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Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Nearly 600,000 customers were still affected at midday in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide. A 66 mph (106 kph) gust at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday was deemed its fourth-strongest on record that was not caused by a thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport saw winds hit 85 mph (137 km) Friday afternoon. Winds took down a gas station canopy in New Franklin, Ohio, and an auto parts store sign in Baldwin, Pennsylvania. Trees and tree limbs fell into or onto homes and cars from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. The roof of a school building in the Chicago suburb of Niles, Illinois, was severely damaged by wind. High winds fuelled multiple wildfires across a broad swath of Nebraska's .

The details of who accessed a server at the FBI's New York Field Office, including the allegation that a foreign hacker was involved, are being reported here for the first time

Witkoff said the denial came during ​a phone call that US President Donald Trump had with Russian President Vladimir ​Putin on Monday

G7 finance ministers said on Monday they were ready to release oil from strategic reserves ​to help lower prices, if necessary

The IRGC also played the decisive role in elevating Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening US-Israeli strikes

Ackman is eyeing a dual public offering for Pershing Square and a US-listed closed-end fund called Pershing Square USA, which he had previously sought to take public in 2024

The unusually sharp repricing came as major oil producers cut supply and fears grew of prolonged shipping disruptions, pushing crude above $119 a barrel its highest level since mid-2022

The tariffs that were a central part of President Donald Trump's economic policy were struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last month

Mr Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America's friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale and unprovoked air and missile attack against Iran, killing Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader

Government says all 35 Indian-flagged vessels in the Persian Gulf region remain safe as enhanced monitoring continues; port operations stable despite cargo pile-up concerns

The US on Thursday allowed Indian refiners a 30-day waiver from sanctions to buy Russian oil loaded on vessels as of March 5. Approval related to Russia's oil sale to India is valid until April 4

Trump said in a social media post, adding that they would work to boost Iran's economy

Wright also said Americans should see lower gas prices in weeks, not months

Top government sources on Friday described as "baseless and preposterous" claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US on an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days back. There is no question of providing any input to the US on it and the claims are completely baseless, the sources said. The US sank the Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, triggering shard reaction from Iran. The Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, was returning home after participating in the Milan multilateral naval exercise hosted by India. At least 87 Iranian sailors were killed in the attack, which marked a major escalation in the conflict between the US and Iran outside of the Persian Gulf.

LNG tenders fail, tankers stranded, storage at 30%; naphtha back in the mix

How the authomotive hub is providing semiconductor companies exactly what they need - speed

The AMU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a US university to expand joint academic research, faculty development and instructional programmes. The agreement between the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the University of Houston, with support from the Consulate General of India, Houston, reflects a shared commitment to knowledge, inclusion, and global engagement among the faculty and students of both institutions, officials said. The MoU builds on the vital role played by alumni and academic leaders in both countries in nurturing long-term partnerships and creating opportunities for young scholars and innovators. Consul General D C Manjunath underlined that such collaborations are key pillars of the IndiaUS higher education partnership and are fully aligned with India's National Education Policy (NEP) focussed on internationalisation of higher education and global academic mobility. He emphasised that sustained academic engagement, mobility of students and faculty, an

Indian markets opened sharply lower as escalating US-Iran tensions rattled global equities and pushed investors toward safe-haven assets like gold and silver.

OpenAI’s new partnership with the US Department of Defence has triggered a sharp consumer backlash. ChatGPT saw a 295% spike in uninstalls in the US