobre Panama copper mine, a significant step toward managing the idled operation. Commerce and Industries Minister Julio Moltó confirmed the resolution, expected by April 16, allows the company to extract and export roughly 38 million tonnes of material already mined […]