Asia-Pacific
'Each deity has peculiar rituals': Sabarimala priest tells Supreme Court (The Times of India)
Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail (Sydney Morning Herald)
How the war on Iran set off worker protests around Delhi (The Hindu)
Strait of Hormuz open, Iran says (Sydney Morning Herald)
HC junks EC decision to appoint assistant professors as presiding officers (The Times of India)
Warm reception for lottery baron's wife giving DMK jitters (The Times of India)
From ultra left to campaigner for Tamil Brahmins (The Hindu)
Central Kerala reels under sizzling heat (The Hindu)
पुणे एयरपोर्ट पर इंडियन एयरफोर्स के फाइटर एयरक्राफ्ट की हार्ड लैंडिंग, बंद किया गया रनवे (India Today)
Air India pilot sent back from US over alleged marijuana possession (India Today)
Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report (India Today)
Haringhata's TMC councillor arrested (The Times of India)
अपर्णा यादव ने जलाया सपा और कांग्रेस का झंडा, बोलीं- महिला आरक्षण बिल का विरोध करने पर पार्टियां भी होंगी खत्म (India Today)
TIPRA Motha sweeps Tripura tribal council elections (The Times of India)
Mob attacks Assam forest range office over alleged land encroachment, several injured (The Hindu)
Tamil Nadu polls: Sasikala, Ramadoss may play spoilsport for AIADMK (The Times of India)
SC rejects Pawan Khera's plea for protection against arrest (The Times of India)
Dushyant Chautala Alleges Police Intercepted His Car, Aimed Pistol At Him (NDTV)
Women's quota, delimitation: Opposition kills bill in Lok Sabha, it's NDA govt's first legislative defeat (The Times of India)
Pawan Khera should surrender in Guwahati, says Himanta Biswa Sarma (The Times of India)
Business
To cut LPG transport via road, government plans new pipelines (The Times of India)
Oil companies, exporters, importers cheer Hormuz Strait opening (The Times of India)
1 Bullish Sign for Struggling Nike Stock (Yahoo News)
1 S&P 500 Stock on Our Watchlist and 2 Facing Challenges (Yahoo News)
Bitcoin Hits $78K As Trump's Strait Of Hormuz News Ignites Crypto Rally (Yahoo News)
American rejects merger talks with United Airlines (Yahoo News)
Ondas Inc. (ONDS): Among the Best Military Drone Stocks to Buy Right Now (Yahoo News)
ICE raids are ravaging N.J.'s restaurant industry, owners say. 'People disappear overnight.' (Yahoo News)
How California is celebrating 4/20 nearly a decade since legalization (Yahoo News)
Stock Market Today, April 17: Critical Metals Surges After Greenland Approves 92.5% Tanbreez Stake and Operating Control (Yahoo News)
Musk's Latest Announcement: SpaceX, Grok and What It Means for Investors (Yahoo News)
A 'new gold rush': Why gold-backed debit cards are taking off (Yahoo News)
Thanks to a class-action settlement, Trader Joe's may owe you over $100: Here's how to collect. (Yahoo News)
This Is Why NRG Energy (NRG) Is a Top Utility Stock on Data Center Growth (Yahoo News)
EPAM and Sinclair Stocks Trade Up, What You Need To Know (Yahoo News)
MSA Safety, WEBTOON, and Viasat Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know (Yahoo News)
'The impacts are massive': U.S. tariff change pushes Canadian manufacturers to the brink (The Financial Post)
Maps show more severe storms forecast for Midwest after tornadoes, flooding (Yahoo News)
Watching Your Wallet: Risky habits that can have you fall for scams (Yahoo News)
3 Small-Cap Stocks Walking a Fine Line (Yahoo News)
Technology
Ex-CEO, ex-CFO of bankrupt AI company charged with fraud (Yahoo News)
Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 (New York Times)
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it's thriving — here's why (Yahoo News)
Tether extends $127.5 million in funding to crypto platform Drift as critics blast rival Circle for failing to freeze hacked funds (Yahoo News)
Amit Forlit, Accused of Hacking Climate Activists, Appears in Court (New York Times)
Why Apple Stock Popped Friday Morning (Yahoo News)
Week in wildlife: a puffin bromance, blushing terrapins and goslings galore (The Guardian)
'Tall waves moving in slow motion': Here's how oily oceans on Saturn's giant moon Titan may behave (Space.com)
Tinder and Zoom offer 'proof of humanity' eye-scans to combat AI (BBC)
The 3 forces quietly dismantling the business model that made enterprise software fabulously profitable (Yahoo News)
Global financial systems must 'come to grips' with AI risks, BoC governor says (Global News)
New moon of April 2026 brings incredible views of the constellation Hydra, Jupiter, Venus and more this week (Space.com)
Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own (The Guardian)
Clair Obscur and Dispatch share top honours at Bafta games awards (The Guardian)
UK's OnlyFans tops $3bn valuation amid talks to sell stake to US investor (The Guardian)
Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime (ABC News)
Scientists Just Created the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Ever to Study Dark Energy (NDTV)
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought (The Guardian)
How the 'Project Hail Mary' book walks the line between hard and speculative science fiction… and why the film did not (Space.com)
Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds (The Guardian)