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Lionel Messi Scores 2 Goals, Inter Miami Beats Rapids 3-2, Extends Unbeaten Streak to 7 Games

Lionel Messi Scores 2 Goals, Inter Miami Beats Rapids 3-2, Extends Unbeaten Streak to 7 Games

Published by Sam Flores

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Lionel Messi had two goals, Germán Berterame scored for the second consecutive game, and Inter Miami beat the Colorado Rapids 3-2 on Saturday to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games and win their first game under interim coach Guillermo Hoyos. Hoyos, who had been serving as club’s sporting director, took over coaching duties after Javier Mascherano unexpectedly left the club due to personal reasons. Mascherano led Inter Miami to the 2025 MLS Cup title in his only full season with the club. Messi, who opened the scoring when he converted a penalty kick in the 13th minute, scored the go-ahead goal in 79th minute. After a Colorado turnover near midfield, Messi cut back near the right corner of the penalty box and flicked a rising shot that split a pair of defenders and slipped inside the back post. Messi has seven goal this season, tied with Sam Surridge and Petar Musa for most in MLS. Miami (4-1-3) hasn’t lost since a season-opening 3-0 defeat to Los Angeles FC. Yannick …

US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions

US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration renewed a key sanctions waiver on April 17, allowing countries to purchase Russian oil stranded at sea, responding to urgent pressure from Asian nations battered by skyrocketing energy costs. The move also reverses a position Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had stated two days earlier. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License 134B on Friday, authorizing transactions tied to Russian crude and petroleum products loaded onto vessels as of that date.  The waiver runs through May 16 and replaces a previous license that expired on April 11. The move comes after Bessent told reporters on Wednesday the administration would not extend the earlier waiver, signaling what appeared to be a firmer stance on Russian energy exports.  “As negotiations [with Iran] accelerate, Treasury wants to ensure oil is available to those who need it,” a Treasury spokesperson said. The Russia-related license waiver excludes transactions to Iran, Cuba, and North Korea. Global oil prices tumbled 9 percent on Friday to about $90 a …

US Congress extends controversial surveillance power under FISA for 10 days | Privacy News

US Congress extends controversial surveillance power under FISA for 10 days | Privacy News

Published by Sam Flores

The measure has long been criticised for allowing US intelligence agencies to collect citizen data without a warrant. Published On 17 Apr 202617 Apr 2026 The United States Congress has temporarily extended a controversial surveillance law which allows federal intelligence agencies to collect the data of foreigners, including their contacts with US citizens. The move allows a provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to continue until April 30. The short-term extension was passed by the House of Representatives and approved by the Senate on Friday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The patch comes after President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a more lasting extension broke down. Section 702 of FISA allows the National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence services to collect data from foreigners outside of the country. That could include their interactions with US citizens, a prospect that has alarmed rights advocates. Collecting such data, which can include correspondence on email and telecommunications platforms, typically requires a warrant approved by a court. The process has been described by …

US appeals court extends deadline to halt White House ballroom construction | Donald Trump News

US appeals court extends deadline to halt White House ballroom construction | Donald Trump News

Published by Sam Flores

The United States appeals court has allowed construction on the White House ballroom to continue at least until April 17, extending a pause on a lower court’s order that barred further building. On Saturday, a three-judge appeals panel for the District of Columbia explained that the new deadline would allow the administration of President Donald Trump “to seek Supreme Court review” of the lower court’s order. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The ruling was the result of a March 31 order from the court of Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former Republican President George W Bush. Leon ordered construction on the ballroom to be paused, citing the need for congressional authorisation for a project so transformative to the US capital. But in his decision, Leon added exceptions and loopholes to that order. His injunction, for example, excluded “construction necessary to ensure the safety and security of the White House”. He also issued a temporary 14-day stay on the injunction — meaning it would not go into effect immediately — to give …

Energy Dept. extends order to keep dead Colo. coal plant online, costing millions

Energy Dept. extends order to keep dead Colo. coal plant online, costing millions

