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New US weapons for Taiwan could be approved after Trump’s China trip
[ad_1] A major US arms package for Taiwan that includes advanced interceptor missiles is ready for President Donald Trump’s approval and could be signed after his trip to China this month, sources briefed on the discussions said. Xi Jinping told Trump in February that arms sales to Taiwan, which Beijing ...
Michigan synagogue attack suspect lost family members in Israeli airstrike on Lebanon
[ad_1] A man armed with a rifle drove a vehicle into a synagogue in Michigan before being shot dead by security personnel in what US authorities say was a violent attack targeting the Jewish community. Members of Hatzalah of Michigan, a Jewish volunteer emergency medical service survey the area near ...
Trump has dramatic meltdown after KC-135 plane crash; Hegseth makes new claims on Iran Supremo
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s late-night social media posts were termed as a ‘twisted meltdown’ by the Daily Beast on Friday. The 79-year-old went on a spree after it was confirmed that all six crew members of a KC-135 military refueling plane that crashed in Iraq have died. The incident is ...
Can US escort ships in Strait of Hormuz? Trump and his men make claims, topmost military leader says it’s ‘complex’
[ad_1] President Donald Trump may be insisting that the US can, “if needed to”, escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid its war with Iran, but a top military general has now said the key waterway is a “tactically complex environment” — thus fueling the lack of clarity on ...
Iran’s new supreme leader ‘is wounded, likely disfigured,’ says US war secretary Pete Hegseth
[ad_1] United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is “wounded and likely disfigured,” a day after the cleric issued a written statement vowing to continue the war. Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei “is wounded and likely disfigured”: US defence ...
Anthropic’s Pentagon Battle Matters to Every Business
[ad_1] In the past year President Trump has demanded Intel hand over 10% of its equity, that Nvidia share its China chip revenue with Treasury, and Amazon scrap plans to show tariffs to some customers. In all cases, the companies quietly complied. Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic. But ...
President Pezeshkian, top leaders march in Tehran amid US-Israeli strikes: ‘Trump doesn’t understand Iranian people’
[ad_1] Iranians were seen taking photos with President Masoud Pezeshkian as he and other top leaders joined a Quds Day rally in Tehran, which later saw US-Israeli strikes nearby, multiple reports said on Friday. At least one woman was killed in the strikes. President Masoud Pezeshkian with fellow marchers in ...
China’s hereditary elite is taking shape
[ad_1] OVER THE past half-century, China has conjured vast wealth out of widespread poverty. Now comes the vexing part: how to pass it on to the next generation. For China, this poses a new and underappreciated risk. On its current trajectory, the first great intergenerational transfer in China’s modern history ...
It’s Advantage Russia as Trump’s war on Iran hits oil economy, ‘no matter how cynical that may sound’ | Explained
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov summarised his country’s cryptic pragmatism as the US-Israel war on Iran widens to the oil-rich Arab world and engulfs the global economy. “We should probably secure benefits for ourselves where possible,” he said this week, “no matter how cynical that may sound.” ...
Emboldened by Oil Shock, Iran’s Leaders Play Diplomatic Hardball
[ad_1] Arab diplomats trying to find a diplomatic path out of the war now being waged by the U.S. and Israel against Iran say Tehran, emboldened by its ability to rattle the global economy by choking oil shipments, has laid out steep preconditions for any return to talks. Apartment buildings ...
