Steelers place rare contract tender on Aaron Rodgers
If Aaron Rodgers plays another season, the Steelers want to make sure it’s with Pittsburgh.
People linked to top Orban aide were blocked trying to send funds abroad, Hungary’s Magyar says
Peter Magyar is due to be sworn in as Orban’s successor on May 9.
U.S. orders chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China’s Hua Hong
The move is the latest U.S. action to slow China’s development of advanced chips, two people familiar with the matter said.
Planned food tax cut faces raft of implementation challenges
Although the government aims to implement the two-year tax cut to 0% within fiscal 2026, it would take a year to make cash register systems compatible with such a rate.
Japan’s Terra Drone expands investment in Ukraine drone sector
The Tokyo-based company looks to bring battlefield-tested technology back to Japan to tap into a multibillion-dollar defense budget for unmanned systems.
China races to build record biobank to rival U.S. drugs research
For Chinese scientists, access to homegrown biobanks could accelerate the advance of biotechnology companies and cement the country’s place as a global innovation powerhouse.
Japan to likely pass bill raising immigration fees
If the bill also clears the House of Councilors, the new immigration fees would be implemented within this fiscal year, which ends next March.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes wartime power, blunts supreme leader’s role
Tehran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power.
Russian ‘shadow fleet’ undeterred by Starmer’s threat as nearly 100 ships cross U.K. waters
Since the U.K. prime minister’s remarks in March, the number of Russian vessels subject to sanctions transiting its waters was unchanged from previous months.
Japanese crude supertanker may have exited Strait of Hormuz in war first
The supertanker linked to Japan is carrying 2 million barrels of crude, which was loaded from Saudi Arabia’s Juaymah terminal in early March.