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THE US has announced it will no longer act as the mediator to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine after Vladimir Putin refused to accept a full ceasefire. The State Department said the country is changing “the methodology of how we contribute” to the talks and will no longer “fly around the world at the…

GRAND plans are being made for a massive military parade on Donald Trump’s birthday – with some 7,000 troops marching and 50 helicopters flying over Washington DC. The president reportedly plans to splash a whopping $100 million on the full-blown military spectacle to show the US might. A source in Washington DC has revealed that Trump is…

Vance: Russia’s war in Ukraine not ending ‘any time soon’ US Vice President JD Vance said he did not believe the war in Ukraine was going to end “any time soon.” It is “going to be up to the Russians and Ukrainians now that each side knows what the other’s terms for peace are. It’s going to…

THE US and Ukraine have finally signed the historic minerals deal, leaving Vladimir Putin furious. The long-awaited agreement blames Putin for the three-year-long war, spares Ukraine from payback and will even allow Kyiv to join the EU. The US and Ukraine signed the minerals deal two months after it was derailed by Trump and Zelensky’s Oval Office…

China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea by its uniformed troops, an act broadcast by state media in what analysts believe to be a first public display in decades of what had previously been quiet actions. In contrast with how Chinese fishermen, maritime militia, and even civilian groups have…

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday (Apr 30) signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump’s administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid. Ukraine said it secured key interests after protracted negotiations, including full sovereignty over its own rare earths, which are…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved additional relief for domestic automakers from his 25% vehicle and auto parts tariffs set in motion less than a month ago, saying it would help the industry to move more production back to the U.S. Trump’s latest orders mark the latest softening of his multi-layered tariff assault on trading partners…

Spain and Portugal held emergency Cabinet meetings as evacuations from some public spaces took place. Spain’s Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency for affected regions that need it. Follow DW. Over 61% of electricity restored in mainland Spain Electricity has been restored to over 61% of mainland Spain following the massive blackout that affected the…

A protracted rift between Malaysia’s national oil corporation Petronas and the Sarawak state government appears to be causing investor disquiet following a surprise withdrawal by United States oil firm ConocoPhillips from an oil project off the Borneo coast. In a little-publicised surprise move this month, ConocoPhillips decided to withdraw from operating the Salam-Patawali deepwater oil and gas…

Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. The attack occurred despite a ceasefire that came into force five months ago which put an end to the conflict between Israel and the military group. Israel…

A LIP reader has revealed Trump’s five-word warning to Emmanuel Macron moments before speaking with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Pope’s funeral. Trump and Zelensky were pictured meeting for the first time since their historic White House spat just before the late pontiff’s final farewell. The impromptu meeting took place inside the holy St Peter’s Basilica with the…

A unique letter written by Titanic passenger Archibald Gracie from aboard the doomed ship has sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction in the United Kingdom. A letter written on board the Titanic by one of the most famous survivors from the ill-fated ship’s maiden voyage sold at auction in the United Kingdom for £300,000…

Several containers at a key Iranian port in the south of the country blew up in a huge explosion on Saturday, authorities said, with reports now speaking of hundreds of injured and at least 14 dead. State media said the explosion took place at the port of Shahid Rajaei, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of…

Russia, Ukraine ‘very close to a deal,’ Trump says US President Donald Trump has once again promised that Moscow and Kyiv were “very close” to a US-sponsored deal, a goal that has thus far eluded his administration since his inauguration in January. “A good day in talks and meetings with Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote on his…

Hours after Pope Francis’ death was announced, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: “Rest in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing.” Several hours later, it was deleted without explanation. Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the decision to delete the post appeared to reflect the tensions…

An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel’s military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups. Medics said two Israeli missiles hit the police station, located near a market, which led…

The tension between Department of Government Efficiency lead Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent came to a head last week when the two had a heated argument in the halls of the White House, two sources familiar with the tiff told The Post. The conversation — about the IRS — got so tense, Axios first reported,…

Elon Musk has been called a Moonshot Master, the Edison of Our Age and the Architect of the Future, but he’s got a big problem at his car company and it’s not clear he can fix it: damage to its brand. Sales have plunged for Tesla amid protests and boycotts over Musk’s embrace of far right-wing views.…

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade agreement at the core of US economic policy on Africa, is soon set to expire. The US Congress enacted the AGOA Trade Act in May 2000. The pact has been renewed several times, most recently in 2015, when Congress extended it to September 2025. Since its implementation, AGOA…

Pope Francis died early Monday after suffering a stroke and heart failure, according to a death certificate released by Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli. The document, made public by the Vatican, stated that the 88-year-old pontiff had slipped into a coma before his death, which occurred early Monday morning. Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman…

