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The Artemis II crew passed 252,756 miles from Earth on April 6, surpassing a distance record that had stood since the Apollo 13 emergency in 1970.

Iran has rejected a Pakistan-brokered 45-day ceasefire proposal and President Trump's Tuesday night deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, insisting any agreement must be permanent.

OpenAI acquired TBPN, Technology Business Programming Network, on April 2 for a price the Wall Street Journal reported as 'low hundreds of millions.' Hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays built a daily streaming show that became required viewing for Silicon Valley executives.

Curators are preserving and modernizing the tunnels while maintaining the macabre ambience of the city's home for the dead.

By Grant Whitfield · 2026-04-07 TLDR US and Israeli coalition air strikes hit Sharif University of Technology in Tehran on April

Sydney house values dropped 0.6% and Melbourne 0.9% in the first quarter of 2026, according to Cotality data. RBA rate hikes in February and March, combined with the economic fallout from the Iran conflict and rising fuel prices, have spooked buyers who were already stretched.

The Bruins beat the Gamecocks 79-51 on Sunday, the third-largest margin in title game history, to claim the first championship in their program's NCAA era.

The NHS-Galleri trial, which enrolled more than 140,000 volunteers to test a blood test capable of detecting over 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear, is expected to report final results in 2026.

Microsoft launched three in-house AI models on April 2, MAI-Transcribe-1 for speech-to-text, MAI-Voice-1 for expressive voice synthesis, and MAI-Image-2 for image generation, available through Microsoft Foundry.

NASA's Artemis II mission broke Apollo 13's 56-year record for the farthest distance humans have travelled from Earth, reaching 252,756 miles during a lunar flyby on April 6. The four-person crew includes the first woman, first person of colour, and first non-American to fly around the Moon.

Meta is considering layoffs that could affect 20% or more of its workforce, according to Reuters. The cuts would help offset aggressive AI infrastructure spending that reached $72 billion in 2025. Meta employed nearly 79,000 people as of December 31.

Michigan has claimed its second NCAA men's basketball national championship, beating UConn 69-63. Despite early shooting struggles, the Wolverines controlled the paint and capitalized on foul trouble to seal their first title since 1989.