Key indexes in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong tumble as Iran threatens attacks on energy infrastructure across region. Published On 23 Mar 202623 Mar 2026 Stock markets in the Asia Pacific have fallen sharply amid United States President Donald Trump’s ultimatum warning Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the annihilation of…
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The war with Iran and ensuing blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane, has spiked oil prices and sent governments scrabbling for their reserves. How high will prices go, and how bad could it get? On Friday night, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby published a memo to his employees showing that his…
March 22, 2026 This newsletter issue discusses the self-reinforcing nature of geopolitical crises, and explores to what extent the war against Iran challenges the “gradual print” thesis I’ve been discussing in recent issues. And for readers who enjoy fiction, I’m happy to announce that my new sci fi thriller is now available! You can find…
Oil traded slight below last week’s closing prices at the start of futures trading on Sunday, with roughly 24 hours to go on President Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum to Iran. Futures prices on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international pricing benchmark, initially surged but quickly gave up gains in the minutes after the open on Sunday, trading…
In this article .HSI .N225 .AXJO @GC.1 @SI.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Iranian Shia women shout slogans during Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosalla mosque in Tehran on March 21, 2026. Str | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets sold off sharply…
Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration between his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Bloomberg reports that Musk shared his plans on Saturday night at an event in downtown Austin, Texas, with a photo suggesting that what Musk is calling the “Terafab” facility will be built near Tesla’s Austin headquarters and “gigafactory.” Musk…
The prediction site that intends to turn “monitoring the situation” into a bar experience in Washington, DC, was unable to monitor much of anything on its opening night. Polymarket’s splashy pop-up, the Situation Room, was billed as a data-soaked hangout with more than 80 TVs, live feeds, and a glowing globe of real-time wagers. “Imagine…
A quirk in global energy markets has created a stark geographic divide between the haves and the have nots, as a glut of natural gas in West Texas has produced negative prices while shortages loom over Europe and Asia amid the U.S. war on Iran. Over the past week, spot prices at the Waha gas…
Given the millions of people who travel by air every day, deaths do happen onboard flights with some frequency. However, British Airways’ handling of a recent incident is leaving many scratching their heads. I’m not sure what exactly to make of this… In this post: British Airways crew handles onboard death in unusual way The…
(Image credit: Shutterstock/Future) You may have noticed AI is everywhere right now. But that doesn’t mean everyone is using it or even knows where to start. It’s still very new and a lot of people are just getting started. Because the truth is, no one tells you what to actually say when you attempt to…
Bitcoin has given back last week’s gains in a single weekend. The largest cryptocurrency slid to $69,192 on Sunday morning, down 2.2% over the past 24 hours and 3.1% on the week, after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran late Saturday, demanding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz or face…
XRP slipped lower after another failed recovery attempt, with high-volume selling pushing the token back toward key support near $1.40. News Background XRP remains stuck in a broader corrective phase that has persisted since its mid-2025 peak, with rallies consistently failing to build follow-through. The latest pullback comes after a brief mid-March rebound stalled below…
The new Chevy Bolt at the Chicago Auto Show on February 6, 2026. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images) GENERAL MOTORS JUST ROLLED OUT A CAR that’s perfect for the moment. It’s the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt—a relatively cheap, all-electric subcompact that will let you drive right past gas stations, and dodge those high prices…
But there’s no timeline for his grand plan. But there’s no timeline for his grand plan. Mar 22, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC Terrence O’Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. Elon Musk announced plans to build a Terafab plant in Austin,…
With almost 1,000 hp and a blistering 60 mph coming in just 2.4 seconds, Audi’s electric flagship super sedan made headlines and set performance records when it was launched back in 2024. Unfortunately for Audi, it didn’t set many sales records, and you can now buy the ridiculously rapid RS e-tron GT with more than…
Looking at things objectively, stocks have soared under President Donald Trump. During his first, non-consecutive term in the White House (Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 20, 2021), the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +1.73%), broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.49%), and technology-driven Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +1.56%) surged 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. Until a…
Published on March 22, 2026 Image generated with Ai The evolution of Hawaii’s visitor industry is examined through the lens of a significant cultural closure. It is observed that the Paradise Cove Luau, a staple of Oahu tourism for nearly five decades, concluded its final performance on New Year’s Eve 2025. This event marked not…
Always products are displayed on a shelf in a supermarket in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 29, 2024. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Rising inflation and ever-changing tariff policies have led to higher prices across store shelves over the past few years, squeezing consumers’ budgets. An often overlooked example: menstrual products. The average price of menstrual…
When gauging a war, Americans consider at least two important things: what the goals are overseas and its impact back home. Right now, Americans want a lot of things to happen in Iran: Most feel it’s important to stop its nuclear program, ensure the Iranian people are free, and, now that the conflict is underway,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to start the year with a bang, fueled by an unusually large jump in tax refunds from President Donald Trump’s tax cut legislation. Yet spiking gas prices are on track to eat up those refunds, leaving most Americans with little extra to spend. “Next spring is projected…
This week, a topic that has been boomeranging around Silicon Valley bounced into the spotlight: AI tokens as compensation. The idea is straightforward enough — rather than giving engineers only salary, equity, and bonuses, companies would also hand them a budget of AI tokens, the computational units that power tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini….
