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Ted Turner, the brash media entrepreneur who remade television journalism by launching CNN in 1980, has died at 87, the network announced. The mustachioed Southerner, a passionate yachtsman and prominent philanthropist, had been living with Lewy Body Dementia, a degenerative disease. His business reach extended well beyond news and into sports clubs and other ventures. Cable News Network shattered the conventions of broadcast journalism with its commitment to round-the-clock coverage, then vaulted to worldwide prominence…

Sunday April 12, 2026 China is preparing to send Iran new air defense systems in the coming weeks, according to U.S. intelligence cited by CNN late Friday, which quoted three people familiar with recent assessments. The network reported that intelligence also suggests Beijing may try to move the weapons through third countries to obscure their true origin. U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Saturday afternoon as he left the White House for Miami, warned that "if China does that, China can have big…

By ZVIKA KLEINFriday April 10, 2026 Qatar is now underwriting the most-watched English-language news channel covering the Middle East, a development that should alarm Israeli planners more than many of the military lessons drawn from the 40-day war. The reason is simple: the battlefield has expanded, and the fight for attention is being lost online. AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar. (photo credit: Imad Creidi/Reuters) One statistic, unrelated to missiles or airstrikes, may prove more consequential than much of what…