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The Latest: Trump raises hopes for war to wind down but no sign of reduced fighting

Hopes rose that the Iran war could begin winding down as U.S. President Donald Trump said that his government was holding productive talks with Tehran, but fighting showed no signs of slowing and Iran denied there were talks.

Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, saying the U.S. will hold off striking Iranian power plants for five more days to allow U.S. envoys to hold talks with a “respected” Iranian leader.

Iranian officials said that Trump had backed down “following Iran’s firm warning.”

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Here's how to recycle those old laptops, iPhones and earbuds lying around

Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It's hard to know where to recycle those items, or it seems costly and inconvenient.

The world generates millions of tons of electronic waste — also called e-waste — each year. According to the United Nations' most recent estimate, people worldwide produced 137 billion pounds (62 million metric tons) of e-waste in 2022, and only about 22% of it was properly recycled. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates... Read More

Afghanistan releases American national Dennis Coyle after more than a year

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with Afghanistan's Taliban-run foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

A statement from the ministry said the academic researcher had been released in Kabul, the country's capital, following an appeal from his family and after Afghanistan's Supreme Court “considered his previous imprisonment sufficient.”

Coyle was detained in... Read More

Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success

GENEVA (AP) — Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success.

If this so-called antimatter came into contact with actual matter, even for a fraction of an instant, it would have been annihilated in a quick flash of energy. So experts at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, over the course of four hours Tuesday, brought about 100 antiprotons on the road.

The antiprotons were suspended in a vacuum inside a specially designed box... Read More

It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' outlook on the job market has turned increasingly pessimistic, a surprisingly negative shift given the low unemployment rate but one that likely reflects an ongoing hiring drought.

Just 28% of workers in a quarterly Gallup survey conducted late last year said now is a “good time” to find a quality job, with 72% saying it is a bad time. Those figures are a sharp reversal from just a few years ago, in mid-2022, when 70% said it was a good time.

Americans have quickly gotten more pessimistic: As recently as late 2024, just under half of... Read More

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The Latest: Trump raises hopes for war to wind down but no sign of reduced fighting

Here's how to recycle those old laptops, iPhones and earbuds lying around

Afghanistan releases American national Dennis Coyle after more than a year

Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success

It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll

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