DONALD TRUMP’S defence chief “shared top secret war plans” in another Signal group chat with his wife and brother in a major security breach. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have shared bombshell information on impending US airstrikes on Yemen in the private group. It would mark the second time Hegseth has faced accusations of sharing…

Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the US on Saturday (Apr 19) to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Outside the White House, protesters carried banners that read “Workers should have the power,” “No kingship,” “Stop arming Israel” and “Due…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” in Ukraine, as he declared an “Easter truce” until the end of Sunday. He said the 30-hour truce would last until 22:00 BST on Sunday (00:00 Moscow time), adding that Russian forces should be prepared to respond to “any possible violations”. Ukrainian…

US airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said Friday, marking the single-deadliest known attack under President Donald Trump’s new campaign targeting the rebels. Assessing the toll of Trump’s campaign, which began March 15, has been incredibly difficult as the US military’s Central Command so…

Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday on the eve of a second round of talks with the Trump administration. “If they demonstrate seriousness of intent and do not make unrealistic demands, reaching agreements is possible,”…

President Trump’s tariffs have brought in $250 million a day since he took office — a fraction of the daily $3 billion that he bragged his sweeping levies have generated. The massive disparity comes from figures provided by the Customs and Border Protection — the agency charged with collecting all tariffs, including the controversial “reciprocal” levies, at…

Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel’s offer of an interim truce. In a televised speech, Khalil Al-Hayya, the group’s Gaza chief who leads its negotiating team, said the group would no…

Israel has continued to tighten its grip on the territory of the Gaza Strip. As a result, more and more of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants are being squeezed into an ever-shrinking space while intense bombardment continues. On Saturday, Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had taken over large swathes of territory in…

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled since his first purchase last summer, but even so it’s far cheaper than home-grown grains. “Unless domestic…

Harvard University has rejected numerous demands from the Trump administration to crack down on campus activism. Harvard: Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grantsUS President Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday, it would freeze more than $2.2 billion (€1.94 billion) in grants and $60 million in contracts with Harvard. It comes only hours after Harvard became the…

The Trump White House has been criticized on X after the White House’s official X account posted a photo Sunday of Elon Musk and his son, X Æ A-Xii Musk, often called Little X, Sunday. The photo was taken at UFC 314, which was held in Miami on Saturday. Musk and his son watched the event alongside…

The world’s first sperm race will take place before a live audience of more than 1,000 in Los Angeles next week. Ironically, even though thousands of spectators are expected for the match-up, they won’t be able to actually see the participants without a microscope. The world’s first sperm race. It’s just what it sounds like: a race…

Chinese officials are calling on US President Donald Trump to “completely cancel” his so-called reciprocal tariffs, as a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies grinds on. This week, Trump announced a 90-day pause on a host of global tariffs he had planned, but increased levies on Chinese imports to 145%. “We urge the US to…

SHOCKING videos show a riot in Athens as a Molotov-wielding mob turned part of the city into a warzone overnight, torching cars and clashing violently with riot police. Street battles broke out just after midnight on Saturday as a group of around 50 people hurled petrol bombs, stones and fireworks at officers outside a police station in…

More than 1,000 visitors to the Miniatur Wunderland tourist attraction, which is home to what is believed to be the world’s largest model railway, had to be evacuated. It was unclear who was behind the suspected attack. The building in downtown Hamburg had to be evacuated [FILE: May 27, 2021]Image: Jonas Walzberg/dpa/picture alliance Tear gas was released…

AUSTIN — On a Friday morning last spring, Mark Suman called out sick from his job as a senior engineering project manager at Apple and made his way downtown to a place called the Bitcoin Commons, a sort of clubhouse for enthusiasts of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, situated a few blocks south of the Texas State Capitol.…

A MYSTERIOUS tower at Area 51 has been spotted on Google Earth, leading social media users to insist it’s “alien technology” straight out of a famed sci-fi film. Area 51 – a highly classified US Air Force base in Nevada – has been shrouded in alien conspiracies, so it’s no wonder that onlookers are now suspecting something…

Despite Russia playing down expectations of a breakthrough at the talks, Sky’s Ivor Bennett believes the meeting – Mr Witkoff’s third with Vladimir Putin this year – is significant as a sign of the Trump administration’s “increasing frustration at the lack of progress”. Putin meets US envoyDonald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin for…

In February, Elon Musk made a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s acquisition. Unfortunately, it did not turn out well for the tech billionaire as Sam Altman replied with a cold “No, thank you” response. The ChatGPT maker wants to teach Musk a lesson. Recently, it sued Musk in a countersuit that alleges that the Tesla owner is…

