Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has not set a firm deadline for Iran to submit a "unified" peace proposal, the White House said Wednesday, dismissing a report that he has given Iran three to five days to provide its coherent response. White House pres

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while m

The US visa system rolls out the “red carpet” for spies and aids China’s alleged efforts to steal American innovation, senators charged at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, as Washington and Beijing intensify competition for dominance in artificial intelli

Israeli strikes killed five people, including a journalist, and wounded another in Lebanon on Wednesday, despite an ongoing ceasefire that Beirut will request an extension for in upcoming talks with Israel in Washington. Ahead of the talks on Thursday, Israel

The most revealing fact about Hong Kong’s stablecoin launch is not that licences were issued. It is who got them, and who did not. By handing the first approvals to HSBC and the Standard Chartered-led joint venture Anchorpoint Financial, regulators made clear

Bessent pushed back on allegations that Trump family's financial ties with UAE are driving decision to offer swap line.

X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin noted that relations between Russia and the United States "are at a low point"

In a surprise Pentagon shakeup, John C. Phelan is departing the administration effective immediately, the Department of War announced Wednesday, abruptly ending a turbulent tenure defined by ambitious shipbuilding plans, efforts to...

US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan will leave office “immediately,” the Pentagon announced Wednesday, without providing an explanation for the sudden exit. Phelan’s departure follows the removal of top US Army officer general Randy George and two other senio

“To be clear, we were never approached … nor were we in any discussions regarding a partnership or tour access,” a spokesperson for the artist tells WIRED.

Alexander Pankin pointed out that Budapest "doesn't close the doors"

John C. Phelan is leaving the administration, “effective immediately,” the Pentagon has announced US Navy Secretary John C. Phelan has stepped down in an abrupt move announced by the Pentagon without any public explanation or indication that his exit was linke

A top envoy to ⁠US President Donald Trump has asked Fifa to replace Iran with Italy in the coming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The plan is an effort to repair ‌ties between Trump and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the two

Penalties come amid calls for greater oversight; company pledges to proactively police 'insider trading' on platforms.

The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices

Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution that would prohibit President Trump from continuing military operations against Iran. It marked the fifth time that Republican senators voted against a

Few people have heard of Huangyan, a booming industrial district of Taizhou, a city in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Yet without it, many cars would likely be heavier, more expensive and less energy efficient, while everyday household goods would probably

Alexander Pankin emphasized that Russia may also consider other support steps for Cub

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is leading the Democratic primary race for governor of New Mexico, new polling shows. A new Emerson College Polling/KRQE News 13 poll found 4 in 10 primary voters back Haaland, a former Democratic lawmaker who joined the B

Oil producers in the Middle East would typically rejoice at oil prices of $100 per barrel as they would see windfall revenues from their exports. But since the Iran war trapped most oil and gas shipments at the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf economies have lost bi

An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza on Wednesday night killed at least five Palestinians, including three children, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. A WAFA correspondent

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer expressed hopes Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will see "outcomes" from South Korea, Australia and the European Union, as it seeks to ensure that foreign digital regulati

WASHINGTON — The United States administration is expected to move to reclassify marijuana as soon as Wednesday, Axios reported, citing an official familiar with the matter, sending U.S. stocks of cannabis-related companies higher. The decision to reclassify ma

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday a new round of peace talks with Iran is "possible" within the next 36 to 72 hours, a report said, a day after he announced an extension of a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic to allow for diplomatic eff

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while m

More than 50 U.S. Republicans have urged South Korea to halt what they describe as a "targeted assault" on American companies, including Coupang Inc., through discriminatory regulations, calling it an "unacceptable" move that could risk helping Chinese firms g

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sought to quell fears in Senate testimony on Wednesday that American technology was aiding China’s military, but drew scepticism given the US president’s willingness to sell advanced semiconductors. Lutnick asserted before

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a Wednesday letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) strongly opposing the possibility of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner and accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I am writing to ex

It is thanks to Anthropic that we get to have this discussion in the first place. Only they, among the labs, take the problem seriously enough to attempt to address these problems at all. They are also the ones that make the models that matter most. So the peo

Navy Secretary John Phelan is departing the administration after serving in the role for just over a year, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service

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Podcaster Joe Rogan on Tuesday said President Trump “called me a liberal” while at a White House event last week to hasten research on psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine. “The Joe Rogan Experience” guest Luis J. Gomez told Rogan that

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By extending a ceasefire indefinitely with Iran, President Donald Trump appears to be searching for a way out of a costly war, but Tehran may be unwilling to give him a win. Trump has insisted on maintaining a naval blockade, which Iran is demanding must end b

Deputy chairman of the government and presidential envoy to Russia’s Far East Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Saveliyev and Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev will report

Iran Guards say 'seized' two ships attempting to cross Strait of Hormuz; Iran says it has yet to decide whether to join a new round of talks with the U.S.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for fraud, alleging the civil rights group secretly used donor money to pay leaders and members of white supremacist and other extremist groups for inside information, the Justice D

Syria could be the success story the world needs, the Security Council heard today, as UN experts outlined how the international community can support that country’s political and economic transition.

