Web archive - April 5, 2026

Entertainment

SNL sketch has Snape call out Harry Potter as racist in satire on fandom backlash

Snape pointed out that Potter 'told everyone the school’s only Black teacher was secretly evil'

World

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf

Drone strikes hit Kuwait, Abu Dhabi plants; fires, damage reported, no casualties so far

Entertainment

Marilyn Monroe’s personal belongings to go on display in major centenary exhibition

Exhibition aims to explore contrast between Monroe’s private identity and the larger-than-life persona she created

World

Trump threatens Iran's power plants in profanity-laced rant after costly pilot rescue operation

Says Tuesday will be power plant day, and bridge day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran

Pakistan

Death toll reaches 50 in K-P as rain-related incidents devastate province

PDMA says fatalities include 26 children, 17 men and 7 women

Sports

Paul wins all-American semi

Trungelliti makes history as the oldest finalist

Sports

Pegula reaches Charleston final

Defending champion beat Jovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

Sports

McIlroy seeks rare Masters repeat

The 36-year-old bids to match Woods, Nicklaus and Faldo with consecutive titles

Entertainment

Pepsi cancels festival sponsorship after Keir Starmer criticised Kanye West's Nazism views

Starmer had condemned West's inclusion in the festival, stating that 'antisemitism in any form is abhorrent'

Blogs

Man of action: PM Shehbaz's decisive action shields Pakistan from global fuel crisis

How PM's foresight and swift decision-making kept Pakistan's fuel supply lines intact while world scrambled