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Trump Rejects Iran's Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz as Oil Jumps Past $107
World

Trump Rejects Iran's Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz as Oil Jumps Past $107

Tehran offered to reopen the world's most critical oil chokepoint within a week in exchange for sanctions relief and an end to the blockade. Trump called the terms unacceptable β€” and markets convulsed.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20265 min read
Trump–Xi Summit Delivers $30 Billion Tariff Rollback and AI Dialogue, but Core Disputes Remain
World

Trump–Xi Summit Delivers $30 Billion Tariff Rollback and AI Dialogue, but Core Disputes Remain

After two days of pageantry in Washington, the US and China agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion of goods each way, launched a Board of Trade, and opened a formal AI dialogue.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
The AI Price War Heats Up: OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna vs Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5
Technology

The AI Price War Heats Up: OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna vs Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5

OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna on September 22, cutting prices by up to 50 percent. Hours later, Anthropic answered with Claude Opus 5.5 at 40 percent lower cost. The synchronized releases mark a real price war at the AI frontier.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20265 min read
Microsoft Rebuilds Copilot Around Home, Code and Autopilot, Betting the Work Surface Is the Moat
Technology

Microsoft Rebuilds Copilot Around Home, Code and Autopilot, Betting the Work Surface Is the Moat

Microsoft has rebuilt Copilot around three capabilities β€” Home, Code, and Autopilot β€” turning the AI assistant into a unified work surface where users chat, build apps in natural language, and delegate to persistent agents billed by usage.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20265 min read
October Baseball Is Here: The 2026 MLB Playoff Bracket, Schedule, and the Stories That Will Define It
Sports

October Baseball Is Here: The 2026 MLB Playoff Bracket, Schedule, and the Stories That Will Define It

Twelve teams, four Wild Card Series, and a Dodgers three-peat bid: your complete guide to the 2026 MLB postseason, which opens September 29.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
NASA Promises an 'Artemis Acceleration' Update as the Moon Race Sharpens
Space

NASA Promises an 'Artemis Acceleration' Update as the Moon Race Sharpens

Administrator Jared Isaacman says October will bring long-awaited Moon mission timing β€” with China as the competitor and a three-phase Moon base as the goal.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
The First Worm Delivered Through an AI Coding Assistant: Inside Mandiant's Shai-Hulud Case
Software

The First Worm Delivered Through an AI Coding Assistant: Inside Mandiant's Shai-Hulud Case

Mandiant's September 2026 report documents an attacker hijacking a developer's live AI coding-assistant session, steering them to a poisoned package, and spreading the Shai-Hulud worm across 100 internal repositories.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20268 min read
500 Million Years After the Big Bang, Galaxies Were Already Seeding the Cosmos With Heavy Elements
Science

500 Million Years After the Big Bang, Galaxies Were Already Seeding the Cosmos With Heavy Elements

JWST spectra of three galaxies seen as they were 13 billion years ago show carbon, oxygen, and silicon streaming into intergalactic space β€” the earliest direct evidence of baryon cycling.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
An AI Just Found a New Enzyme System in Virus DNA β€” and Nobody Knows What It Does
Science

An AI Just Found a New Enzyme System in Virus DNA β€” and Nobody Knows What It Does

Roughly 950 AI agents spent 21 hours scanning public DNA databases and surfaced ART, a CRISPR-like system in bacterial viruses. Human scientists confirmed it in the lab β€” but what it actually does remains a mystery.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
The New Gold Rush: AI's Insatiable Hunger Makes Data Centres 2026's Hottest Property Bet
Real Estate

The New Gold Rush: AI's Insatiable Hunger Makes Data Centres 2026's Hottest Property Bet

US data centre construction starts hit $84.1 billion through July β€” nearly triple last year β€” while the global pipeline tops $2.3 trillion and power becomes the new location.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
Ottawa Returns: Carney's 'Building Canada Strong Act' Splits Unions and Business
Politics

Ottawa Returns: Carney's 'Building Canada Strong Act' Splits Unions and Business

Bill C-39 promises one-year project reviews and labour-code reform β€” and has set up a fight between the government, unions and industry.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
UK Savers Face a Tax Squeeze: What the Budget Debate Means for Your Cash in 2026
Personal Finance

UK Savers Face a Tax Squeeze: What the Budget Debate Means for Your Cash in 2026

Frozen thresholds, rising savings taxes from 2027, and an October 28 Budget: what British savers should do before the Chancellor speaks.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read