March 2026

UAE AWS data center hit by military strikes, causing outages across region

AWS Central Availability Zone in the Middle East hit by ‘objects’ Data center caught fire and had to be cut off from power Amazon is still waiting for power to connect before it can release a fix One of Amazon’s UAE-based data centers has been hit in the region’s ongoing conflict, causing outages in the […]

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Battered BTC Price May Find Solace in ‘Devaluation’ Trading: Crypto Daybook Americas

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) The conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran remains the biggest news story of the day as attacks intensify and spread. Markets responded as they usually do: by reducing risks and pushing up oil prices. Bitcoin BTC$66,312.14 fell to $66,300, down 0.5% over 24 hours,

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College hockey game suffers bizarre overtime malfunction

NEWYou can now listen to PK Press Club articles! A bizarre situation occurred during a men’s college hockey game between the UConn Huskies and the Massachusetts Minutemen. The Huskies and Minutemen were in the middle of an overtime period after being tied 3-3 in regulation at the Mullins Center in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen attempted

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Bitcoin Resists After Iran Strike, Outpacing Stocks in Risk-Aversion Session: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin BTC$66,228.69 is trading near $66,500 after adding 1.1% since midnight UTC and more than 5% from the weekend low of $63,000. The crypto market is back in the middle of a trading range that has persisted since early February, with a volatile last week testing $70,000 on the upside and $62,500 on the downside.

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Oil and gold retreat from highs while stock futures remain under pressure

U.S. stocks fell in pre-market trading after the United States and Israel entered into conflict with Iran over the weekend. The Invesco QQQ exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index, was down 1.5%, although early losses began to moderate, suggesting that initial concerns may have been somewhat exaggerated. A Saudi oil refinery was

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Major Saudi refinery, Kurdish and Israeli oil and gas fields closed due to Middle East strikes

An Aramco tank is visible at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. — Reuters/File Ras Tanura refinery hit by drone, source says. Major Israeli gas fields, including Leviathan, are offline. Most production in Iraqi Kurdistan was closed as a precautionary measure. Saudi Arabia closed its largest national oil refinery

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