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Iran's shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has drawn comparisons with the supply disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and US President Donald Trump's new tariff regime. The pandemic exposed the world's heavy dependence on China for manufacturing everything from electronics to medical gear, while Trump’s tariffs, introduced last year, also accelerated efforts to cut that reliance. The war in

Weeks after Apple's 50th anniversary, the US technology titan announced on Monday that its CEO Tim Cook would step down in September, to be succeeded by hardware engineer John Ternus. Ternus will step into some of the biggest shoes in corporate America. Cook is credited with turning Apple from a $350 billion (€298 billion) company when he started

Data centers need vast amounts of energy to fuel servers and process the information that keeps our websites, applications and generative AI models running.  The United States has more data centers than anywhere else in the world and the extra energy demand is straining transmission grids and driving up the cost of electricity. Struggling grid operators are turning to polluting fossil

Tension In Two Ceasefires, Navy Secretary Out, Trump's Slumping Approval Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe  here to get it delivered to your inbox, and  listen  to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Tensions are rising in the two ceasefires in

Ships are anchored near the shoreline on April 22, 2026 in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Bandar Abbas is a port city and the capital of Hormozgan Province, along the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images U.S.-Iran peace talks remained in limbo Thursday, a day after Iran seized two

Funded by PEPFAR, this clinic in Kitwe, Zambia, provided medicines for patients who are HIV positive. President Trump's foreign aid overhaul interrupted operations in 2025. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ben de la Cruz/NPR The HIV/AIDS world has been waiting for months to learn how PEPFAR is doing. That's the much lauded

Deagreez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Myra Cheng, a computer science Ph.D. student at Stanford University, has spent a lot of time listening to undergraduates on campus. "They would tell me about how a lot of their peers are using AI for relationship advice, to draft breakup texts, to navigate these kinds of social relationships with your friend or

A view of My Khe beach in 2019 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Some Americans who moved to Vietnam or Thailand say they now have less stress and can afford more than they could in the U.S. Linh Pham/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Linh Pham/Getty Images Chad Dunn used to spend his days on the

Texas Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico waves to the crowd before speaking Mar. 4 in Austin. Talarico raised $27m in the first quarter of 2026, leading a pack of Democrats who outraised Republicans in several key Senate matchups. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Stay up to date with our

​​Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Luis was the sole breadwinner for his family. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald hide caption toggle caption Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald The Photo of the Year is