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway after U.S. President Donald Trump called off attacks indefinitely with no sign of peace talks restarting.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking into a close call between two planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the agency said in a statement. According to the FAA statement, Republic Airways flight 4464 halted its landing at JFK on Monday

Apple has named John Ternus, its head of hardware engineering, as its next CEO. At the same moment, Apple is paying Google roughly a billion dollars a year to run the AI brain of Siri, because Apple’s own AI hasn’t been good enough. Apple’s hardware is e

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday apologized for past comments he made about Black children being “re-parented,” while maintaining that he didn’t make those remarks despite there being a recording of

Tesla published its quarterly financials ahead of an investor call this afternoon. The maker of electric vehicles has become an increasingly polarized brand but a valuable one: $1.21 trillion at the time of writing. And we knew from its delivery announcement e

Supply chain disruptions that may take longer to subside pose downside risks to growth and upside risks to inflation, writes MPC chairman

The German airline Lufthansa said it would cut 20,000 flights in the coming months to accommodate rising jet fuel costs amid the ongoing war with Iran. The schedule adjustments will affect “unprofitable short-haul flights” in Europe through the end of October,

Turkish president meets NATO chief as Kyiv asks Ankara to host a leaders' level meeting with Russia.

While most reports of drone sightings have been proven false, some appeared “plausible” even despite lack of any evidence, Theo Francken insists Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken has defended the costly drone scare, which cost some €50 million (some

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Europa o Eurasia? Cosa sceglierà Nikol Pashinyan? E cosa dovrebbero fare le organizzazioni eurasiatiche se optasse per Bruxelles? Segue nostro Telegram . Recentemente, la Russia ha chiarito all’Armenia la necessità di una scelta esistenziale: Unione Economica

Two journalists were injured as a result of the strikes

Kalshi has suspended three political candidates for betting on their own races, the prediction market platform announced Wednesday. Minnesota congressional candidate and state Sen. Matt Klein (D) and former Texas congressional candidate Ezekiel Enriquez (R) bo

According to the newspaper’s assessment, the negative consequences of the armed conflict will continue to affect the global economy through the end of the year

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran had agreed not to execute eight women protesters in a sign of respect for him, while officials in Tehran denied the executions had been planned and accused the U.S. president o

LONDON/NEW DELHI, April 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said on Wednesda

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Donald Trump has not set a firm deadline, Karoline Leavitt said

Saddam Hussein’s favorite movie was reportedly “The Godfather.” A central theme in the story is the attempts of Michael Corleone, the godfather, to turn the Corleone Family into a legitimate business. Many of today’s leaders of Iraq’s Iran-aligned militias (an

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Dozens of Senate Democrats are calling on the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with President Trump’s executive order that restricts mail-in voting. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dic

During an independence day ceremony in Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli government honored an extremist rabbi known for bulldozing homes in Gaza and calling for Israel to “flatten” the Palestinian territory. According to The Guardian, Rabbi Avraham Z

Predominantly agrarian, one of the primary demands has been implementation of irrigation schemes to support agriculture, and setting up of agro-based industries to help marketing the produce.

Mangal Prabhat Lodha has requested for the name of King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital to be renamed to Kaushalya Eklavya Memorial Hospital

This is the reality that Russia has to face, Dmitry Peskov noted

The constituency reflects a blend of historical significance and present-day concerns, where issues such as tourism development, livelihood, infrastructure gaps and employment opportunities are expected to shape voter choices in the upcoming polls.

