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2:19 AM on Thursday, April 9

A viral photo of snow-capped Mount Fuji, a red pagoda and cherry blossoms has brought many tourists to a peaceful Japanese town

1:48 AM on Thursday, April 9

Voters in Benin are heading to the polls Sunday to elect a new president

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Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers

11:00 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Australia has agreed to underwrite two companies buying fuel at inflated prices, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warning of extended supply disruptions even if the Iran ceasefire holds

8:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez has asked public and private sector workers for patience as her government works to improve the economy

8:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge’s ruling on the same issues

8:04 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal judge ordered rapper Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody after he and eight others were accused of kidnapping three music industry professionals and robbing them at gunpoint in Texas during a contract dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label

7:13 PM on Wednesday, April 8

An Oregon appeals court has sided with PacifiCorp in a ruling that could possibly jeopardize over $1 billion in damages for victims of the state's devastating 2020 wildfires

6:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users

6:04 PM on Wednesday, April 8

There is an explosion of color beneath the surface in Raja Ampat

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The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at age 97

3:04 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The iPod is undergoing a revival, with secondhand sales surging

12:34 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Heavy rains in the Dominican Republic have killed one child, damaged more than 1,000 homes and are causing power and water outages, forcing officials to suspend classes at some public and private schools

12:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon

11:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran

8:52 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples