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Watch CBS News Iran launches heavy wave of missile strikes as war enters third week; massive snowstorm hits the Midwest and Great Lakes.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tennessee Volunteers catcher Stone Lawless thought he had given his team the lead in the top of the ninth inning against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday, but his dramatic bat slam was all for naught.Lawless drove Bulldogs pitcher Justin Byrd’s pitch deep to left field. He slammed the bat on the ground and began to celebrate with his teammates in the dugout. However, Georgia left fielder Cole Johnson leaped at the wall and robbed the home run. Tennessee’s Stone Lawless at bat against Nicholls during an NCAA college baseball game on Feb.…

The AI boom may be having a side effect: a surge in Big Tech buying carbon credits to offset emissions generated by its energy-hungry buildout.Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have ramped up purchases of permanent carbon credits since the launch of ChatGPT sparked the AI race in 2022, according to data compiled for CNBC by carbon credit management platform Ceezer.The companies have all committed to reaching net-zero emissions, but the rapid development of energy and water-intensive AI has raised questions about whether that goal is achievable. The credits allow them to offset emissions by funding other projects that reduce emissions,…

Great Southern Grammar’s Year 12 students chased their own golden hour as they stepped out for a night of glamour, celebration and dancing at their annual school ball. 

Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoThe United States and Israel continue to carry out attacks as the war with Iran enters its 17th day. Iran has retaliated by launching missile and drone barrages towards Israel and by attacking neighbouring Gulf countries.Unlike the June 2025 strikes, which US President Donald Trump said curbed Iran’s nuclear capabilities, the current conflict has spread across at least a dozen countries, closed the Strait of Hormuz – the world’s major oil artery – and killed more than 2,300 people in the region.Al Jazeera tracks how events have panned out over the past 16 days.Where have attacks…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. had carried out a bombing raid on Iran’s Kharg Island, a strategically vital island in the Persian Gulf that serves as the country’s largest oil terminal and a crucial hub for its crude exports.”Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.The island, located roughly 35 miles off Iran’s Bushehr province…

Vietnam’s aviation authority noted in its document that “in the current context it is difficult to find new suppliers”.It added that Vietnam’s two refineries are under pressure to expand production of other oil products, making it hard for them to increase jet fuel output.Even if supply stabilises, soaring fuel prices are disrupting the industry, it also warned, noting many routes would become unprofitable.Local airline Sun PhuQuoc Airways plans to “adjust flight schedules over the next one to three months due to the volatility of fuel prices”, according to a document it sent to the aviation regulator in March.The company did…

Spinner Matt Kuhnemann defied Queensland for 201 deliveries to score 56 and put Tasmania in charge of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart.

Tokyo’s move comes as oil prices remain elevated amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 16 Mar 202616 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoJapan has begun releasing oil from its emergency reserves amid the global energy crisis sparked by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran in response to US-Israeli attacks.The release was announced on Monday in a notice published in the Japanese government’s official gazette.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last week announced plans to unilaterally release 80 million barrels of oil from stockpiles amid supply concerns due to…

First, a report on ships stranded by the Strait of Hormuz closure. Then, could lasers help fend off Iran’s drones? And, a look inside author Mitch Albom’s Haiti orphanage.