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Bitcoin dipped below the $74,000 mark on Sunday as a military confrontation between the US and Iran dismantled a brief weekend rally.Data from Coinbase shows the flagship crypto hit a multi-month high near $78,300 late Friday, reaching its highest valuation since early February. Bitcoin price (weekly timeframe). Source: Coinbase.However, prices began to slip on Saturday after Tehran threatened to shut down critical shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. The decline accelerated into Sunday night when the US military intercepted and seized an Iranian cargo vessel, alleging the ship attempted to bypass a blockade of Iranian ports.Geopolitical friction rattles markets once…

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Alibaba shares have accelerated their gains this month as the Chinese e-commerce giant has released a succession of new artificial intelligence models. “Alibaba’s approach of having a large range of AI models [is] a smart strategic play that sets it apart from other players and designed for efficiency,” said Brian Tycangco, an analyst at Stansberry Research. “A single large model that carries enormous features may not be practical for AI markets that don’t require complex search and compute,” he said. “This makes it too expensive for a good portion of the addressable market that needs an AI model for basic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Johnny Knoxville played chaos agent in Southern California over the weekend.A “double explosion” was captured on film outside of a dog park by a Simi Valley local, only for social media users to discover that Knoxville was behind the blast.”Apparently people thought a plane had crashed yesterday in Simi Valley,” Knoxville said in a @joeknowsventura clip shared online.BAM MARGERA SHREDS ON SKATEBOARD, DEFIES ODDS STACKED AGAINST HIM Johnny Knoxville has been at the helm of “Jackass” since the controversial stunt series debuted on MTV in 2000. (FOX)”Little did they know it was…

Charlie D’Agata, Olivia Rinaldi and Lana Zak report on the current state of Iran war, what we know about peace talks and how the conflict is spiking fuel prices here at home.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dexter Lawrence’s new chapter in the NFL has begun, and he admitted for the first time since the New York Giants traded him to the Cincinnati Bengals that he has a “fire in me that I’ve never had before.”The Giants fulfilled Lawrence’s trade request on Saturday, sending the three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle to the Bengals in exchange for the No. 10 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft — a blockbuster deal that changes things in the first round set to kick off from Pittsburgh on Thursday night.Lawrence was the 17th…

A man has been charged after 200kg of cocaine was found on a catamaran sailing into the country amid a probe into a crime syndicate with bikie gang links.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong residents who lost their homes in a massive fire at an apartment complex last year began returning on Monday (Apr 20) for the first time to collect what is left of their belongings.The city’s deadliest fire in decades killed 168 people when it ripped through seven of the eight apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court complex in November.For the first time since then, around 6,000 residents are being given three-hour windows to enter their homes from Monday and get their belongings.With 1,700 flats to pick through, authorities hope the process will be completed by early…

NewsFeedA photo of an Israeli soldier smashing a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon has sparked widespread condemnation. Israeli officials confirmed the image is genuine and ‘promised to investigate’.Published On 20 Apr 202620 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The U.S. military said it launched another strike on a boat it accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people Sunday.The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 181 people in total. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean. At least 54 vessels have been targeted in the campaign. Despite the Iran war, the series of strikes has ramped up again in the past week or so, showing that the administration’s aggressive measures to stop what it calls “narcoterrorism” in…