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US President Donald Trump has cancelled planned strikes on Iran, saying talks with the Islamic Republic are moving forward with the country’s top leadership. The announcement came just hours after he again threatened to hit Iran “very hard.” Tensions between Washington and Tehran have surged in recent days despite a nominal ceasefire agreed in April. The US launched strikes on Iran on Wednesday after a US AH-64 Apache helicopter was lost near…

The European Commission should have revealed the details of its Covid-19 vaccine contracts with drugmakers to the public, an adviser to the EU’s highest court has declared. Among the contracts was a deal with Pfizer that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen negotiated via text message. In an opinion published on Thursday, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos argued that the Commission’s insistence on secrecy made it impossible to know…

The strait of Hormuz is closed to any and all ships. That's announced by Iran's Persian Gulf authority as salvos of bombs and missiles start dropping once again across the region. · As Tehran responds to the US bombardment, Trump says he's doubling down, pledging more strikes tonight, and plans for boots on the ground, while the Pentagon insists America's attacks can continue even during so-called peacetalks. · Outrage on the streets of Kenya…

Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will run for office again in the election later this year, his Likud party has announced. On Tuesday, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl claimed that US President Donald Trump told him he was not sure if Netanyahu should seek another term. · “He’s had an amazing career. Does he want to continue?” the president said as cited by Karl. · According to the journalist,…

The congressional inquest into Jeffrey Epstein’s network of influential associates has heard testimony from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Epstein’s longtime executive assistant, Lesley Groff, as House investigators examine how the convicted sex offender maintained ties to prominent figures after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. In his closed-door testimony on Wednesday, Gates told the House Oversight and…

By Andrew Korybko · Zelensky published a highly incendiary open letter to Putin last week requesting a bilateral meeting for ending the Ukrainian conflict by freezing the frontlines with no Ukrainian concessions whatsoever. Putin rejected this request, but not before explaining that it had already been discreetly conveyed to him through a member of Russia’s business community who had visited Kiev. Zelensky later confirmed that individual was…

By Tyler Durden · Source: ZeroHedge · !These Are The Jobs With The Highest And Lowest Divorce Rates · Image: Visual Capitalist / FlowingData analysis of U.S. divorce rates by occupation. · Actuaries have America’s lowest divorce rate at 14.2%. · At the other extreme, several occupations report divorce rates near 48%, highlighting a striking divide across the U.S. workforce. · Using American Community Survey data compiled by FlowingData,…

The UK’s globalist Labour Party government is facing mounting backlash after Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanded that major technology companies implement sweeping device-level controls on smartphones and tablets, a move critics warn could pave the way for mass surveillance and the erosion of online privacy. By Frank Bergman · Speaking at London Tech Week, Starmer gave Apple, Google, and other tech giants a three-month deadline to introduce…

The real obstacle to peace in Ukraine and Iran isn't Moscow or Tehran — it's the British imperial system, from Zelensky's London meetings to King Charles reportedly moving to cancel Trump's state visit over Zelensky By Susan Kokinda | June 10, 2026 · Susan contrasts Donald Trump’s stated push for a “stronger than a bomb” deal with Iran and his desire to stop the killing in Ukraine, arguing the common narrative about villains in Tehran or Moscow…

The Ukraine conflict appears to be an “ethnic cleansing” project aimed at removing the Russian-speaking population from the country’s eastern border regions, US conservative commentator Candace Owens has said. Owens made the remarks in an interview with Russian filmmaker and TV host Nikita Mikhalkov during a discussion about the roots of the conflict and the West’s attitude toward Russia. · “I think what’s happening in Ukraine is an ethnic…