The island’s population might not be easily convinced as the president tries to clinch one of history’s greatest real estate deals. Greenland’s economic and strategic value have grown as warming temperatures melt Arctic ice.Credit…Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated PressPresident Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves…

Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea’s nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a “daydream”. Her remarks come after the top diplomats of South Korea, Japan and the United States issued a statement on the sidelines of a NATO meeting last week in which they “reaffirmed their…

MORE than a hundred Chinese soldiers are fighting alongside the Russians after being recruited on TikTok, President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. He said that Kyiv had details of more than 150 Chinese nationals deployed at the frontlines after claiming Ukraine’s army captured two Chinese citizens fighting in the eastern Donetsk region. A video shared by Zelensky today…

A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner’s final hours. The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 – 1,500 people lost their lives in the disaster. The scan provides a…

SAUDI Arabia is planning an insanely tall skyscraper – and it is set to double the height of the world’s current tallest building. Rise Tower, which will stand a whopping 2,000 metres (1.2 miles) tall and cost an eye-watering $5billion, is the crown jewel of Saudi Arabia’s futuristic North Pole megaproject. The breathtaking feat will double the…

A “miracle” baby girl has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb. The baby’s mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister’s womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK’s only successful womb transplant. Two years after that pioneering…

A LUXURY penthouse on top of the world’s skinniest skyscraper has hit the market for an eye-watering £85million. The magnificent apartment features a stunning view of New York City and boasts five bedrooms and six bathrooms. The lavish apartment is on the top floor of Manhattan’s Steinway Tower that was once home to the historic Steinway &…

For the first time since 2019, foreign athletes are competing in the Pyongyang International Marathon, with roughly 200 foreign runners from countries such as China and Romania joining local competitors for a race through the streets of the North Korean capital. In 2019, some 950 foreign runners joined the race. North Korea closed its borders when the…

Asian stock markets are plummeting as the shockwaves from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to reverberate around the world. Major indexes from Shanghai to Tokyo and Sydney to Hong Kong plunged when they opened on Monday. “It’s a bloodbath,” one analyst told the BBC. As a region that manufactures so many of the goods sold globally,…

The U.S. Sun is given a harrowing insight into the nightmares suffered by thousands of people duped into become scammers SCAM factories where thousands of trafficked workers are held for 16-hour shifts have been exposed as the source of fraud messages sent en masse to unwitting Americans every day. The so-called employees are allegedly beaten, electrically shocked,…

Bitcoin investor Chun Wang took three people on board his private SpaceX flight, which went on a novel journey around the Earth’s poles. Four space tourists, who orbited the north and south poles, have returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.Four space tourists have safely arrived back on Earth after completing a novel space route…

Yoon Suk Yeol, who was officially removed from office on Friday, follows a line of former South Korean leaders who have had their reputations marred or terms interrupted by scandal. Among them are presidents who have faced indictment, exile and imprisonment. Yoon, who was South Korea’s public prosecutor, in fact led a probe that landed former president…

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has unveiled his administration’s new $5 million “gold card” visa, adding that the VIP ticket to the US will be available within two weeks. In February, the Republican announced his plans to begin selling the visas to foreigners who want to move to America and create jobs, which he dubbed “green-card-privileges-plus”. He gloated to…

Slovakia approved on Wednesday a plan to allow the killing of 350 bears, as Environment Minister Toma Taraba said bear attacks on humans are on the rise. The move comes after the remains of a 59-year-old man were discovered in central Slovakia on Sunday. Authorities later determined he was mauled by a bear. The brown bear population…

It’s 10am, and in a little over two hours, Wayne Hawkins will be dead. The sun is shining on the bungalow where the 80-year-old lives in San Diego, California with his wife of more than five decades, Stella. I knock on the door and meet his children – Emily, 48, and Ashley, 44 – who have spent…

As the call to prayer rang out in Sagaing last Friday, hundreds of Muslims hurried to the five mosques in central Myanmar. They were eager to hold their last Friday prayers for Ramadan, just days away from the festive period of Eid that would mark the end of the holy month. Then, at 12:51 local time (06:21…

A volcano erupted to the south of Iceland’s capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red that triggered the evacuation of tourists and residents, although air traffic continued as normal. Referred to as a land of ice and fire for its many glaciers and volcanoes, the North Atlantic island nation…

OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup. The infusion of cash comes in a partnership with Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group and “enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further,” the San…

Elon Musk fired back at Ashley St. Clair — the conservative influencer claiming to have given birth to the Tesla and SpaceX boss’ 13th child — on Monday after she accused the world’s richest man of cutting back on child support payments. “I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was “pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin and will impose secondary tariffs of 25% to 50% on buyers of Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Trump told NBC News he was very angry after Putin last week criticized…