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The National Hurricane Center said at 8 p.m. MST Monday that Polo had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph near 25.9N, 112.5W while moving northeast at 13 mph, with landfall in Baja California Sur imminent.
Business
Delcy Rodríguez returned from her U.S. trip with no major agreements and growing pressure to specify when Venezuelans will vote.
Travel
Qatar Airways is retiring its last passenger A330s while temporarily sending some pilots to RwandAir.
Science
A fossil find in eastern Spain extends the known range of Diplodocus from North America to Europe.
Weather
Life-threatening winds and flash flooding are ongoing in Baja California Sur as Polo reaches the peninsula. The storm is expected to cross Baja California Sur and then move toward northwestern mainland Mexico, where additional hurricane and flooding impacts are possible.
Business
The lack of signed deals and a firm election timetable leaves uncertainty over Venezuela's political transition, access to financing and energy-sector recovery.
Travel
The move shows how geopolitical disruption and fuel costs are changing airline fleets, staffing and route economics far beyond the immediate conflict zone.
Weekly unemployment claims remained exceptionally low while lower prices helped push new-home sales to an eight-month high.
Iran says a proposal relayed through Qatar could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt regional fighting within seven days, while the Wall Street Journal reported President Trump had rejected the offer.
The legislation would target individuals or groups involved in settlement activity that its sponsors say undermines prospects for a Palestinian state.
Venezuela's interim president left New York after seeking debt, energy and mining agreements, but no concrete deals were announced and no election date was set.
Oracle sent a force-majeure notice tied to a large New Mexico data-center development, according to Bloomberg reporting cited by Reuters, while investors scrutinize rising AI-infrastructure costs.
Fourteen tail vertebrae and associated bones from a roughly 150-million-year-old dinosaur in Teruel have been identified as belonging to the Diplodocus genus.
Novo Nordisk reported late-stage results comparing its next-generation obesity candidate with Eli Lilly's treatment in people with type 2 diabetes.
The Spanish club hired Aguirre through the end of the season with an option for another year after a disappointing start to the campaign.