Ms. Gupta said the government is committed to ensuring a clean, healthy environment and improving Delhi’s air quality through sustained and comprehensive measures

Earlier this year, we committed to publishing a reader-facing explanation of how Ars Technica uses, and doesn't use, generative AI. Translating our internal policy into a reader-facing document that meets our standards for clarity and precision took longer tha

The Baramati bypoll holds significance, as these will be the first elections since the death of the eight-time MLA from the constituency, Ajit Pawar

Equatorial Guinea's prison conditions face scrutiny as Pope Leo pushes for humane treatment and reforms during his visit.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Republicans “wasted” the money spent funding his opponent and attack ads against him in the upcoming Kentucky Republican primary race. “They’ve wasted $10 million in my race already. Imagine if they had used that in Virginia,” M

The constituency is regarded as a PMK stronghold and a ‘safe-seat’ for Ms. Sowmiya. However, the ground in this PMK’s ‘safe-seat’ appears to be shifting in favour of the TVK.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Vesak, observed on 1 May:

President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the war in Iran even before the conflict is over. But despite the killing of the country’s leader and seriously degration of its military, there is an argument being made that the Islamic Republic has emerged all t

Israeli forces raided the funeral of two Palestinians killed by settlers at a school in the occupied West Bank.

"I know a bubble when I see one." That's what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who led the push to create a new consumer financial regulator in the wake of the 2008 recession, told a crowd at a Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator event in Washington, DC on Wednesday. W

Fans are suspicious that since OpenAI bought TBPN, X is downranking the clips. Elon Musk, who owns the platform, has been openly sparring with the ChatGPT maker for months. When Semafor asked OpenAI’s Chris Lehane at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC, la

Two gamers who want tariff refunds sued Nintendo of America yesterday, alleging that the company intends to pocket refunds received from the government instead of giving money back to consumers who paid higher prices. The class action complaint seeks to repres

In the 12 Assembly elections held since 1971, the DMK won the seat eight times; the constituency is blessed with rich groundwater resource making it one of the most fertile regions in Cauvery delta

Executives are revamping what they’re looking for in job candidates, as they aim to train a new generation of employees that are savvy with AI but know how to schmooze. Several company leaders who spoke at Semafor World Economy last week said they are prioriti

Budget reconciliation would allow conservative lawmakers to bypass Democratic opposition in Senate with simple majority.

The Hill will present two and a half hours of live coverage on Nexstar Media Inc.’s California gubernatorial primary debate on Wednesday evening. The debate will be moderated by Nikki Laurenzo, news anchor at KTXL FOX40 in Sacramento and host of Inside C

President Trump has used incidents of crime to justify ongoing National Guard deployment to the capital, Washington, DC.

The cost of tokens is now competing with the cost of headcount. “You have to raise a lot more money on a per-headcount basis,” Henry Ward, who runs Silicon Valley financial-software provider Carta, said at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC. “I don’t see

As the World Bank and IMF convened for their “twin meetings” in Washington DC in April 2026, the talk of macroeconomists around the world was of “global imbalances”. Source: CEPR The world economy is interconnected by trillion-dollar fl

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Tuesday said Iran is in a “better position” than it was before the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran started on Feb. 28. Moulton, an outspoken critic of the war, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that Iran has “

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A water harvesting project from Paambaru Dam envisioning a watershed of 4,000 acres, an irrigation project tapping into the run-off from KRP Dam to fill up 34 lakes in Barur are among the two significant demands of farmers, where farming is affected by drought

Reed’s view Google is facing a new wave of heat from critics who say it’s falling behind on AI coding and that even its own employees are choosing Claude Code over its homegrown products. This trope may sound familiar: Google caught flack when ChatGPT came out

The late Mario Savio was a leading light of the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1964 speech is now legend: There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t

The share of “full paid days worked from home” has been declining by only about 1 percentage point per year.

Trump’s comments came after the Virginia measure passed by a slim margy of 51.4 in favour and 48.5 against.

The Security Council today broadly agreed on the steps towards Libya’s peace and stability — including elections, institutional reunification, security sector reform and economic transparency — but emphasized that the real test will be effective implementation

OpenAI is giving users of its Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans access to cloud-based "workspace" agents available in ChatGPT that can perform business tasks. In its blog post , OpenAI gives examples of agents like one that finds product feedback o

The Department of Education (DoE) is issuing unclear guidance on whether graduate school loans are included in the new borrowing limit that will take effect this summer, according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).&#1

Massive central forces deployment, AI surveillance and political sparring mark eve of high-stakes first phase

While the Trump administration has reportedly tried to rein in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s widely unpopular anti-vaccine agenda, the political strategy is not working when it comes to words or actions. Kennedy on Tuesday suggested he would continu

A rare joint House hearing on Wednesday laid bare both the ambition and the friction behind Washington’s growing push to revive American shipbuilding, as administration officials promoted an expansive maritime...

The US does not get to dictate the terms of coming trade talks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday, following reports Washington wants an “entry fee” before agreeing to open negotiations. The United States and Canada are set to hold talks on

A reprieve from high gasoline prices in California is in the works — though it won’t please everyone in a state that has vilified Big Oil.On Monday, Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) announced they have secured enough long-term shipper commit