Updated: Mar 21st, 2026 A US federal jury in California has found Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk liable for misleading Twitter (now called X) shareholders in 2022 using false statements that depressed the company’s share price. Allegedly, Musk sought to renegotiate or abandon a $44 billion takeover of X with his false statement. Jurors...
Day: March 21, 2026
Meta to shut down Horizon Worlds for VR headsets, shift focus to mobile
Updated: Mar 21st, 2026 Meta Platforms has announced that it will discontinue its virtual reality social platform, Horizon Worlds, on Quest headsets, nearly five years after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg described it as the “next frontier” for the company. In a community blog post, Meta said the Horizon Worlds app will be removed from the...
US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea, gives 30-days waiver for sale of stranded tankers
Updated: Mar 21st, 2026 The administration of Donald Trump has reportedly issued a 30-day sanctions waiver permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea, in a move aimed at easing global energy supply pressures triggered by the ongoing US-Israel conflict with Iran. In a post on X, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said...
South Korea: 10 dead, 4 unaccounted for, 59 hurt in fire at auto parts plant in Daejeon
Updated: Mar 21st, 2026 Ten people have been killed and four others are still reported missing in a large fire at a car parts plant in South Korea’s Daejeon, authorities said Saturday. Another 59 people suffered serious or slight injuries. Firefighters have been searching for the four people who were unaccounted for when the blaze...
Sri Lanka denies US request to land warplanes, cites neutrality amid regional tensions
Updated: Mar 20th, 2026 Sri Lanka has reportedly refused permission to the United States to land two warplanes at Mattala International Airport earlier this month, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament on Friday. According to reports, the President stated that the requests regarding aircraft operating from Djibouti and transporting anti-ship missiles were made for March...
Norway’s Crown Princess says she regrets meeting Epstein, admits ‘poor judgement’: Reports
Updated: Mar 20th, 2026 Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Photo: Sølve Sundsbø. The Royal Court Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit has finally responded, saying she wishes she had never met disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, admitting she felt “manipulated” in a televised interview that broke weeks of silence over her past association with him, as...
US Mint to release 24-carat gold coin with Trump’s face
Updated: Mar 20th, 2026 The United States Mint will produce a 24-carat gold coin featuring the face of Donald Trump on one side and a bald eagle on the other. The unusual move has drawn criticism, as a living president rarely features on such a special coin. The coin, to be minted to celebrate 250...
India confirms death of Indian national in Riyadh amid West Asia conflict
Updated: Mar 20th, 2026 India on Friday confirmed the death of an Indian national on March 18 in Riyadh due to the ongoing West Asia conflict. The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia stated that it remains in touch with the family and local authorities and assured all possible assistance. “The Embassy of India expresses its...
Spokesman of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps killed in Israeli strike
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Friday announced that spokesperson and head of the Public Relations Array of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ali Mohammad Naini has been killed. According to the statement released by IDF, Naini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. “ELIMINATED: Ali Mohammad Naini, the Spokesperson and Head of...
Iran executes 19-year-old wrestler over allegedly killing two police men during protest
Updated: Mar 20th, 2026 Iran has executed public hanging to a 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi over allegedly killing two police men during protests in the country, as per reports. Along with him, two other men have also received the same punishment. In January 2026, nationwide anti-regime protests were carried out in Iran in which many...









