Iran Says Talks With US Are 'Fake News' After Trump Threatens To 'Just Keep Bombing', Wants Hormuz To Be 'Jointly Controlled'

Vance Warns Iranians Ahead Of Pakistan Talks: US "Has All The Cards" & "We Want The Nuclear Fuel" Summary:  Vice President Vance (who's been tapped to lead talks) warns Iranians: Trump "has all the cards" and cannot have a nuclear weapon. Follows Pentagon/WH declaring "total victory". Iran says it has upper-hand. US, Iran agree to meet for first direct talks in Islamabad. Situation fragile given that Iran is threatening to hit Israel again over IDF's massive Lebanon airstrikes. Tehran says 3 clauses already violated. Iran meanwhile demands stiff fees for ships passing through Hormuz during the ceasefire, and...

In Charts: Communist Cuba's Lights Dim Amid US Oil Blockade Authored by Sylvia Xu, Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Blackouts, shortages, fuel rationing, and empty streets now define daily life in Cuba. People wait to fill their water containers during a nationwide blackout in Havana on March 22, 2026. Cuban authorities scrambled on March 22 to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging infrastructure and a U.S. oil blockade. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty...

Alibaba Unveils China's Most Powerful AI Chip In $53 Billion Gambit Alibaba Group has unveiled the Zhenwu V900, an AI accelerator it calls China's most powerful, marking a major escalation in its effort to challenge Nvidia and build a vertically integrated artificial-intelligence stack stretching from chips and networking to models and hyperscale data centers. Alibaba booth at the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, Friday, July 18, 2025 (Mahesh Kumar / AP)Unveiled by CEO Eddie Wu at Alibaba's Apsara Conference, the new processor...