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Gas prices may not drop below $3 a gallon until next year: Energy Secretary Wright
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright appears before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy hearing on the Trump administration’s 2027 budget request for the Department of Energy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said gas prices may not drop below $3 until […]
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SiIicon Valley’s AI agent hiccups: Wasted tokens and ‘chaotic’ systems
San Jose CA, commercial hub of silicon valley and its network of freeways. Steve Proehl | The Image Bank | Getty Images Despite the C-suite’s enthusiasm over artificial intelligence agents that can plow through office tasks like never-sleeping interns, the underlying technology is still rickety and a potential cost-sucker. That much was clear this week […]
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Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian former president leads the polls
KARDZALI, BULGARIA – APRIL 19: People vote for the general elections at a polling station in Kardzali, Bulgaria on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Bulgarians went to the polls on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian […]
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A non-human race: Beijing half-marathon shows how far robots have come
BEIJING, CHINA – APRIL 19: A humanoid robot runs alongside participants during a long-distance race, breaking the half marathon world record by surpassing human performance potential in Beijing, China, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Emre Aytekin/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving […]
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Iran says talks continue while it retains control of Strait of Hormuz traffic
Iran ratcheted up its rhetoric against the U.S. on Sunday, a day after it said it had reasserted control of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump confirmed peace talks with Iran are continuing, while warning Tehran not to try to use blackmail. Iran’s parliament speaker and top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said talks to […]
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles again, flexing muscle amid Iran war
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images) Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, accelerating […]
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Construction on Trump’s White House ballroom can continue for now, U.S. appeals court says
US President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the East Wing modernization as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on March 29, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue building a $400 million ballroom […]
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Egypt’s Talaat Moustafa Group to build $27 billion city east of Cairo
Photo taken on March 25, 2026 shows a view of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Egypt’s Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) will build a new 1.4 trillion Egyptian pound ($27 billion) mixed-use city east of Cairo, CEO and Managing Director Hisham Talaat Moustafa said at […]
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Justice Department refuses to assist French probe into Musk’s X, WSJ reports
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Justice Department has told French law enforcement it will not assist with efforts to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a letter from the DOJ’s Office of International Affairs, […]
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