Issue 2026-03-16
Stories
- Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Record 400-Million-Barrel IEA Draw as Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire
- Drone Strike Ignites Fuel Tank, Grounds Dubai International on 16 Mar 2026
- Trump Presses Allies for Naval Coalition to Break Iran’s Hormuz Blockade
- IEA Green-Lights Record 400 M-Barrel Strategic Release After Hormuz Shutdown
- Paris Talks Float US-China ‘Board of Trade’ and Bigger Farm Buys Ahead of March 31 Trump-Xi Summit
- Meta Weighs 20 % Workforce Cut to Fund $600 B AI Build-Out
- Meta Pulls Instagram E2E Encryption, Redirects Users to WhatsApp (Effective May 8 2026)
- Meta to Disable End-to-End Encryption in Instagram DMs Worldwide from 8 May 2026
- China Grants World-First Market Approval to Implantable BCI for Spinal Cord Injury
At a Glance
- On 15 Mar 2026, President Trump spurned Tehran’s offer to pause hostilities, vowed new strikes on Kharg Island, and k...
- A single drone hit a fuel-storage tank next to Dubai International Airport before dawn on 16 March 2026, sparking a f...
- On 14-15 March 2026, President Trump publicly urged China, France, Japan, South Korea, the U.K. and others to dispatc...
- On 15-16 March 2026 the International Energy Agency approved and scheduled the largest emergency drawdown in its 52-y...
- On 15 March 2026, six-hour negotiations in Paris produced draft plans for permanent “Board of Trade” and “Board of In...
- Leaked internal planning shows Meta may shed roughly 16,000 of its 79,000 employees—its biggest reduction yet—to dive...