Author: Press Room

The US-led bloc is no longer prioritizing Ukraine, the American outlet has reported The recent NATO summit signaled a bleak outlook for Kiev’s hopes of sustained Western support as the US-led bloc turned its attention toward US President Donald Trump, The New York Times has reported, in a feature-style review of the gathering.NATO chief Mark Rutte, a former Dutch prime minister, hosting the event at The Hague, pledged continued support for what he described as Ukraine’s “irreversible path to membership.”However Kiev’s aspirations were notably absent from the final summit communiqué, which offered only a brief mention of the bloc’s “enduring sovereign…

  Just days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott vetoed a bill to ban products containing THC, the psychedelic component of cannabis, much to the disappointment of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the U.S. House has passed an amendment to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (MilConVA) for FY2026. The MilConVA bill has passed the House by a vote of 218-206, with all voting Republicans supporting the bill.  Two Democrats, Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington crossed party lines to vote in favor of the MilConVA bill. The Senate could take up the bill…

‘Eddie’ mascot at Iron Maiden’s show in Dublin, Ireland on the Run For Your Lives tour 2025.Celian Jonathan Iron Maiden’s highly anticipated Run For Your Lives world tour is now in full-swing across Europe. The 50th anniversary tour just hit Dublin, Ireland and showcased the band’s epic stage production and typical theatrics with a satisfying setlist that included a surprising number of deep-cuts. From a performance standpoint, Iron Maiden continue to outrun the retirement allegations. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson belts through songs effortlessly, guitarists Gers, Smith, and Murray tear through iconic solos like it’s 1983, and bassist Steve Harris’ galloping bass…

A group of six humanoid robots powered by an artificial intelligence program is set to engage in the first-ever three-on-three robot soccer match in China next weekend. The robot match is being sponsored by what is being touted as the RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League, which is being hosted in Beijing’s Yizhuang Development Zone, according to The New York Post. The game featuring four Chinese robot teams is part of next year’s World Humanoid Robot Games. The six robots, three per side, will play two 10-minute halves, with a 5-minute break, completely autonomously with no human assistance on the field.…

The Islamic theocracy of Iran stated on Wednesday that it would work to preserve its illicit nuclear program “under any circumstances,” denying that the American airstrikes on key uranium enrichment facilities had marked an end to its nuclear ambitions. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei declared in an interview with the Qatari network Al Jazeera, according to the Iranian propaganda outlet PressTV, that Iran was “determined to preserve” its right to “enjoy nuclear energy … under any circumstances.” PressTV also cited officials from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) declaring that Tehran would “expand” its nuclear development, rather than contain it,…

Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee joined Democrats in approving a plan that will allow United States businesses to import vastly more foreign workers for blue-collar American jobs in construction, landscaping, dairy farms, and carnivals, among other industries. Just as President Donald Trump is reversing Biden’s migrant economy, which saw nearly all job growth go to migrants, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) proposed the amendment to a spending package that will nearly quadruple the number of H-2B foreign visa workers that employers can import for non-agricultural blue-collar jobs. Likewise, the amendment allows dairy farms to import foreign workers year-round via the…

Mexican actor and director Diego Luna attacked President Donald Trump’s policies on illegal immigration in a rant that conflated illegal migration with legal immigrants, claiming, “Far too many people live in fear.” “I have never been able to full understand how it is that someone like Donald Trump is able to acquire this level of power,” Luna declared during his opening monologue on Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, while guest hosting the show for Jimmy Kimmel. “I always struggle to understand how his hate speech can take root in a country whose nature has always been a welcoming one,” the Narcos:…

Republicans aren’t panicking about their fraying domestic policy bill. But they aren’t exactly sure about how it’s all going to come together, either. Senate Republicans emerged from a closed-door lunch meeting Thursday putting on a brave face about the megabill’s progress. Yet this time last week, members were expecting revised text of the sprawling bill Monday with votes starting a couple of days later. In other words, they thought they’d be close to done by now. Instead, Majority Leader John Thune refrained from giving his members a specific timeline during a closed-door lunch Thursday, according to three attendees granted anonymity…

Seizing the frozen funds would hasten the shift to regional payment systems, the president has said Any attempt by the West to seize Russia’s frozen reserves would set off an irreversible shift toward regional payment systems, which would ultimately benefit the global economy, President Vladimir Putin has said. An estimated $300 billion worth of Russian sovereign assets were frozen by the West following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Around €200 billion ($209 billion) is held by Euroclear, a Brussels-based clearing house. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has repeatedly called for the funds to be tapped…

After a few insults and some light humiliation, Trump convinced Europe to bankroll his war machine – to the tune of 5% GDP Fresh off dropping an “F bomb” on both Iran and Israel for blowing up the only ceasefire in history ever announced exclusively on his social media feed , US President Donald Trump hopped on his jet and headed straight to the NATO summit. Everyone wondered what mood he’d land in after crossing the Atlantic.Apparently not feeling like rolling the dice, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wrote him a love letter in advance,  suggesting that the scariest weapon of…