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The U.S. military’s top uniformed and top civilian officials will take questions from the press on the Iran war Friday morning, as a weeks-long U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains in place — but with both sides ratcheting up their competition for control over shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are holding a news conference at 8 a.m. ET. They have jointly addressed reporters several times since Operation Epic Fury began in late February.While fighting between the U.S. and Iran is paused, American forces have imposed a blockade…

Intel stock (NASDAQ: INTC) soared as much as 28% in premarket trading on Friday after the chipmaker posted stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings.The company issued second-quarter revenue guidance that topped Wall Street forecasts.For a company long written off as a laggard in the AI race, the move was a sharp reminder that sentiment can change quickly when numbers improve and management finally offers a cleaner narrative.Intel stock: Quarter that changed the moodIntel reported first-quarter revenue of $13.6 billion, above estimates of $12.4 billion while adjusted earnings came in at 29 cents a share, versus an estimate of 1 cent.The company also projected…

A journalist films Xiaomi SU7 Ultra cars during a Xiaomi track day driving experience in Tianjin, in northern China on April 23, 2026, ahead of the Beijing Auto Show which opens on April 24. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)Greg Baker | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Foreign automakers are finally catching up with their Chinese rivals on technology, as they battle a sales slump in the world’s largest car market.U.S., Korean and German automakers rushed to announce a new lineup of models for China around the Beijing auto show that kicked off Friday.”We have plans to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The most accomplished Olympic women’s bobsledder in history is now an official brand ambassador in the movement to “save women’s sports”. Olympic bobsled legend Kaillie Humphries has signed with the activist sportswear company XX-XY Athletics, becoming the latest medal-winning Olympian to represent the brand.”Being able to partner with a brand that believes in the same things I do, that’s willing to stand up and actively work on protecting the women’s space and women’s sports is huge,” Humphries told Fox News Digital. Humphries first spoke out about her support for protecting women’s sports from biological…

Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing says he will pass new code of conduct rules for councillors into law before October’s elections take place, emphasizing the need to bring order to how integrity commissioners across the province function. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack told Global News he still intends to pass new municipal rules, including the ability to remove sitting councillors from office in the most extreme cases.The legislation was first tabled by the former minister, Paul Calandra, in December 2024, before being discontinued by an early election call. It was reintroduced by Flack in May 2025,…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Zodiac Killer’s cryptic messages weren’t just taunts to police — they were a twisted throwback to his first victim, according to an independent investigator who says he’s cracked the code and uncovered new evidence suggesting the infamous serial killer began his career 23 years earlier with the California murder of Elizabeth Short, also known as the Black Dahlia.Alex Baber, co-founder of Cold Case Consultants of America, said that after nine months of work, he cracked a double-layered encryption that involved transposition and substitution in a 2 by 7 grid.”Currently, for the…

A new book by Haruki Murakami will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character and her pursuit of finding a way out of a bizarre world.The Tale of Kaho, which is scheduled to be released Jul 3 in print and digital formats, centres on a 26-year-old picture book author named Kaho.The new novel is Murakami’s first in three years. His previous novel, The City And Its Uncertain Walls, is a story of a male protagonist searching for love, loss and the boundaries between real and subconscious worlds.Kaho is the first lone,…

NewsFeedPeople in the Russian city of Tuapse are worried about the toxic effects of a huge oil refinery fire that’s been burning for days after a Ukrainian drone attack. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapavalova is there.Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: A Defense Department scientist’s 2022 death, which was ruled an accident, is drawing new scrutiny as federal authorities examine a series of deaths and disappearances involving researchers tied to sensitive government work.The case comes as federal authorities and lawmakers examine reports involving at least 10 to 11 scientists tied to sensitive government research, including individuals connected to nuclear, aerospace and defense programs.The cases, which span disappearances, confirmed homicides and unexplained deaths, have drawn attention from the White House and Congress, prompting calls for federal agencies to determine whether any broader national…