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US fuel exports hit record in boon for oil companies and threat to Trump
Financial Times · Wed 06 May, 18:44
Hormuz closure prompts surge in buying from Asia and Europe
Financial Times
Iran says it is reviewing US-backed peace proposal
Trump says US military campaign will end if Iran ‘agrees to give what has been agreed to’
Financial Times
China calls for Iran war ceasefire in meeting with top envoy
Beijing’s foreign minister meets his Iranian counterpart days before summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump
Financial Times
Can Britain’s star tech investor dodge the SaaSpocalypse?
Delayed IPO of €19bn software group Visma was meant to be a crowning moment for PE group Hg — and London
Financial Times
The second world war fixation gets the US into trouble again
The Iran war is the latest mess to spring from the idea that ‘appeasement’ is always wrong
BBC News
Trump's hopes for an Iran peace deal come with caveats
There are signs of fresh momentum to end the war, but Trump himself has injected a note of caution.
BBC News
What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Key questions after outbreak
The Andes strain of the virus has been confirmed in some passengers, which can rarely be passed from person to person.
BBC News
People urged not to cancel flights over fuel shortage fears
Airlines have cut 13,000 flights globally in May as jet fuel prices soar due to the conflict in the Middle East.
BBC News
Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded
New research suggests glacier melt driven by climate change is increasing the risk of giant waves.
The Economist
To fight antisemitism, first grasp where it comes from
To fight antisemitism, first grasp where it comes from The Economist
The Economist
America must hope Donald Trump is not a new Caligula
America must hope Donald Trump is not a new Caligula The Economist
NYT Europe
Leo XIV Is the First Pope From the U.S. He’s Making That an Asset.
A year into his papacy, Leo has shown a readiness to challenge Washington, defying any concerns about the election...
NYT Europe
In Romania, Living With Weapons of War Spilling Into NATO Territory
Four years of battle in Ukraine is taking a toll on neighboring Romanians. Even if the war has not crossed the...
The Telegraph
Brazilian-style fish with chilli and coconut
This fragrant and spicy dish takes just 15 minutes to prepare
The Telegraph
I’m a Croatia expert: These are the country’s most beautiful seaside destinations
Croatia’s dazzling Adriatic coastline offers turquoise waters and historic harbour towns. Our expert reveals its highlights
Wales
BBC Wales
Bonnie Tyler rushed to hospital for surgery
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer is being treated in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home.
BBC Wales
Postal vote error leaves 1,300 people without ballot papers ahead of Senedd election
After first blaming Royal Mail, Cardiff council now says some ballot packs have not been printed.
BBC Wales
'Gorgeous' resort named best UK seaside town on TimeOut list
Three Welsh seaside towns make it on the top 16 best seaside towns to visit list for 2026.
BBC Wales
Parents urged to act after hepatitis A infection cluster in seaside town
Health officials are working with local parents to understand how the infection is being passed on
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
Injury row, yacht trip & petition - what's going on with Mbappe?
It's been a difficult second season for Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid. What's gone wrong?
BBC Sport · Football
Celtic could win double - but is change inevitable?
Celtic could yet have another successful domestic season despite a rancorous and turbulent campaign. But is lots of...
BBC Sport · Football
Was Arsenal ecstasy justified or a 'bit too much'?
Arsenal have reached the Champions League final for the first time in 20 years but did they over-celebrate Tuesday's...
BBC Sport · Cricket
Wait to name England selector ridiculous - Vaughan
Former captain Michael Vaughan says it is "ridiculous" England are yet to appoint their new national selector.
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
The Race
Why Hamilton thinks Ferrari simulator is hurting him right now
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari's simulator is hindering him more than it's helping
Formula 1 Official
The transformative upgrades behind Red Bull's turnaround
Mark Hughes examines the extensive changes that Red Bull made to the RB22 for the Miami Grand Prix weekend.
Formula 1 Official
All the sports megastars at the Miami Grand Prix
Formula 1 always attracts sporting royalty, but Miami took it to another level – here are all the megastars at the...
ESPN Cricinfo
Connolly ton in vain as batting muscle fires SRH to top of the table
Both teams missed chances in the field but PBKS' proved costlier
ESPN Cricinfo
Grace Scrivens, Cordelia Griffith boost Essex resurgence
Their 128-run stand overcomes Lancashire for third straight win as in-form Jodi Grewcock chimes in with fifty
Science
New Scientist
Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think
Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these...
New Scientist
Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread...
New Scientist
Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
When the slope of a mountain above Tracy Arm fjord, in Alaska, gave way on 10 August 2025, 64 million cubic metres...
New Scientist
Hantavirus: Where has the deadly cruise ship outbreak come from?
Three people have died on board the cruise ship MV Hondius due to an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare illness...
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...
Nature
Two-qubit logic and teleportation with mobile spin qubits in silicon
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10423-9A device architecture comprising silicon-based...
Nature
Expanding the human proteome with microproteins and peptideins
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10459-xA large-scale proteomics analysis of the dark...
Technology
The Verge
What we’re hearing about the new homepage
We’ve been reading your feedback on the new homepage. All of it. The kind and encouraging comments, the brutal ones,...
The Verge
Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words
Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about the safety...
The Verge
The 44 best last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas for 2026
Whether it's managing a busy home or looking out for everyone around them, moms spend a lot of time every day caring...
The Verge
Here’s what Microsoft is offering long-serving employees to voluntarily retire
Microsoft revealed last month that it's planning to offer long-serving employees in the US the ability to...
Techcrunch
AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys
Braintrust, a startup that makes an “operating system for engineers building AI software,” notified customers that...
Techcrunch
SpaceX may spend up to $119B on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company that also houses his AI company, xAI, is considering spending $55 billion, at...
Techcrunch
DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round
The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a...
Techcrunch
Chrome on Android now supports approximate instead of precise location sharing
The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they...
Wired
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and...
Wired
Mexico City Is Sinking. A Powerful NASA Satellite Just Exposed How Fast
A new NASA map shows how the sinking of Mexico City is uneven, with areas registering up to 2 centimeters per month.
Hacker News · 407 pts
Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
Hacker News · 101 pts
Appearing Productive in the Workplace
Hacker News · 354 pts
The bottleneck was never the code
Hacker News · 15 pts
From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth
Hacker News · 39 pts
Show HN: Hallucinopedia
Hacker News · 570 pts
Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy
Reading List
Microsoft Earnings, Apple Earnings
Stratechery
Microsoft unveils its new agentic business model, and Apple confronts shortages in memory and...
Scientific Papers
Computer science
Same Voice, Different Lab: On the Homogenization of Frontier LLM Personalities
What Shapes Participant Data Quality? A Scoping Review and Case Study of Crowdsourced Webcam Eye Tracking in AI Interviews
A Study of Consumers Cognitive Load in eCommerce Websites using Eye-tracking Technology
Economics
Going Public: Communication in Collective Decisions
Doubly Robust Instrumented Difference-in-Differences
Did US Worker Retraining Reduce Participant Automation Exposure?
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