U.S. President Donald Trump’s appeal to China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe” brought no commitments on Sunday as oil prices soar during the Iran war. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC he has been “in dialogue” with some of the

By Benjamin Mullin, Erik Wemple & Katie Robertson   Washington Post, in late November to send an urgent message: Please do not quit.Murray had known for weeks that Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and owner of The Post, was planning widespread layoffs to stem over $100 million in annual losses. But Murray

Lomb/Shutterstock Thoughts of AI taking over the world have been keeping many people up at night, but few imagined AI would literally keep them awake with its noise. That’s exactly what residents of Southaven, Mississippi, have been going through. The noise is originating from a bunch of methane

Credit: Kremlin.ru It is, of course, too early to make final assessments of which countries won and lost because of Trump’s decision to attack Iran. In the first two weeks, however, the obvious beneficiary of Trump’s war in the Middle East is Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Xi Jinping’s China is the runner-up. Most obviously, Trump’s war

Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on Sunday, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. The delegations, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, convened in the French capital in the

U.S. allies and rivals responded cautiously after President Donald Trump said they should police the Strait of Hormuz, as Iranian threats to strike shipping on the vital trade route continue to cause chaos in global markets. “Many countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War

A viral post claimed Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk would begin a bidding war for the Seattle Seahawks next week. The statement spread widely online but came from a satire account. In reality, the Seahawks sale process only began earlier this year and may continue into the 2026 offseason. No formal bids exist, and Musk

Monica Schipper/Getty We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Though Lauren Sánchez Bezos has had the eyes of the world on her for years, she’s still somewhat of an enigma. The glamorous, dark-haired fashionista has demanded global attention as a TV news anchor turned

The world’s two largest economies are trying to hash out trade issues as US President Donald Trump is expected to visit China this month. Listen to this article | 4 mins info Published On 15 Mar 202615 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Top officials from the

Mar. 15, 2026 at 9:08am Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the conglomerate led by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, has reduced its holdings in Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) by 6.1% during the third quarter, according to a recent SEC filing. Berkshire Hathaway now owns 568,070,012 shares of the financial

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The leaders of five Nordic countries — plus Canada — have gathered in Oslo for a mini-summit to discuss strengthening defence capabilities

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Warren Buffett may have retired at the end of 2025 as Berkshire Hathaway‘s (BRKB 0.38%) CEO (he remains chairman), but the legendary investor built quite a reputation over the decades. After all, he’s grown his net worth into the billions. He’s built this incredible wealth as the ultimate long-term investor, telling people that his favorite

Donald Trump stormed the cold open of “Saturday Night Live” this week as a family attempted to manage rising gas prices on a road trip. The segment in the March 14 episode began with Mikey Day, Ashley Padilla, Marcello Hernández and Sarah Sherman as a family on a road trip looking at the rising gas

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he’s not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran despite the country’s willingness to do so “because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” but declined to say what those terms would be. In a wide-ranging, nearly 30-minute telephone interview with NBC News, the president also

Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub “just for fun”, saying that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the conflict, “the terms aren’t good enough yet”. He said the US strikes had “totally demolished” most of Kharg

The Washington Post lost over 60,000 subscribers following Jeff Bezos’ sweeping layoffs of 44% of the paper’s newsroom in February, The New York Times reported Saturday. The Times additionally detailed “how Bezos upended the Washington Post,” per its headline, including his decision to retain executive editor Matt Murray on staff to see through the layoffs,

(AP Photo/John Locher, File) The sweeping job cuts that Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos supported led to more than 60,000 customers canceling their digital subscriptions last month, according to a report from The New York Times on Saturday. The story — titled “How Jeff Bezos Upended the Washington Post” — looked at how the Amazon