The bacteria may cause serious infections in immunocompromised patients, including those with weakened immune responses. WASHINGTON — Alcohol prep pads sold nationwide are under recall due to a possible microbial contamination, the Food and Drug Administration warned Friday. Cardinal Health issued a voluntary recall on Thursday for select lots of its Webcol Large Alcohol Prep…
CLACKAMAS, Oregon — The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported shooting on Saturday night near the Clackamas Town Center transit center. The sheriff’s office says the MAX Green Line platform is currently closed as deputies investigate. “At this time, no injuries have been reported, and there is no known danger to the public,” CCSO…
Iran’s attack this week on Qatar’s natural gas export facility threatens to disrupt not just world energy markets but also global technology supply chains because the helium it produces is crucial for a range of advanced industries. Best known as the gas that makes party balloons float, helium is also a key input in chipmaking, space rockets and medical…
Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI cofounder and former director of AI at Tesla, admitted that he’s not on the forefront of the field and feels nervous about it, despite all his accomplishments in AI. In an interview on the No Priors podcast on Friday, the independent AI researcher, who is also the founder of Eureka Labs, explained a…
A drug that helped turn Novo Nordisk into Europe’s most valuable company is about to lose its monopoly grip across much of the globe. Patent protections on semaglutide—sold as Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss—expire Saturday in several of the world’s most populous countries, opening the door to generic versions in India almost…
A New York postal worker was arrested for knocking a four-year-old hassidic (ultra-Orthodox) boy to the ground on Friday afternoon, police said. Video footage showed the boy approaching the mail truck before the postal worker came out and shoved the child forcefully to the ground. The Ramapo police department announced that the 39-year-old postal worker…
For decades, humans have sought to harness the power of the stars to generate electricity here on Earth. And for nearly as long, achieving that goal always seemed just a decade away. Now, a slew of startups are closer than ever before and rushing to build fusion reactors capable of putting power on the grid….
Royal Caribbean is scrapping a slate of 2027 sailings on one of its major ships, leaving thousands of summer vacations in flux. More than 20 cruises scheduled between May and September 2027 on Freedom of the Seas have been canceled, reports People, citing the independent Royal Caribbean Blog and The Travel. Affected guests were reportedly…
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage for his annual GTC keynote on Monday, the $4-trillion-dollar company’s stock started to drop. Wall Street investors, it seems, were unmoved by the leather jacket-clad founder’s bullish 2.5-hour speech. Instead, they placed more weight on AI’s uncertain future and fears of a bubble. The nervousness felt by…
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high through 2027. Not only has the price of oil soared, air traffic to key Middle East airport hubs has been disrupted, forcing planes to take…
While crude oil prices soar above triple digits amid the ongoing disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump‘s next political crisis may already be taking shape at the diesel pump — and a 20-year chart is spelling out exactly why. The chart below overlays US Diesel Futures — the wholesale benchmark…