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Shell’s profits jump as Iran war delivers windfall
Financial Times · Thu 07 May, 09:34
Energy major warns of lower gas production after damage to its facilities in the Gulf
Financial Times
Emirates to press ahead with expansion despite Middle East war
Dubai airline says it has restored most flights after conflict closed airspace and sent jet fuel prices soaring
Financial Times
Why I don’t write about the Liberal Democrats
Britain’s third party is being drowned out by noisier insurgents
Financial Times
Oil falls back below $100 on hopes of US-Iran deal
Tehran is reviewing a Washington-backed proposal that Donald Trump says could bring the conflict to an end
Financial Times
Maersk warns economic impact of Iran conflict will ripple for months
World’s second-largest container shipping line says costs have increased by $500mn per month
BBC News
Iran considering US proposal as Trump says war will be 'over quickly'
Iranians walk next to a picture of Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a street in Tehran, Iran, 06...
BBC News
Man arrested for selling Morgan McSweeney's stolen phone
McSweeney was the prime minister's chief of staff in October 2025 when his government phone was stolen in London.
BBC News
Watch: Tenerife resident calls docking of hantavirus ship 'reckless'
People on Tenerife in the Canary Islands have told the BBC they are concerned about the arrival of MV Hondius.
BBC News
Third arrest over attempted arson at synagogue
A 19-year-old is the third person to be arrested over an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in north London.
The Economist
Despite Donald Trump’s talk, a lasting peace is some way off
Despite Donald Trump’s talk, a lasting peace is some way off The Economist
The Economist
Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on Russia
Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on Russia The Economist
NYT Europe
These Toilets in Venice Have the Art World Aflush
Undoubtedly the biggest talker at this year’s Venice Biennale is the Austrian pavilion, where visitors can make...
NYT Europe
Netherlands Tests Flight Attendant for Hantavirus as Officials Track Cruise Ship Outbreak
Global health officials are tracking people connected to a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. One infected passenger...
The Telegraph
How to use your home to save money for your grandchildren
Your property wealth could be a means to help support the younger generation.
The Telegraph
How to spend a glamorous holiday in Mykonos
An insider guide to Greece's most exclusive island, from A-list hangouts to sacred historical sites
Wales
BBC Wales
Woman and teen arrested for murder after two die in BMW and motorbike crash
A motorbike and BMW car crashed early on Thursday, with three people arrested.
BBC Wales
Attenborough superfan, 6, draws 100th animal for broadcaster's birthday
Despite the 94-year age gap, six-year-old Max Evans-Browning calls Sir David his "favourite person".
BBC Wales
Bonnie Tyler recovering after being taken to hospital for surgery
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer is being treated in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home.
BBC Wales
Polls open for voting in Senedd election
Polling stations open across Wales to elect 96 members to the expanded Welsh Parliament.
Sport
BBC Sport · Cricket
Australian North set to be England selector
Marcus North, a former Australia international and Durham's director of cricket, is set to become the first...
BBC Sport · Football
Villa's nearly men entering their defining moment
Aston Villa face their defining moment under Unai Emery in Thursday's Europa League semi-final second leg against...
BBC Sport · Football
Did PSG 'get away' with handball decisions?
BBC Sport pundits Nedum Onuoha, Guillem Balague and Stephen Warnock analyse two contentious handball decisions that...
BBC Sport · Football
Shaw likely to leave WSL champions Man City
Khadija Shaw is likely to leave Manchester City this summer after talks stalled over a new contract.
The Race · F1
The biggest annoyance drivers still have with 2026 F1 cars
Though the rule tweaks for Miami helped, F1 would be to wrong to feel drivers are now happy with the 2026 cars
The Race · F1
Why F1's slowest car has a new urgent problem to fix
Aston Martin and Honda have addressed their biggest F1 problem but as the issues run so deep, there is immediately...
The Race
Gary Anderson's take on the grey areas Ferrari's exploiting
Some of Ferrari's latest F1 car upgrades are pushing the limits of the 2026 rules, reckons Gary Anderson
The Race · F1
What's going on with Mercedes' 'unacceptable' F1 starts
While Mercedes remains unbeaten in grands prix, it has another less enviable streak in 2026
Formula 1 Official
What we learned about the pecking order after Miami
After a lengthier than normal break, the F1 circus reconvened in Miami for the second Sprint weekend of the season...
