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North Korea fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South’s hopes for better ties
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against Seoul’s hopes for warmer relations. South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said several missiles lifted off from North Korea’s
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Analysts react to initial details of Trump’s temporary ceasefire with Iran
Political analysts expressed shock at the terms of President Donald Trump’s announced two-week ceasefire with Iran, reached just one hour before his self-imposed deadline. According to the New York Times, ceasefire provisions include the U.S. agreeing not to attack Iran again and lifting all sanctions on Iranian oil, including those imposed during the George W.
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‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon’s Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread
The last time a government official from Lebanon sat down to think carefully about national digital infrastructure, nobody expected another war with Israel. That’s how it has always gone. “We were not ready for this,” says Kamal Shehadi, the Lebanese minister of technology and AI, and minister of the displaced. “I have to admit that
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Mexico’s president weighs fracking to curb reliance on U.S. natural gas
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits in an effort to lower her country’s reliance on foreign energy at a time when the Iran war is disrupting global energy markets. But Sheinbaum — a scientist and climate expert — notably avoided the term hydraulic fracturing or
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The soft TACO theory of Trump
President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to accept a ceasefire in Iran — rather than following through on his threats to escalate the war further with massively destructive attacks harming Iranian civilians — is being greeted with what’s become a familiar refrain: TACO. Issuing extreme threats has been central to Trump’s governance strategy. But, as many
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‘Curious excuse’ flagged as Bondi threatened with contempt for dodging Epstein testimony
A new report flagged the “curious excuse” used by ousted former Attorney General Pam Bondi to blow off a scheduled deposition over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The former attorney general, fired last month, is now using her termination as justification to skip a scheduled April 14 deposition with the House Oversight Committee
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The Iran War Is Driving a Global Surge of Interest in Electric Vehicles
Brand new unregistered BYD electric cars are displayed for sale outside a BYD dealership, on February 25, 2026 in Southampton, England. —Anna Barclay—Getty Images Before the war in Iran broke out, the global adoption of electric vehicles was largely being driven by a number of emerging economies, including India, Mexico and Brazil, who were reporting
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Court to release secret warrants that Riverside sheriff used to seize over 650,000 ballots
Secret warrants obtained by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to seize more than 650,000 ballots in a controversial investigation of election fraud allegations will soon be made public. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gail O’Rane on Tuesday ordered the warrants unsealed after several media organization, including The Times, sued to review the documents. The warrants
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‘Fiasco’: Alex Jones in disbelief as Trump’s ‘ceasefire falling apart’
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones declared President Donald Trump’s war in Iran to be a “fiasco” after concluding that a ceasefire was “falling apart.” During a Wednesday interview with conservative author Michael Savage, Jones noted that Trump’s approval ratings were plunging amid the war in Iran. “But admitting this is a big defeat so far
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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Review Roundup: Critics Split Over HBO Show’s ‘Hollow,’ ‘Incandescent’ New Episodes
The first reviews for “Euphoria” Season 3 are in, and critics are split on the star-studded HBO drama’s new episodes. It has been over four years since the Sam Levinson-created coming-of-age series’ second season wrapped up its turbulent run on HBO in February 2022. There were questions in the ensuing years about whether or not