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Trump's Name Must Be Removed From Kennedy Center: US Court
A US judge on Friday ruled that the famed Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts had been illegally renamed after President Donald Trump and that his name must be taken down.
"Trade Priority, Expect More Meetings": US On India Deal
India and the United States are on the verge of concluding a highly anticipated interim trade agreement, with the deal expected to be signed within the coming weeks or months.
A broken economy and an emboldened regime: Iranians abandoned to endure fallout from war
Some Iranians hoped foreign intervention would unseat the regime but instead the US-Israel war has damaged livelihoods and strengthened those in powerAs Donald Trump swung this week between threats of new military action against Iran and predictions that a lasting ceasefire deal was imminent, many Iranians were left exhausted and gripped by uncertainty.Despite the partial lifting of an internet shutdown that began when the war started on 28 February, fears of worsening repression at home have also fuelled pessimism about the future among some of those to whom the Guardian spoke. Continue reading...
US ‘more than capable’ of resuming war against Iran, Pete Hegseth says
Pentagon chief also tells Singapore defence summit of ‘alarm’ at China’s military buildup but says US does not seek ‘needless confrontation’The US has more than sufficient stockpiles of weapons and is “more than capable” of resuming the war with Iran, Pete Hegseth told a defence summit hours after a meeting in Washington failed to produce a deal to end the conflict.“Our ability to recommence if necessary is we are more than capable,” the US defence secretary told the Shangri-La Dialogue, a defence summit held in Singapore on Saturday. “Our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe because of how we balance exquisite and more plentiful munitions.” Continue reading...
IMF, World Bank, Others Warn Middle East War Is Straining Energy Supplies
The US-Israel war on Iran has disrupted trade, rattled financial markets and raised concerns over global energy supplies, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil and gas shipments.
‘How can you have a Ferrari without any vroom?’: electric model shocks owners’ club
Suggestion the Luce EV should be stripped of prancing horse logo shows strength of feeling from Ferrari fansFor passionate enthusiasts, Ferraris are not merely cars but works of art. The emotion stirred by their classic red curves is, they say, akin to standing before a Michelangelo sculpture, while the sound of the engine revving evokes a sensation comparable to listening to the music of Giuseppe Verdi or Giacomo Puccini.Which is why the sight of the Italian carmaker’s first fully electric car, the Luce EV, unveiled this week, left many fans aghast. Continue reading...
US military strikes another boat in Pacific, bringing death toll above 200
Three men killed in third attack this week amid Trump administration’s campaign against alleged drug boatsThe US military said it had carried out another strike Friday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the third attack this week and pushing the overall death toll above 200 people.US Southern Command announced the latest strike in the months-long campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific with its usual language that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” and operated by a designated terrorist organization. It provided no evidence. Continue reading...
Iran Preparing "Grand' Funeral For Ex-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei: Report
Khamenei, who led the Islamic republic for more than three decades, was killed in the first wave of US-Israeli strikes that launched the war on February 28.
3 Chinese Astronauts Return To Earth After Spending 7 Months In Space
The craft carrying Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang of the Shenzhou 21 crew touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia region in the evening.
"Fear Is Slaughtering Us": In War-Torn Gaza, Child Marriages Rise Sharply
The devastation that Israel's campaign has wreaked in Gaza has helped fuel an increase in marriages of young girls.
US Sees India As A 'New Centre Of Power', Says Envoy Sergio Gor
Sergio Gor, a key Trump ally and envoy, described India as one of the "new centres of powers" that Washington is actively trying to engage.
Washington state crews find body of another victim in paper mill explosion
Discovery brings death toll from chemical tank rupture in Longview to nine, with two workers still unaccounted forCrews on Friday recovered the remains of one more victim of a massive chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Washington state, bringing the death toll to nine people and leaving two workers still unaccounted for.Among the 11 workers presumed killed in the disaster were two brothers who worked there together, a trivia champ and an electrician who would help his farmer neighbors cut hay. Continue reading...
