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Vance warns Iran not to 'play' the US as he departs for negotiations aimed at ending their war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the U.S. as he headed overseas for negotiations aimed at ending their war.President Donald Trump has tasked the member of his inner circle who has seemed to be the most reluctant defender of the 6-week-old conflict with Iran to now find a resolution and stave off the U.S. president's astonishing threat to wipe out its “whole civilization.”
Vance, who has long been skeptical of foreign military interventions and outspoken about the prospect of sending troops into open-ended... Read More
The Latest: Vance heads to Pakistan ahead of negotiations for permanent deal with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the two-week ceasefire over Iran's continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, while Kuwait accused Iran and its proxies of launching drone attacks despite the ceasefire.Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard denied launching attacks Thursday night on Persian Gulf states.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a potential boost to ceasefire efforts in the region when he said he had approved direct talks with Lebanon. The Lebanese government has not responded as of Friday... Read More
Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster.That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, from California’s towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows along its coast, both of which store vast amounts of carbon and support complex webs of life.
Marine heat waves, record wildfires and coastal development are pushing these systems beyond their limits as climate change, driven by emissions of fuels like oil and gas, accelerates. An estimated 1 million species face extinction, many within decades, largely... Read More
Picture this: A raffle offers a Picasso for 100 euros to fund Alzheimerâs research
PARIS (AP) — Are you feeling lucky? A raffle in France is offering the chance to win a portrait by Pablo Picasso for the price of a 100-euro ($117) ticket, with proceeds going to Alzheimer’s research.The draw is on Tuesday at Christie's auction house in Paris.
The inaugural “1 Picasso for 100 euros” raffle, in 2013, saw a fire-sprinkler worker in Pennsylvania win “Man in the Opera Hat,” which the Spanish master painted in 1914 during his Cubist period.
A second Picasso, the oil-on-canvas “Nature Morte,” was raffled off in 2020 and made a very... Read More
Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.Consumer prices rose 3.3% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Friday, up sharply from just 2.4% in February and the biggest yearly increase since May 2024. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.9% in March from February, the largest such increase in nearly four years.
It’s the first... Read More
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- Vance warns Iran not to 'play' the US as he departs for negotiations aimed at ending their war
- Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March
- Wall Street mixed and oil prices steady ahead of planned US-Iran ceasefire talks
- US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon
- Gaza marks 6 months of a ceasefire that may offer lessons for the Iran war
- By the numbers: US thrashed military targets in Iran, but some capabilities remain
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- Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war
- Taiwan's opposition leader meets China's Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace
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