‘We’re sinking deeper’: Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears
Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.
Live Updates: Trump’s threat to blow “everything up” if Iran won’t make a deal hangs over new ceasefire bid – CBS News
- Live Updates: Trump's threat to blow "everything up" if Iran won't make a deal hangs over new ceasefire bid CBS News
- Trump Says He’s Calling Iran’s Bluff in Eight-Minute Interview With WSJ WSJ
- 'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears BBC
- Trump can’t make his mind up about the Strait of Hormuz. It’s more important than he lets on cnn.com
- Trump Moves Deadline for Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz The New York Times
Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say
Conservationists say move could push species closer to extinction and clearer environmental rules are needed instead
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Conservationists and scientists have warned a mining lobby proposal to use artificial intelligence to speed up national environmental approvals could generate “robodebt-style” failures, putting threatened species at further risk.
The Minerals Council of Australia has asked the government to spend $13m to trial the use of AI to help companies prepare applications and help the federal government make decisions.
Continue reading...Where are Iran’s power plants that Trump has threatened to destroy?
US President Trump threatens to destroy power plants, bridges by 8pm Tuesday if Iran doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Facility, Defense Minister Says – WSJ
- Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Facility, Defense Minister Says WSJ
- The Next Target for the U.S. and Israel Is Iran’s Economy WSJ
- The South Pars natural gas complex is an energy lifeline for Iran AP News
- Israel hits Iran’s South Pars petrochemical plant as mediators float new ceasefire proposal MS NOW
- Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Complex The New York Times
Israel kills Islamic Guards intel chief, bombs largest Iranian petrochemical plant – The Times of Israel
- Israel kills Islamic Guards intel chief, bombs largest Iranian petrochemical plant The Times of Israel
- The Latest Blows to Iran’s Leadership The New York Times
- Asghar Bagheri and Majid Khademi killed: US-Israeli strikes kill intelligence chief of Iran Revolutionary Guard, Major General Majid Khademi BBC
- IDF assassinated IRGC Intelligence chief Majid Khademi The Jerusalem Post
- Israel Kills Revolutionary Guard Spy Chief in Tehran Strike WSJ
New Revelations Reignite Crypto Scandal Involving Argentina’s President Milei – The New York Times
Ukraine strikes Russian Black Sea energy hub Novorossiysk
Ukraine increases attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure in bid to disrupt financing of its war.
In maps and photos: Five Iranian civilian bridges at risk of US strikes
A look at the multimillion-dollar mega structures that could be threatened by Trump's 'Bridge Day' ultimatum.
Ukraine missile maker targets ‘game changer’ air defense system by 2027 – Defense News
- Ukraine missile maker targets ‘game changer’ air defense system by 2027 Defense News
- A billion-dollar mirage: Do Ukraines new missiles match the hype irishsun.com
- Fire Point says it will start testing longer-range FP-9 ballistic missile capable of reaching Moscow marketscreener.com
- Ukraine Enters Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Race With New FP-9 Variant UNITED24 Media
- Ukrainian Company Develops Advanced Air Defense Technologies to Counter Aerial Threats صوت الإمارات
Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure – apnews.com
- Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure apnews.com
- Ukraine outshoots Russia in cross-border drone war for 1st time, March data suggests ABC News
- Russian attacks kill 4 people overnight as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure PBS
- Russian drones kill mother, 2-year-old daughter in Ukraine's Odesa Reuters
- Ukraine: 3 killed in Odesa, Kyiv targets Russian oil exports DW.com
DR Congo agrees to take deportees from the US
The country will start receiving deportees from this month but has not said how many they will accept.
DR Congo agrees to take deportees from the US
The country will start receiving deportees from this month but has not said how many they will accept.
North Korea says South Korea’s Lee is ‘wise’ for expressing regret about drones – Yahoo
- North Korea says South Korea's Lee is 'wise' for expressing regret about drones Yahoo
- North Korea welcomes Seoul regret over drones as 'wise' DW.com
- North Korea welcome's Seoul's expression of regret over drone incursion Reuters
- ‘Broad-minded man's attitude’: North Korea calls South Korean President Lee’s regret over drone incursions ‘wise’ in rare conciliatory response timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- ‘Irresponsible and reckless’: South Korea’s Lee regrets drones sent to North South China Morning Post
‘Smell’ of war comes to St Petersburg as Ukraine hammers Russian refineries – Al Jazeera
- ‘Smell’ of war comes to St Petersburg as Ukraine hammers Russian refineries Al Jazeera
- Russian Baltic port resumes crude loading after attacks, Bloomberg News reports Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 5, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Russia’s Key Black Sea Oil Terminal on Fire, NASA Data Show Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine war briefing: Russian oil facilities burn as Zelenskyy tours Middle East The Guardian
The US could still try to play the ethnic card in Iran
But past experience and current geopolitical realities show such a strategy is doomed to failure.
Jobless young Palestinians trapped as Israel holds Gaza’s economy hostage
With 80 percent unemployed, young Palestinians struggle to survive as Israeli blockade causes economic collapse
‘Smell’ of war comes to St Petersburg as Ukraine hammers Russian refineries
Ukraine aims to drain Russia's war chest with drone strikes on Pokrovsk and Ust-Luga oil facilities on the Baltic Sea.
How US operation to rescue air officer from Iran unfolded
President Trump says US service member whose fighter jet was shot down over Iran is rescued during two raids.
German mayors call for night-time ban on robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs
Leaders say automated mowers’ blades threaten nocturnal animals as studies highlight risks to wildlife
German mayors have called for a nationwide ban on night-time use of robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs and other small nocturnal animals from being killed or maimed in the dark.
Recent studies have highlighted the threat lawnmower blades pose to wildlife active between dusk and dawn, prompting growing calls for regulation. Hedgehogs also tend to curl into a ball when threatened rather than running away, making them harder for a robot mower’s sensors to detect.
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