Formula 1 Official
The next steps for Aston Martin after progress in Miami
Both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll took the chequered flag for Aston Martin for the first time this season at the...
ESPN Cricinfo
Fast bowling riches in focus as Bangladesh and Pakistan switch to Test mode
The teams reunite in a Test series for the first time since Pakistan stumbled to a 2-0 series loss against Bangladesh at home
ESPN Cricinfo
Marcus North set to be named as England Men's selector
Former Australia batter and current Durham director of cricket expected to be confirmed ahead of NZ Test series
Science
New Scientist
The best new popular science books of May 2026
A guide to walking, a look at the world’s Google searches and a deep dive into the secrets of our DNA are some of...
New Scientist
Less nostalgia, more pain: scientists study 1763 Eurovision songs
Feedback discovers that the prevailing themes of Eurovision songs may come and go, but the urge to win stays the same.
New Scientist
What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow
Our brains need to adapt quickly to meet the challenges of our digital world, but a rigorous new book by a...
New Scientist
Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time
A device made using a tiny bead floating in a beam of light can measure extremely small pressures and could help...
Nature
OpenAI is under criminal investigation — why chatbots don’t always follow the law
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01405-yA person accused of murder in Florida allegedly...
Nature
Author Correction: Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10201-7Author Correction: Enteric neurons increase...
Nature
Author Correction: Multidimensional profiling of heterogeneity in supratentorial ependymomas
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10602-8Author Correction: Multidimensional profiling...
Nature
Anaesthetized brains can still process podcasts
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01480-1Neuronal recordings taken during surgery reveal...
Technology
The Verge
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis...
The Verge
Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2
It turns out Fox McCloud's appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a tease of things to come: Nintendo just...
The Verge
Google shuts down Project Mariner
Google has pulled the plug on Project Mariner, an experimental feature designed to perform tasks for you across the...
The Verge
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter exclusively for Verge subscribers about tech, politics, and Washington...
Techcrunch
Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese
Spotify's AI DJ feature now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Techcrunch
Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off
Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference...
Techcrunch
A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom
The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size.
Techcrunch
Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.
Wired
Sleep Number ComfortNext Lux Smart Bed: Redefining Support
Sleep Number’s new model leans plush, but its smart support might convert even die-hard firmness fans.
Wired
Best Printers for Any Home-Office Need (2026): Brother, HP, and More
Need to print labels, stickers, stacks of pages, color photos, or even a textured mug? I tested the best home...
Hacker News · 1531 pts
Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
Hacker News · 28 pts
Agent-harness-kit scaffolding for multi-agent workflows (MCP, provider-agnostic)
Hacker News · 31 pts
Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive
Hacker News · 65 pts
Boris Cherny: TI-83 Plus Basic Programming Tutorial (2004)
Hacker News · 1320 pts
Appearing productive in the workplace
Hacker News · 370 pts
SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format
Reading List
An Interview with Joanna Stern About Living With AI
Stratechery
An interview with Joanna Stern about her new book about living with AI, and starting her own...
Winston Weinberg: Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions
FS Blog
Winston Weinberg is the CEO and co-founder of Harvey, the AI platform built for the legal...
Scientific Papers
Computer science
LCM: Lossless Context Management
Constraint-Aware Execution Planning for Hybrid Space-Ground Compute Workloads
Endogenous Regime Switching Driven by Scalar-Irreducible Learning Dynamics
Economics
The Adversarial Discount - AI, Signal Correlation, and the Cybersecurity Arms Race
Scalable Structural Estimation of Networked Infrastructure: Exact Decomposition for Localized Coordination
It's complicated: A Non-parametric Test of Preference Stability between Singles and Couples
Congenital Heart Block
Comorbidities in parents of individuals with congenital heart block: a Swedish nationwide study
Diagnostic Yield of Serial PR Interval Screening for Fetal Heart Block in Anti-SSA/SSB Pregnancies
The Prevalence of Fetal Complete Heart Block and the Role of Positive Autoantibodies in Pregnant Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by mixed connective tissue disease
Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune-Mediated Fetal Complete Heart Block Revealing Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus