2026-04-01
3 分钟The Economist.
America's War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, implored Iran's leaders to make a deal with Donald Trump,
saying the country faced a new regime.
In reality, Iran's security forces have tightened control.
Abbas Arachi, Iran's foreign minister, said Iran
has neither responded to a 15-point American proposal nor offered one of its own.
Iran, he said, would consider only an agreement that brings the conflict to an end rather than a short-term ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices posted their biggest gains in months and oil prices fell.
Sentiment was lifted by a report in the Wall Street Journal,
which said that Mr Trump told aides he was willing to wind down the conflict even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed,
suggesting it would reopen automatically once American forces withdrew.
Israel plans to destroy villages in southern Lebanon and block some 600,000 displaced residents from returning until the safety
of residents of northern Israel is guaranteed, its defence minister said.
Israeli forces would retain control over a buffer zone some 30 kilometres inside Lebanon,
even after its offensive against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group, ended.
Nvidia said it would invest $2 billion in Marvel technology,
a smaller chip maker, to offer customers seamless integration between the custom AI chips
that Marvel makes and Nvidia's version.
It is the latest in a series of investments NVIDIA,
the world's most valuable company, has made in AI-related firms as it seeks to expand beyond chips