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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran’s ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to carry on its way. U.S. Central Command said on social media that Marines boarded the Blue Star III on Tuesday but “released the vessel after conducting a search and confirming its voyage would not include an Iranian port call.” An accompanying video showed […]

Israeli Study Finds Plants Absorb Nutrients From Airborne Dust, Challenging Root-Only Theory   By The Media Line Staff   Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that plants can absorb essential nutrients directly from atmospheric dust through their leaves, challenging the long-held understanding that plant nutrition depends solely on root uptake from soil, the university said Tuesday.   The study, published in the journal New Phytologist and reported by Xinhua, shows that leaves […]

Zelenskyy Threatens Sanctions Over Alleged Stolen Grain as Ukraine Summons Israeli Ambassador; Israel Rejects Claims   By The Media LIne   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is preparing sanctions against any country, including Israel, that “transports and profits from grain stolen from Ukraine,” as Ukraine’s foreign ministry summoned Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky over allegations such grain has been accepted at Israeli ports, according to Reuters.   Zelenskyy directly addressed Israel on Tuesday, saying that purchasing grain exported from occupied […]

Employees Petition Google CEO To Block Classified Military Use of AI Technology    By The Media Line Staff    Google employees have signed a petition opposing the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models by the US military for classified activity, raising concerns about oversight and potential harm.    The petition, which includes several senior officials and employees from Google’s DeepMind AI lab, was addressed to Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and urges the […]

National Religious Broadcasters Urges FCC To Investigate ABC Over Kimmel Remarks; Melania Trump Calls for Action   By The Media Line Staff   National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate ABC Television over remarks made during the April 23, 2026 broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, saying the comments raise concerns about the normalization and potential incitement of political violence.   The request centers on a segment presented as a parody of the upcoming White House […]

‘A Ceasefire on Paper’: Conricus Warns Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas Are Using the Pause To Prepare   Former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus says Israel faces unresolved fronts in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza, warning that degraded enemies can still recover if not decisively defeated   By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line   Jonathan Conricus, a former international spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, […]

Starbucks said Tuesday that customers are responding to improved service in its stores, which saw better-than-expected sales in the company’s fiscal second quarter. The Seattle coffee giant said global same-store sales for the January-March period rose 6.2%. That was higher than the 4% increase Wall Street was anticipating, according to analysts polled by FactSet. In the U.S., same-store sales jumped 7%. Over the last year, Starbucks has been adding employees […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president on Tuesday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government prosecutors to his official residence in hopes of brokering a settlement to end an ongoing corruption case against the Israeli leader. President Isaac Herzog’s office issued the invitation days after announcing that he would not decide on Netanyahu’s request for a pardon and instead urge the sides to reach a settlement. The invitation, signed by Herzog’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The woman at the center of Harvey Weinstein ‘s repeatedly retried rape case testified — for the third time — Tuesday that the former Hollywood honcho trapped her in a New York hotel room and assaulted her, ignoring her pleas not to do anything sexual. “I said ‘no’ over and over, and I tried to leave,” Jessica Mann told jurors, sobbing. “He just treated me like […]