Iran Offers 60-Day Toll-Free Hormuz Transit As 100s Of Ships Await Reopening

Iran Proves Willingess To Re-Engage In Nuclear Talks, Despite Public Stance: NYT Update(1219ET): Tehran has made clear it will not stop the war, or the assaults on internatinal shipping in the Strait Of Hormuz, unless its 'seven conditions' are met. It has also said time and again that the nuclear file is an issue for future, post-war negotiations.But a fresh report in the NY Times suggests that progress is being made on nuclear enrichment. While the report is perhaps dubious - given the number of times the claim of 'progress...

Japan's NEC Halts Quantum Computer Project After Decades Of Research NEC has ended its effort to develop a working quantum computer, reportedly deciding that the project would take too long to deliver an acceptable return on investment, according to a new report by Nikkei. The move represents a significant change in direction for a company that has been involved in quantum computing research for more than three decades. NEC was among the earliest companies to pursue the technology, beginning its research in the 1990s and achieving a major breakthrough in 1999 with...

Al 'Mr.Impeachment' Green Out As Crypto-Backed Candidates Win Key Texas Primary Runoffs Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, Crypto-backed political groups supported several winning candidates in Texas primary runoffs Tuesday, highlighting the digital asset industry’s growing role in US elections as Congress debates new rules for crypto markets. Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican US Senate runoff against four-term Senator John Cornyn by a wide margin, according to Texas primary runoff results, and will face Democratic state Representative James Talarico in November. In Houston’s 18th Congressional District, Democrat Christian Menefee unseated fellow Democrat representative Al Green...