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Top lawmaker Adam Smith has pressed US Central Command chief Brad Cooper to acknowledge what he called “obvious” US culpability The Pentagon has once again refused to admit responsibility for a strike on an Iranian school that killed more than 170 people, most of them children, despite pressure from US lawmakers.The Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in southern Iran was hit on February 28, the first day of the US-Israeli bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. According to Iranian officials, 175 people were killed, most of them children.US officials initially offered conflicting explanations, with President Donald Trump even suggesting the strike was “done…
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar declared “The U.S. is not a democracy right now” at the Cannes Film Festival — as American voters participated in primary elections across several states. “I’m not really blaming anyone in particular, but it was quite notable watching the Oscar telecast where there were not many protests against the war or against Trump,” Almodóvar told the Los Angeles Times at a Cannes press conference. “Maybe he wasn’t the only one, but the only real example I can remember came from a European, a friend of mine, Javier Bardem, who did directly say, ‘Free Palestine,’” the director continued. Almodóvar went on…
Pro-American advocates for migration reform are praising President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to restrict banks’ cooperation with migrants and criminals. “Excellent move,” responded Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN). “Illegals should have 0 [zero] access to America’s financial institutions. Debank and deport them ALL.” “This is a great way to protect American consumers!” said Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN). “Illegal aliens take out loans that they never intend to repay. Americans are left with the bill.” “President Trump has officially moved toward de-banking illegal aliens with a new Executive Order released today,” said the Immigration Accountability Project Action group. The Wall Street Journal…
Graham Platner, a Democrat candiate for U.S. Senate in Maine, once complained of a “loophole” closing that permitted military contractors to have relations with Thailand prostitutes. Under the name “P-Hustle,” Platner reportedly wrote on a Reddit post in June 2019 that military contractors could spend their time “banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting b*tched at by the wife back home.” “Spend your leave banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting b*tched at by the wife back home, and you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax,” Platner wrote. “Once the Afghans started using our paychecks as a personal piggy…
The tech giant that dominates memory-chip production has temporarily averted a potentially devastating union strike Samsung Electronics has reached a last-minute tentative wage deal with its largest labor union, temporarily averting an 18-day strike that threatened to hit the global memory-chip supply chain at a time of already tight AI-driven demand.The agreement was reached after government-mediated talks just hours before the walkout was due to begin. Union leaders said they would put off the strike while members vote on the tentative deal from May 22 to 27, meaning the immediate threat has been delayed rather than fully removed.The dispute centered…
Charges against the former Cuban president mirror the pretext used by the US to kidnap Nicolas Maduro The indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro by the US Justice Department marks the latest escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against Havana. Is President Donald Trump trying to repeat the Maduro playbook?What was Raul Castro charged with?Unsealed on Wednesday, the indictment accuses Castro of ordering the shooting down of two American planes off the coast of Cuba in 1996. Castro and five of his officials are charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals, destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder, one…
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has been upstaged in world health news by the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, but the hantavirus investigation is far from over. Health officials in Argentina were seen dutifully trapping hundreds of forest rats for examination this week, with an eye toward conclusively establishing where the disease aboard the Hondius came from. The most widely-discussed theory of the hantavirus outbreak’s origin is that a pair of elderly Dutch birdwatchers named Leo and Mirjam Schilperoord contracted the hantavirus while hunting for birds at a massive landfill near the town of Ushuaia in…
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia’s quarterly results surpassed Wall Street’s expectations once again, fueled by massive demand for its high-end AI chips. The company said Wednesday it earned $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per share, in the February-April period, up from $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, Nvidia earned $1.76 per share. Revenue jumped 85% to $81.62 billion from $44.01 billion. Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $1.75 per share and revenue of $78.91 billion, according to a poll by FactSet. Nvidia’s results have exceeded the analyst projections that shape…
The mass shooting Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego that left three men dead has renewed scrutiny surrounding the mosque — which previously drew national attention over connections to two September 11 hijackers and, more recently, criticism surrounding its imam’s repeated comments portraying Hamas’s October 7 massacre and violence against Israel as justified acts of “resistance.” Authorities are investigating the attack as a hate crime after two teenage suspects — identified as Caleb Liam Vazquez, 18, and Cain Lee Clark, 17 — allegedly opened fire at the mosque before later being found dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds…
Moscow and Beijing have inked dozens of agreements and pledged deeper cooperation Russian President Vladimir Putin has wrapped up a two-day state visit to Beijing, during which he and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, hailed “unprecedented” bilateral ties, describing the relationship as a stabilizing force amid growing global turbulence.The two leaders held nearly three hours of talks in the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, covering the full spectrum of cooperation – from trade and energy to international security.Both Putin and Xi emphasized that the strategic partnership is not directed against any third country, but remains “self-sufficient” and serves…