Issue 2026-04-19
Stories
- Iran Re-Closes Strait of Hormuz After U.S. Keeps Port Blockade, 18 Apr 2026
- Iran Fires on India-Flagged Ships, Re-closes Strait of Hormuz Days Before Ceasefire Lapse
- U.S. Navy Imposes 2026 Hormuz Blockade, Turning Back First 10 Vessels
- U.S. Issues Surprise One-Month Waiver on Sanctioned Russian Oil Amid Iran War Energy Crunch
- Meta Schedules May 20 AI Reorg Layoff of 8,000 Workers
- Triple Executive Exit Signals OpenAI’s Pivot Away from ‘Side Quests’
- White House Meets Anthropic CEO, Hinting at Roll-Back of Pentagon Blacklist
- Mid-April 2026 AI Spending Spike Triggers Bubble Alarms and Urban Re-Shuffle
- NASA Announces 2026 ‘FM2’ Lunar Fire Experiment
At a Glance
- Within 24 hours of briefly reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s IRGC reinstated a full closure on 18 April 2026 i...
- On 18 Apr 2026 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot at two merchant vessels and declared the Strait of Hormuz off-limits u...
- Beginning at 10 a.m. ET on 13 Apr 2026, a U.S. task force of 10,000-plus personnel instituted a total maritime blocka...
- On 18 April 2026 the Treasury abruptly re-authorised purchases of Russian oil already at sea until 16 May, reversing...
- On 20 May 2026, Meta will dismiss roughly 8,000 employees—about one-tenth of its workforce—in the first of at least t...
- On 18–19 April 2026, OpenAI simultaneously lost three senior leaders and dismantled its Sora video and Science units,...