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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LOS ANGELES, California – Los Angeles — home to the largest Iranian population outside Iran — has become a focal point for the Iranian diaspora as tensions surrounding the conflict in the Middle East intensify.Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Los Angeles following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that reportedly killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For many in the community who remember life in Iran before the 1979 revolution, the news brought a moment they said they had waited decades to see.Roozbeh Farahanipour, an Iranian American…

Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed Tuesday, one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada, and upended air travel in a cross-section of cities. Travellers have been facing additional jams at airport security checkpoints as a partial government shutdown strains screener staffing.The disruptions come at an already challenging time for air travel, in part because the shutdown that began Feb. 14 has pressured staffing at some security checkpoints. At the same time, airports are crowded with spring break travellers and fans heading to March Madness games, the annual NCAA men’s and women’s…

British author Len Deighton, best known for his influential spy novels, has died at the age of 97.

HONG KONG: A subsidiary of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Panamanian officials had not responded to its lawsuit opposing the suspension of its Panama Canal operations because they had failed to hire lawyers.A Panamanian court declared in January that a contract, which had allowed CK Hutchison unit Panama Ports Company (PPC) to manage the Pacific port of Balboa and Cristobal on the Atlantic since 1997, was “unconstitutional”.PPC filed a lawsuit in February under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and said this month that it was seeking at least US$2 billion in damages.However, Panama did not…

Tehran has sounded an alarm about extensive damage to its cultural and historic sites as a result of the United States-Israel war on Iran.The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts said on Saturday that at least 56 museums, historical monuments and cultural sites in Iran have been damaged over the course of the war, which began on February 28, state-run news media reported.The heritage sites damaged include the Qajar-era Golestan Palace in Tehran.Which of Iran’s heritage sites have been damaged?The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted the Cultural Heritage Ministry as saying the most damage has been sustained in…

A bitter Democratic primary is unfolding in Maine as two candidates battle for the chance to challenge five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, one of the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbents in the upcoming midterm elections.The race pits a centrist sitting governor, Janet Mills, against a progressive firebrand, Graham Platner, an oyster farmer, military veteran and former private military contractor who has built momentum in recent months. It’s also a generational contest, with the 78-year-old Mills pointing to her track record of winning statewide while 41-year-old Platner casts himself as an outsider candidate.Polling in the race is limited, but some recent surveys…

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) moved higher in the pre-market trading on Tuesday after CEO Jensen Huang used the company’s GTC keynote to deliver a bigger-than-expected view of the AI infrastructure market.Jensen’s remarks were echoed by the prominent analysts, with Wedbush’s Daniel Ives emphasizing that Nvidia remains at the center of what he sees as a still-accelerating spending cycle.​The vibe at GTC was pretty upbeat, and a big reason for that was Nvidia laying out a much bigger picture of where it’s headed.The company talked up strong and growing demand for inference workloads, and also gave a more ambitious outlook for its…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! World Series champion Doug Mientkiewicz took issue with the coverage around Team USA’s narrow victory over the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic on Monday.The U.S. closed the door on the Dominican Republic in the ninth inning when Geraldo Perdomo struck out looking. The strike three call came as it appeared the ball was out of the zone and below Perdomo’s knees. Perdomo was in shock and the Dominican Republic players were unhappy with the call. Kansas City Royals first baseman (11) Doug Mientkiewicz waits for his turn to take batting…

Watch scenes from the films nominated for the Oscar for best picture, as well as interviews with the filmmakers below. The 98th Academy Awards will be presented Sunday, March 15.  The nominees for best picture at this year’s Academy Awards: “Bugonia,” “F1,” “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “One Battle After Another,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sentimental Value,” “Sinners,” and “Train Dreams.”  Focus Features; Apple Original Films; Netflix; A24; Warner Brothers; Neon “Bugonia” Inspired by a 2003 Korean movie called “Save the Green Planet!,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” blends dark comedy, satire, and pointed social commentary about corporate greed, internet and social media propaganda,…

Gerry Adams has told London’s High Court that he was never a member of the IRA or its Army Council.