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Friedrich Merz says Washington has “no convincing strategy” in talks with Tehran The US lacks a coherent negotiation strategy and is being “humiliated” by Iran, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday.Merz made the remarks as the vital Strait of Hormuz remains closed to most shipping, driving up global energy prices.“The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected, and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either,” Merz said during a visit to a school in Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.“The problem with conflicts like this is always that you don’t just have to get in – you also have…

In online discourse with empire apologists these past few months I’ve been told that the number of dead protesters is thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, sixty thousand, seventy thousand, eighty thousand, ninety thousand, and a hundred thousand. Reading by Tim Foley: The most common pro-war talking point about Iran is that they massacred tens of thousands of protesters in January of this year — but what’s funny is that they never cite the same number. Because it’s a completely fictional story, they can just make up any number they want. In online discourse with empire apologists these past few months I’ve…

If you appraised the chances of Steve Kerr ever walking back any of his rampant criticism of President Trump or kowtowing to China as being similar to hell freezing over, you might want to check the latest forecast in the infernal region. In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Kerr, the very outspoken head coach of the Golden State Warriors, voiced regret for past comments in which he referred to President Trump as a “buffoon.” Not only that, the woke coach also criticized himself for “weak” comments he made about the Chinese government’s crackdown on free speech protesters in…

The United Arab Emirates has decided to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as well as OPEC+, the state Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports.The withdrawal, which is set to come into force on May 1, is viewed as a serious blow to Saudi Arabia, the informal leader of OPEC . The news comes amid a crisis in the Middle East triggered by the US-Israeli war against Iran, which resulted in the suspension of crude exports from the Persian Gulf and damage to Arab nations that host US military bases.DETAILS TO FOLLOW You can share this story on…

All of the victims were women who were traveling in a rear carriage that was struck from behind by another train   Two trains have collided on the outskirts of Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing 15 people, all women.The crash occurred on Monday when a long-distance train struck the rear carriage of a stationary commuter train at Bekasi Timur station. The carriage was reserved for women, a common feature on Indonesian trains aimed at preventing harassment.  The emergency teams completed the evacuation of victims from a damaged commuter car on Tuesday, state railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia said. A total…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday claimed that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership stalling negotiations as the conflict in the Middle East continues. Merz delivered this claim during his participation at a European Union event at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium, a school in Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The Guardian reported that Merz, during his speech, claimed that Tehran is outwitting the Trump administration at the negotiating table. According to Deutsche Welle, the German Chancellor said that Washington appeared to lack a “clear strategy” to end the conflict, comparing the ongoing situation in the Middle East to that of Afghanistan and Iraq.…

Former President Barack Obama completely ignored the alleged White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner gunman’s manifesto and failed to mention that President Donald Trump was his top target, claiming that “we don’t yet have the details about the motives” behind the Saturday night shooting in Washington, DC. Obama was heavily criticized for his Sunday evening social media post, in which he called on Americans to “reject” political violence while failing to mention that shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen is an outspoken leftist who allegedly wrote about targeting Trump administration officials before attempting to rush into the dinner with a shotgun, a…

Speaker Mike Johnson’s week just started and it’s already falling apart. Internal GOP strife forced Republican leaders late Monday to scrap a House Rules meeting that was supposed to set up critical floor votes on an extension of the Section 702 spy law, immigration enforcement funding and a farm bill. They planned to reconvene around 8 a.m. and try again. At least 10 Republicans are threatening to oppose the rule vote teeing up the legislation — currently scheduled for 4:30 p.m. — over problems with Johnson’s three-year Section 702 reauthorization. And there are other issues with Republicans’ budget reconciliation plan…

The female Ukrainian diver was part of a crew blamed in the Western media for the 2022 bomb attack on the undersea pipelines German tabloid Bild has published nude images of a Ukrainian woman allegedly linked to the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.According to media reports, the woman was part of a group of Ukrainian nationals suspected by German investigators of renting the yacht Andromeda to carry out the sophisticated underwater operation.Claims about the woman’s past as an erotic model – identified under the alias ‘Freya’ – were first reported by Wall Street Journal chief European political…

During an interview with ABC News on Monday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) responded to a question on Iron Dome funding by stating that “Every country deserves to defend itself. And that includes, by the way, the creation of what I think we should create, which is a Palestinian state. They deserve to be able to defend themselves, too.” And we should support Ukrainian defenses, “just like we should help create the Palestinian state and make sure that innocent Palestinians don’t lose their lives because there are terrorists committing terrorist acts.” Host Linsey Davis asked, “And, as you know, a…