Fire engulfs a car at a site following Iranian missile barrages in central Israel, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum |
- Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said. The missiles triggered air raid sirens in Israel, including Tel Aviv.
- Trump has postponed strikes on Iranian energy targets, saying that his top aides have reached some consensus in talks with Iran. But Tehran called claims of negotiations 'fake news.' Humeyra Pamuk discusses the contradicting versions on the Reuters World News podcast.
- Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Read our exclusive.
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- Due to California's quirky electoral system and a crowded field of candidates, Democrats are suddenly facing an unlikely but unpleasant possibility: getting locked out of the general election this fall to succeed Governor Gavin Newsom, who is not permitted to run for a third term.
- The US Senate confirmed Trump's nominee for Homeland Security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to replace outgoing Kristi Noem, heralding a shift in leadership as public support for Trump's immigration crackdown has fallen.
- Investigators probing the deadly collision of an Air Canada Express jet with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia airport said they wanted to interview an air traffic controller who was juggling another emergency in the run-up to the crash.
- A Colombian military plane crashed in a takeoff disaster, killing 66 people as rescuers shuttled dozens of survivors to nearby hospitals and searched for four who were still missing, according to a top official.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most hostile state, as he set out policy priorities in a speech to parliament, state media KCNA reported.
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- German plans for a $11.6 billion military satellite network independent of a parallel European programme are raising red flags among some EU lawmakers over potential duplication, fragmentation of efforts and cost.
- Amazon said its Amazon Web Services unit in Bahrain has been "disrupted" amid the current conflict in the Middle East, marking the second time in a month that its operations have been affected by the war.
- Estee Lauder is in talks regarding a potential business combination with Spanish beauty group Puig, in a deal that would bring some of the world's biggest beauty and fragrance brands such as Tom Ford, Carolina Herrera, Rabanne and Clinique under one roof. The deal would create a $40 billion luxury beauty group.
- India's Reliance Industries, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, has purchased 5 million barrels of Iranian crude, days after the US temporarily removed sanctions on the oil, three sources familiar with the matter said.
- Australia and the European Union signed a trade deal that was eight years in the making, removing tariffs for almost all European goods and for nearly all exports of Australian critical minerals.
- OpenAI has 900 million users and an $840 billion valuation, yet its financial future is unsure. On this episode of The Big View podcast, Peter Thal Larsen and tech analyst Benedict Evans discuss why scale does not guarantee profit.
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Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans. Some of the surveying is for mineral deposits and fishing grounds, but the data the ships collect has a military application. It gives Beijing a detailed picture of the maritime environment in which submarine battles will be waged if conflict erupts, naval experts say. |
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A foreign tourist tries to touch the early-flowering cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Issei Kato |
Global inflation is taking a bite out of Japan's iconic "hanami" cherry blossom picnics, with an index tracking food and drink costs up 25% since 2020, private think tank Dai-ichi Life Research Institute said. Around late March to early April of each year, the Japanese fill parks and riverbanks with blue tarps, lunch boxes, snacks and drinks to picnic under blooming cherry trees with family and friends. |
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