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Russia's President Vladimir Putin
Higher oil prices typically boost President Vladimir Putin's budget, which helps finance Russia's war in Ukraine.
  • Middle East conflict sends oil higher amid fears over Strait of Hormuz supply risks.
  • Sanctions, discounts, and a strong ruble blunt the boost to Russia's oil revenue.
  • An analyst warns Moscow's budget strain will persist without sustained higher prices

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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern neighborhood on March 5, 2026.
US embassies in the Middle East are changing their language on helping Americans evacuate from the region.
  • US embassies in the Middle East are telling US citizens that they will help them evacuate.
  • The State Department said charter flights for US citizens will be made available across the region.
  • Commercial air travel in the region remains disrupted due to the

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Jensen Huang says a $100 billion OpenAI investment is "probably not in the cards," citing the AI startup's move toward an IPO.
  • A $100 billion investment in OpenAI is unlikely, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
  • "They're going to go public towards the end of the year," Huang said at a conference.
  • "We finalized our agreement. We're going to invest $30 billion in OpenAl,"

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US identifies four troops killed in Iran conflict
US identifies four troops killed in Iran conflict
  • The Defense Department has released the names of 6 service members killed in the Iran conflict.
  • All six were serving in the US Army Reserve under the 103rd Sustainment Command in Iowa.
  • President Donald Trump has said that there may be more losses as the war continues.

The names of four US Army Reserve soldiers who were killed


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John Abbamondi had orders to let the CEO of Ticketmaster down easy.

In April 2021, Abbamondi was the CEO of BSE Global, the company that ran Brooklyn arena the Barclays Center. BSE Global's existing Ticketmaster contract would expire at the end of September, and Abbamondi and his team had evaluated proposals from SeatGeek, AXS, and Ticketmaster. The economics of Ticketmaster offer


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A federal trade judge said he will be overseeing cases on refunds for US importers that paid Trump-era tariffs.
  • A Supreme Court ruling recently struck down President Donald Trump's IEEPA tariffs.
  • A federal judge on Wednesday said companies are entitled to benefit from that ruling.
  • US Customs must recalculate duties on imports, disregarding Trump's IEEPA tariffs, per court

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A screenshot of the Call of Duty footage in the White House’s video.

On Wednesday, the White House posted a video of actual military strikes on Iran in the style usually seen in Call of Duty highlight videos, and started the video with a clip from Call of Duty. The real-life footage of missiles and other munitions hitting targets in Iran shows clips seen in other Trump administration


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Trump summoned tech leaders to the White House on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to sign pledges committing their companies to foot the electricity bill for energy-hungry data centers.  | Photo: Getty Images
Trump summoned tech leaders to the White House on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to sign pledges committing their companies to foot the electricity bill for energy-hungry data centers.  | Photo: Getty Images

Leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, and xAI met with President Donald Trump today to sign a "rate payer protection pledge." It's one way they're responding to


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Hana Nguyen converted part of her parents' family home in Da Nang, Vietnam, into a coworking space.
  • When Hana Nguyen moved to Da Nang from a neighboring province, she'd never heard of coworking.
  • She persuaded a hotel owner to let her test the concept in extra space on an unused floor.
  • Frustrated that she was building someone else's business, she persuaded her parents to let her start

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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought two of the world's most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: "crooked," "deceitful," "insanely sneaky," calling Android a "fake open platform," calling both companies "gangster-style businesses that will do anything


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