Notable Events Around the World on - 2026-04-03

Experience: I climbed the tallest tropical tree in the world

It was a slow ascent: I needed to check for wasps, snakes and scorpionsI was born in Tawau, a Malaysian city on the island of Borneo, and grew up around logging camps – my dad worked in the in...

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‘I lost a $3m brand deal. I was like: OK, losers!’ Swedish pop provocateur Zara Larsson on fame, fun and fighting the power

After a decade in pop’s underground, Larsson’s radiant fifth album turned her into one of the world’s biggest stars. It’s about time, she says, relishing the attention without sacrificing her moral...

theguardian.com

What’s going on with dollar debt?

‘Swap’ trades by hedge funds have exploded recently

ft.com

UK motorists face £2 a litre diesel as Iran war drives wholesale prices to 4-year high

Scarce cargoes have boosted European diesel futures to equivalent of $211 a barrel, almost double the price of crude oil

ft.com

Credit investors flee to safety, pulling $11bn from junk bonds this year

AI disruption and war in the Middle East send market towards Treasuries and investment-grade debt

ft.com

Prediction markets: the hunt for the new ‘dumb money’

As new bettors flock to platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, some make easy prey for trading firms and professional gamblers

ft.com

Fund managers snap up bonds on growth threat from Iran war

After sharp market sell-off, debt investors shift focus from inflation fears to likely damage to economies

ft.com

Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice

Patches of open water in the region contributed to low sea ice extent across the Arctic in March 2026, which tied with the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.

nasa.gov

NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing a key burn of Orion’s main engine. With the approximately six-m...

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Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Problem

Our White House reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs parses some of President Trump’s conflicting messages about the war with Iran.

nytimes.com

How Iran Should End the War

A deal Tehran could take.

foreignaffairs.com