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Weekend Briefing
Weekend Briefing
From Reuters Daily Briefing
By Robert MacMillan, Reuters.com Weekend Editor
Welcome to the Weekend Briefing. We asked Americans what the U.S. conflict with Iran means for their lives, and we had no shortage of responses. The Artemis II capsule and crew landed safely after 10 days in space. Learn more about Victor Glover, the first Black man to pilot a spacecraft around the moon, and one of his aspirants. And this edition of City memo takes us to Amsterdam.
Conditions: Iran threw the outcome of the scheduled talks into doubt by demanding that Isarel stop attacking Hezbollah militants and that the U.S. unblock Iranian assets. Israel and the U.S. say Lebanon is not part of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is recovering from severe and disfiguring facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father, three people close to his inner circle said.
Divergence: The U.S. and Iran might be talking about a long-term truce, but Israel’s creation of “buffer zones” in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon shows that it’s prepared to remain in a semi-permanent state of war. Gaza’s education ministry said an Israeli bullet killed a third-grade girl in front of her classmates. Donald Trump’s Gaza peace board needs $17 billion. It has received less than $1 billion, a source says.
Plans for Hormuz: Middle East oil producers asked Asian refiners to submit crude-oil loading programs for April and May. That indicates preparations for the resumption of shipping in the strait. Trump warned Iran not to charge a toll on tankers sailing through those waters. Speaking of which, can they do that?
Unconventional logic: Wednesday’s edition of the Reuters Daily Briefing explained the math behind SpaceX's $1.75 trillion valuation in its upcoming IPO. Today, we look at the unusual yardsticks Wall Street is using to justify the number. Rather than putting it in the same box as Boeing or AT&T, at least one institutional investor is grouping it with Palantir and AI infrastructure companies GE Vernova and Vertiv.
New rule: The Darts Regulation Authority said the policy followed a review by an academic developmental biologist who said that darts is a “gender-affected sport.” The change comes weeks after the IOC said only biologically female athletes will be eligible to take part in female-category events at the Olympic Games.
Home on the rage: World cycling’s governing body suspended New Zealand’s Kiaan Watts for 25 days after he punched fellow rider Marijn Maas in the head during a race in the Netherlands. Daniil Medvedev smashed his racket several times during a 6-0 6-0 loss to Matteo Berrettini at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Before I forget…
Congressman Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, said accusations of sexual assault by a former staffer were “absolutely” false. He also apologized to his wife for unspecified “mistakes in judgment in my past.”
Americans have made a tangible entry into the Spanish housing market during this past decade, and their ranks are growing in part because of dissatisfaction with their president.
Global nighttime light from the earth is rising, with sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia adding to the increase, while Europeans are introducing deliberate dimming.
