8:01 am, Tuesday, 3 March 2026
BREAKING NEWS
Metallica fans hit with lifetime stadium ban after risky stunt
A dangerous climb at a packed show Two Australian Metallica fans have been handed lifetime bans from Perth’s Optus Stadium
Tokyo’s rat problem exposes cracks in city living
Rats move in as garbage piles up Tokyo’s famously tidy image is under strain as rat sightings surge in busy
Solar startups race to cover every rooftop
Closing the rooftop solar gap A new wave of clean-energy startups is trying to solve a surprisingly stubborn problem: millions
OpenAI lands big enterprise customer after ‘code red’ over Google
From panic to proof of concept OpenAI has announced a major new enterprise customer just days after an internal “code
China’s $1 Trillion Trade Surplus Puts Global Partners on Edge
Drivers behind the record surplus China has crossed a symbolic economic threshold, with its annual trade surplus topping $1 trillion
‘SNL’ WEEKEND UPDATE TORCHES TRUMP’S ‘PEACE PRIZE’ AND MRI DELAYS
Satire targets cost-of-living anger and questions over the president’s health Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment has zeroed in on
MARRAKECH SPOTLIGHTS MOROCCO’S NEW WAVE OF FILMMAKERS
Four rising directors show how North African cinema is changing At this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival, a new generation
INDIA DENIES TELLING BANKS TO HALT NEW CLEAN ENERGY FUNDING
New Delhi scrambles to reassure investors and states on green push India’s renewable energy ministry has moved to calm markets
JUDGE SLAPS ONE-YEAR LIMIT ON GOOGLE’S DEFAULT SEARCH DEALS
US court moves to loosen Google’s grip on search and AI defaults A US federal judge has ordered that Google’s
JAPAN, AUSTRALIA URGE CALM AFTER CHINESE JET LOCKS RADAR ON JAPANESE FIGHTERS
High-risk encounter near Okinawa sharpens focus on Taiwan tensions Japan and Australia have called for calm after Japanese fighter jets