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The Department of Energy has extended its previous 90-day order to a broken Colorado coal plant, forcing it to stay online further despite generating no electricity, and costing ratepayers tens of millions of dollars. The DoE continues to cite “reliability” concerns in its illegal orders to keep these coal plants open, despite that coal is the least reliable form of energy available to the US. Not only is coal unreliable, it’s also costly both from an energy and health perspective. Coal costs tens of billions in health costs per year to the communities surrounding the plants, with this damage to health costing 13 times as much as the electricity the plants generate. But even if you discount these health costs, coal is still among the most expensive forms of electricity generation. Advertisement – scroll for more content Because of coal’s high costs, its use has drastically fallen over the last few decades. Coal supplied around half of US electricity in the early 2000s, but is now down to around 17%, and will continue falling over the long term because nobody …

Trump extends pause on attacking Iran energy facilities to April 6

Trump extends pause on attacking Iran energy facilities to April 6

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was extending an ongoing brief pause in attacking Iran’s energy facilities by 10 days, to April 6, at the request of the government of the Islamic Republic. Trump’s move avoids escalating the war with Iran at a time the United States has signaled it wants a negotiated end to the conflict and as the key Strait of Hormuz remains almost completely closed to oil shipments. His announcement came as key U.S. stock market indexes fell and oil prices rose. “As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “Talks are ongoing and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” The original five-day pause on U.S. attacks on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure was due to end Friday. Trump had announced the first pause on Monday on Truth Social. …

Trump extends deadline for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz : NPR

Trump extends deadline for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

A commercial ship is anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, on March 2. Anadolu/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu/Getty Images The war in the Middle East ramped up on Thursday as Israel launched a wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure in the central city of Isfahan, and said it killed the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s navy. Iran hit back, firing two rounds of missiles at central Israel causing destruction and injuries. Israel was also under attack from a wave of rockets from Iran-backed fighters in Lebanon, and an Israeli soldier in Lebanon was killed. On the diplomatic front, Pakistan’s foreign minister said his country is facilitating “indirect talks” between the U.S. and Iran and said 15 points proposed by the U.S. were “being deliberated upon by Iran.” U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed presenting 15 points to lead to a “peace plan” through Pakistan as a mediator. Iran countered with its own five conditions in return, including war reparations and rights over the Strait of Hormuz for Iran. Citing ongoing …

Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

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Evidence from Pınarbaşı in Turkey shows that hunter-gatherers were looking after dogs about 15,800 years ago Kathryn Killackey Ancient remains in Turkey from 15,800 years ago have been confirmed as coming from a dog, the earliest one ever found. Genetic evidence also reveals that our best friends were already widely distributed across Europe 14,300 years ago, when humans were hunter-gatherers and agriculture hadn’t yet emerged. When dogs were domesticated is a knotty question, given the physical and genetic similarities between dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and grey wolves (Canis lupus). Previously, the oldest remains genetically identified as being from a dog date to around 10,900 years ago. However, there are dog-like bones from as far back as 33,000 years ago from animals that weren’t quite dogs yet genetically, known as incipient dogs. To get a better handle on how the history of dogs played out, Lachie Scarsbrook at the University of Oxford and his colleagues have examined the genomes obtained from several early, dog-like remains at archaeological sites around Europe. The earliest remains confirmed as being …

Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as he extends deadline to allow for diplomacy

Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as he extends deadline to allow for diplomacy

Published by Sam Flores

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with an Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its power plants, saying it has an additional five days. Trump’s turnaround, which held out the possibility of resolving the war now in its fourth week, served to drive down oil prices and jolt stocks. It offered a reprieve after the U.S. and Iran traded threats over the weekend that could have cut electricity to millions in Iran and around the Gulf, and knocked out desalination plants providing many desert nations with drinking water. Trump told reporters Iran wants “to make a deal,” and he claimed U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had held talks Sunday with an Iranian leader. He did not say who that was, but said the U.S. has not talked to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Iran …