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President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from “Apocalypse Now” featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation’s third-largest city. “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning,’” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media…
00:00 Speaker A The three things you need to know today. 00:03 Speaker A First up, markets are looking to start the week in the green. US stock futures edging higher ahead of the opening bell as investors wait on key inflation data ahead of the Fed meeting next week. 00:19 Speaker A Both the…
new video loaded: Londoners Face Transit Chaos as Major Tube Strike Takes Effect transcript Back transcript Londoners Face Transit Chaos as Major Tube Strike Takes Effect A major strike on the London Underground system is causing widespread disruption for millions of Londoners. The strike is expected to last until Thursday. I mean, I was hoping…
LONDON—This past week, U.K. long-term borrowing costs hit their highest level in decades, causing Treasury chief Rachel Reeves to shoot down suggestions that the heavily indebted country is heading for a fiscal crisis. PREMIUM The U.K. is expected to increase taxes again, partly to offset rising borrowing costs. Most economists agree with her—for now. But…
No longer circumspect about supporting his two rogue neighbors, Xi flaunted Beijing’s growing links with Moscow and Pyongyang—both of them subjected to Western sanctions, both of them engaged in a bloody war against Ukraine and both of them potentially useful to China in a possible conflict with the U.S. Despite becoming tighter, those relationships remain—for…
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Time is running out in talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran on how to fully resume inspections in the Islamic Republic, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding that he hoped the discussions would conclude within days. The … Source link
The battlefield has been a place where strength meets strategy, but today, something new has entered the fight: machines that think, adapt, and vanish. Across the world, militaries are rolling out vehicles that seem more and more like creations from a sci-fi movie. These aren’t just planes, tanks, and ships; they are intelligent predators, blending…
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces struck a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region as part of an overnight attack, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Monday, provoking localised blackouts and gas outages. The strikes followed a day after Moscow’s largest air attack of its three-and-a-half year war on Ukraine. “The goal is obvious: to cause…
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the two sides’ tank divisions looked much as they did during the Cold War. Now, Russia’s and Ukraine’s Soviet-era tanks rumble across the battlefield covered in anti-drone nets and spikes, dangling chains and unwieldy cages. The exterior transformations of these hulking vehicles are a testament…
NICOSIA (Reuters) -Cyprus has approached the United Arab Emirates for possible cooperation on an EU-financed subsea power cable linking Europe to the eastern Mediterranean region, it said on Monday, reaffirming its commitment to the project. European prosecutors said last Thursday that they had launched an investigation into possible criminal offences relating to the 1.9 billion…