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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday, during the latter’s visit to Beijing, that the Chinese Communist Party supported ongoing talks between the Iranian terror state and the administration of President Donald Trump — and supported Iran’s illicit nuclear program. Wang insisted in his remarks alongside his Iranian counterpart that Iran had a “right to use peaceful nuclear energy” and condemned American sanctions on the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism as “illegal.” In reality, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly expressed alarm at the rate that Iran is enriching uranium, noting…

GENEVA (AP) – The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct “privileged” negotiations to help reach a deal in the wake of sweeping U.S. tariffs on dozens of countries that have shaken global markets. Karin Keller-Sutter, in an interview with broadcaster SRF published Friday, said she was “satisfied” with talks in Washington this week that included an International Monetary Fund conference and her one-on-one meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Keller-Sutter also serves as Switzerland´s finance minister. “The United States has defined a group of 15 countries with which it…

President Donald J. Trump issued a solemn proclamation marking the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, honoring the memory of six million Jews murdered, while sharply rebuking “leftist, anti-American colleges and universities” for fueling the resurgence of antisemitism in the United States. On Wednesday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the White House published a proclamation signed by President Trump designating this week as a time for Americans to reflect on the Holocaust and recommit to fighting hatred. The statement comes in the wake of heightened anti-Jewish rhetoric and violence in the United States, especially after Hamas’ October 7 terror attack…

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — After cycling all the way to France, Serbia’s protesting students on Friday embarked on a new endeavor — a nearly 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) run to Brussels aimed at drawing European Union attention to their months-long struggle against corruption and for the rule of law in the Balkan country.More than 20 students set off from the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad for a relay-style “ultra-marathon” that is expected to last for 18 days. Cheered off by hundreds of people, the students headed toward the eastern Croatian town of Osijek, the first stop on their journey.Nikola Kojcin…

A Biden-era Pentagon official is warning against trying to run the Pentagon like a business.The Department of Defense requires reform but differs fundamentally from corporate structures, she said.Risk is present throughout all parts of the military in a way that’s not seen in civilian companies.A Biden-era DoD official is warning that trying to run the Pentagon like a business is a bad idea.Mara Karlin, who previously served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, wrote in a commentary for Foreign Affairs that ignoring the harsh realities of how risk works in the military could backfire.Secretary of…

A pilot known for his aerobatic stunts at air shows nationwide, including here in Dayton, has died.[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Rob Holland, 50, was killed in a plane crash at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on Thursday, his company, Rob Holland Aerosports, said on social media.Holland performed at last year’s Dayton Air Show.TRENDING STORIES:The Federal Aviation Administration said Holland was in his custom-built aerobatic aircraft coming in for a landing when it crashed.Holland was the only person on board.“Tragically, in that loss, we lost a great friend to the Air Force and an airman…

Moscow has compromised by not seizing the whole of the neighboring country, the US president has said Russia has made a major concession in Ukraine peace talks by refraining from taking over the entire country, US President Donald Trump has said.Speaking during a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Thursday, Trump expressed optimism about achieving major progress in the settlement within two weeks.Asked what concessions Russia was making in peace negotiations over Ukraine, the US president replied: “Stopping the war… Stop taking the whole country, pretty big concession.”Moscow has long insisted that the Ukraine conflict could…

O’Keefe Media Group Defense Department Branch Chief calls President Trump “illegitimate” Nicolas Turza, the Department of Defense Branch Chief who was caught on undercover video calling President Trump “illegitimate” has resigned. BREAKING: O’Keefe Media reporting Nicolas Turza, Branch Chief, has RESIGNED from his position at the Pentagon after we caught him on hidden camera saying he will ‘resist Trump, everything he does.’ https://t.co/VvFrkJjViO — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 24, 2025 The O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released undercover video of a Defense Department Branch Chief attacking President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Nicolas Turza, a Department of Defense Branch…

LOS ANGELES – DECEMBER 9: Rock producer Roy Thomas Baker poses for a portrait at The Village … More Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California on December 9, 2005. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Getty Images If there were a record producer who became the go-to guy for musicians wanting a distinct hard rock sound, it would be Roy Thomas Baker. His list of production credits reads like a who’s who of classic rock from the 1970s and 1980s — among them were Queen, the Cars, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Journey, Ozzy Osbourne and Yes. Additionally, he worked on records…

Brazil’s top court, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), subpoenaed conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday while he is still recovering from an emergency surgery at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the DF Star Hospital in Brasília in relation to charges of allegedly staging a coup. Bolsonaro remains hospitalized at the ICU at press time after he underwent a complex 12-hour emergency surgery in mid-April to treat an intestinal subocclusion, a condition stemming from past surgeries he endured following a failed assassination attempt in September 2018. A man identified as Bispo de Oliveira stabbed him during a campaign rally…