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Missiles streak across Gulf skies as Iran responds to US-Israel attack
It followed with strikes targeting US military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Shrapnel from an Iranian missile attack on the capital of the United Arab Emirates killed one person, state media said. The UAE and Iraq shut down their airspace. Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a defiant statement, saying that the country “will not hesitate”…
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Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as invaluable
Note on Middle East Markets: The promise of prediction markets is to harness the wisdom of the crowd to create accurate, unbiased forecasts for the most important events to society. That ability is particularly invaluable in gut-wrenching times like today. After discussing with those directly affected by the attacks, who had dozens of questions, we…
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Behind Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan clinches outright Big Ten crown
Feb 27, 2026, 11:16 PM ET Morez Johnson Jr. had 19 points and 11 rebounds against his former team as No. 3 Michigan defeated No. 10 Illinois 84-70 on Friday night and clinched the Big Ten regular-season title. Johnson, who played for the Illini last season after verbally committing three years earlier, was booed throughout…
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Best of MWC 2026: Live updates on phones, concepts, and innovations were seeing
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark event. Coming quickly after the latest flagship reveals fromSamsungandGoogle, the Barcelona showcase is ready to pivot the conversation toward the breakthrough trends and hardware innovations that will define the rest of the year,…
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The Mort Report: Hogs of war
TUCSON — ICE terrorizes parts of America. Ice paralyzes much of the rest. Polls turn against a corrupt, climate-denying autocrat who sees the White House as his Versailles Palace and runs roughshod across the globe jabbing big sticks into hornets’ nests. Reporters close in on Donald Trump’s starring role in shielded Epstein files. They include…
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Shuttered studio Bluepoint reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake, but it got shot down by FromSoftware
Bloodborne fans may not be happy to hear that a remake was reportedly rejected, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely off the table. Bluepoint Games, Sony’s closed-down studio behind many PlayStation remakes, pitched remaking the classic Gothic horror RPG in early 2025, but was blocked by the game’s developer, FromSoftware, according to a Bloomberg report….
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Applications miss target as 670 Hongkongers settle in UK with BN(O) visa
Nearly 670 Hongkongers have been granted settlement in the United Kingdom under its bespoke BN(O) visa pathway, although the total number of applicants has fallen short of the British government’s lowest “core” estimate five years after its launch. While tens of thousands of Hongkongers are set to qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain, or settled…
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Everything announced at MWC 2026: The new Leica Leitzphone by Xiaomi, Honors ultra-thin MagicPad 4 and more
MWC 2026 officially gets underway on March 2 and will continue through March 5, but the announcements are already coming ahead of its start. We can always count on the annual tech event to bring tons of new phones, laptops and tablets, and we’re expecting to see some robots and other gadgets too — plus…
