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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared Friday that a proposed agreement with the United States to extend the ceasefire and advance negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program “has never been closer.” Meanwhile, Pakistan’s prime minister said mediators have reached a final agreed-upon text and are working to finalize the next steps toward a deal. The statements marked the strongest public signals yet from Tehran and Islamabad that the emerging agreement — now being referred to as the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” following months of mediation led by Pakistan and Qatar — could be finalized within days. Araghchi, who has led Tehran’s…

During his closing monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that while Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is just discovering who he is, has a dicey past, and “doesn’t need a term in the Senate. He needs a gap year in Costa Rica”, “I would still urge the folks in Maine to vote for him, for two reasons: One, we need to restore balance in our government and a Democratic Senate would help a lot with that. And two, get used to it. America is a country filled with a lot of broken, horribly-educated,…

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl in the neck in broad daylight on the streets of a Lancashire town on Friday. UPDATE: Lancashire Police have revealed that the suspect in the stabbing attack in Brierfield is a man of Pakistani heritage who was born in Britain. However, they said that there was no evidence to suggest it was a racially motivated attack, the Lancashire Telegraph reported. The police force also said that the 17-year-old stabbing victim has been released from hospital. The original story continues as follows… At around 3 pm…

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Friday that he will fight to stay in office after the sudden resignation of his trusted defense minister left his shaky leadership weakened still further. Starmer has seen the departure of several junior and senior ministers in recent weeks, as Labour Party lawmakers revolt and rivals plot, in despair at the government’s relentless unpopularity. But the sudden resignation of Defense Secretary John Healey is a heavy blow. Healey quit Thursday, warning that the government is not spending enough on the military to keep Britain safe “at this time of rising threats.”…

The ruling challenges the notion that AI-generated answers are merely compilations of third-party content A German court has ruled that Google can be held directly liable for incorrect answers generated by its AI Overview feature, potentially setting a precedent for how AI-generated content is treated under the law. Google said on Friday that it planned to appeal.Traditionally, platforms such as Google, Facebook, and X argue they merely host or display third-party content rather than publish it, limiting their liability. They have also maintained that warnings about potential inaccuracies should shield them from responsibility for errors in AI-generated outputs.However, this spring,…

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union nations agreed on Friday to open membership talks with Ukraine next week, officially launching the process for the war-torn country to eventually join the world’s biggest trading bloc. At a meeting in Brussels, ambassadors from the 27 EU nations decided to officially open negotiations with Ukraine as well as with Moldova, which Russia has also tried to drag back into its orbit, on Monday in Luxembourg. Ukraine sees EU membership as an important “security guarantee” for a stable future once war with Russia ends. Its best guarantee would be NATO membership, but the Trump administration…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has launched a nationwide program to provide Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses at no cost to every blind veteran in the United States, offering transformative assistive technology to more than 130,000 eligible veterans. One blind veteran explains that when he got a pair of AI smart glasses, “I got my independence back.” CBS News reports that Meta will deliver AI-powered eyewear to blind veterans across America, inspired by the experience of Don Overton, a US Army veteran who lost his eyesight during Desert Storm from a bunker explosion. The program aims to restore independence to those who sacrificed…

The following content is sponsored by Americans for Limited Government. Washington loves a bill with a friendly name. The Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act, now pending before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sounds like something every American should support. Then you read the text. The bill buries American inventors and innovators in new mandates, invites a wave of lawsuits, and gives foreign competitors a closer look at our most sensitive medical research. It would not lower the price of a single prescription. The bill forces drug companies to certify that every piece of information they give…

Moscow has dismissed speculation that it plans to attack the bloc as “not just nonsense, but also provocation and disinformation” A Russia-NATO conflict could kick off “in the relatively near future,” a report by Sweden’s Defense Committee claims. Moscow has repeatedly dismissed speculation that it could attack the US-led military bloc as “nonsense.”The security paper, released on Friday and endorsed by the Swedish government and all parliamentary parties, brands Russia a “long-term threat” and claims that Moscow could seek to “test NATO’s cohesion and the credibility of Article 5” if it sees “favorable” political conditions. The report does not spell…

This composite image shows a fan of each of the 48 national teams taking part in the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)Getty ImagesIt is easy to be cynical about the World Cup. For weeks, we’ve heard that the tickets are too expensive, the travel is too complicated, and the logistics are too much. Add in concerns about heat, commercialization—my son is among those grumbling about water breaks during games, even when temperatures are mild—and the sheer size of the tournament, and there appears to be no shortage of reasons to complain. And…