Iranians are confronting mass layoffs and soaring inflation amid destroyed infrastructure and internet blackouts. We take a closer look. But first: US senators grill Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, and the global condom industry takes a blow from supply chain issues tied to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Source link
In the current market, many investors are liquidating their positions in bitcoin (BTC) due to fear of further price drops. For this reason, the analyst who identifies himself on social networks as Plan C warns that “anyone who is selling bitcoin because they are convinced that it is going to fall below $60,000 and that … Read more
US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for talks, claiming the Islamic republic was “collapsed financially” because of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. There was no word from Tehran on the ceasefire and an Iranian gunboat fired on a container ship off the coast of Oman, causing … Read more
The day DW interviews Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to Berlin, is a day like no other. It is the day when Israel remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorist attacks on 21 April every year. Israel is still under pressure, says Prosor at the beginning of the interview conducted by DW’s Berlin correspondent Simon … Read more
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday urged Equatorial Guinea to place itself “in the service of law and justice”, on the first day of his visit to the authoritarian country, which is one of the most closed-off states in Africa and regularly accused of human rights abuses. FRANCE 24’s Seema Gupta reports from Rome. Source link
President Donald Trump extended the US ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for peace talks, with Tehran silent on the decision early Wednesday. Trump indefinitely pushed back the end of the two week trick, crediting a request from mediator Pakistan and stressing the need to give Iran’s “fractured” leadership time to form a proposal. … Read more
Displaced Palestinians browse books at Gaza’s new Phoenix Library, a youth-led initiative in the Rimal neighborhood that aims to revive culture and literature during the war. The library houses a diverse collection of literary and scientific books, and includes a children’s section, its name reflecting Gaza’s rise from the rubble. “We retrieved the books from … Read more
The ceasefire declared by Trump is for an indefinite period. Iranian officials would show some skepticism about the possibility of continuing negotiations. The price of bitcoin (BTC) has increased 2% in the last 24 hours, reaching $78,000 on the morning of this Wednesday, April 22, 2026. This upward movement coincides with a respite in geopolitical … Read more
Read next Lufthansa to cancel 20,000 flights between now and October 04/22/202622 April 2026 Lufthansa will cancel 20,000 flights between now and October Lufthansa said unprofitable short-haul flights would be canceled at least temporarily Image: Hannes P. Albert/dpa/Picture Alliance After announcing the closure of its CityLine subsidiary last week, German major airline Lufthansa confirmed on … Read more
NASA on Tuesday unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, a powerful new observatory designed to map the universe and search for distant planets. Aiming to shed light on dark matter and dark energy, the new telescope will be able to observe light emitted by celestial bodies billions of years ago thanks to its infrared … Read more