Strait of Hormuz toll? Iran to demand crypto payment from shipping firms – report

Iran is seeking to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz during the fragile two-week ceasefire, proposing an unusual system that would require oil tankers to pay transit tolls in cryptocurrency while undergoing strict scrutiny.Hamid Hosseini, spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union, said Tehran intends to monitor every vessel moving…

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India’s high growth, low inflation story at risk! RBI flags 5 adverse impacts from US-Iran war; how resilient is the economy?

RBI’s message is clear: the initial supply shock can potentially transform into a demand shock. (AI image) The US-Iran war has caused major disruptions for global markets and economies, and India as the world’s fifth largest economy is not immune to the shock. Heavily dependent on imports to meet its crude needs, a rise in…

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‘Iran begged for this ceasefire’: US war secretary Pete Hegseth hails ‘victory’ over Iran

US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Wednesday claimed that Iran “begged for ceasefire” after the Operation Epic Fury “decimated their military and rendered it’s combat-ineffective.”Addressing a press briefing, Hegseth credited US President Donald Trump for shaping the moment. “…President Trump forged this moment. Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know it…Operation Epic…

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MLB star Paul Skenes’ girlfriend Livvy Dunne reveals getting rejected for HBO “The White Lotus” before landing iconic Baywatch role | International Sports News

Paul Skenes and Livvy Dunne (Image Via Getty) The former LSU gymnast and social media star Olivia Dunne has recently spoken about her first missed chance in Hollywood. The 23-year-old said she once auditioned for HBO’s popular show The White Lotus; however, she did not get the role. Even after this setback, Dunne stayed focused…

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI will kill more than 50% of jobs right now; but inside, one of his own top executives says the AI company can’t…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is warning that AI could eliminate more than 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years. But inside his own company, the picture looks different. Claude Code creator Boris Cherny says the software engineer job title is already dying — and Anthropic’s Head of Growth says they can’t hire enough PMs…

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a ‘bold ask’ for his engineers: Rewrite company’s code so AI can…

Meta is aggressively pushing an AI-native vision, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg directing engineers to restructure codebases for AI agents. The company tracks employee AI usage, including massive token consumption costing millions monthly. Teams are reorganised into AI ‘pods,’ and ambitious goals are set for AI-assisted coding, though some question the focus on usage over actual…

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‘Not good law’: Centre questions adultery, same-sex relationship verdicts in Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that landmark rulings decriminalising adultery and same-sex consensual relationships were based on a “subjective” interpretation of constitutional morality and should be considered “not a good law.“The submissions were made before a nine-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during hearings on…

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Mojtaba Khamenei: How Mojtaba Khamenei’s greenlight defused Trump’s ‘wipe out civilization’ ultimatum and led to a US-Iran truce

Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei (R) Thirty-eight days into the war, a ceasefire was declared. Early on Wednesday, Donald Trump reached terms with Iran, agreeing to halt military actions for two weeks. What began as an American-Israeli campaign aimed at regime change in Tehran saw Ayatollah Ali Khamenei eliminated on the first day of Trump’s…

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