The debate over the F-35 goes beyond the aircraft themselves. It concerns how the United States balances its relations with its two important allies in the eastern Mediterranean.
Die britische Sängerin Bonnie Tyler ist tot. Sie starb im Alter von 75 Jahren in einem Krankenhaus in Portugal, wie ihre Familie mitteilte. Zu ihren bekanntesten Hits gehÜrten "Total Eclipse of the Heart" und "Holding Out for a Hero".
The president embraced the alliance in a meeting Wednesday, extolling member nationsâ defense spending and saying nothing about the Danish territory, officials said.
Even during the immediate post-pandemic period, when evidence on the labor-market effects of remote work was scant, there was a strong case to be made for going into the office, especially for younger workers. And now, multiple new studies have vindicated this intuition.
In recent months, Ukrainian drones have successfully struck dozens of sites deep inside Russia, targeting the oil industry, weapons plants, and logistics hubs. But while Ukraine has developed a world-leading military technology to defend itself from a much larger aggressor, drones will not be enoughâŚ
In a world of great-power rivalry and hyper-scaling tech behemoths, you would be forgiven for thinking that the bulky bully always has the edge. But as this year's World Cup has shown repeatedly, you would be wrong.
Users are always seeking more control over their social networking experience to make it better, whether to improve privacy or enhance flexibility. Interoperability between social networking platforms like Facebook and TikTok has so many benefits that solve those issues. Â
Say youâre on multiple plaâŚ
By the end of the 19th-century in the US, it was clear to all interested observers that market power did not automatically or even easily translate into political capital and cultural authority. That is why, unlike the oligarchs of our time, certain Gilded Age capitalists learned how to become a ruâŚ
As debt burdens rise and climate shocks intensify, sustainable financing mechanisms are becoming indispensable. The Islamic Development Bankâs new concessional fund offers a promising model for mobilizing the resources needed to protect development gains and invest in resilience.
Fueled by more than $1 trillion in borrowed money and rising leverage across the financial system, US stock markets may have entered bubble territory. Two developments could trigger a sharp correction: higher interest rates and a loss of confidence in the handful of tech giants driving the AI boom.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdaniâs Independence Day address was a perfect example of ideology in the positive sense of the term. It overturned both the right-wing populist narrative of the United States and the left-wing "woke" critique with a vision that has the potential to mobilize a majority.
Faced with shrinking concessional finance and rising borrowing costs, Rwanda has worked with the World Bank Group to leverage limited public funds and risk-sharing instruments to unlock private capital at scale and on affordable terms. It's an arrangement holding important lessons for low-income couâŚ
Alaska, Norway, and Chile recognized the economic and political risks that accompany commodity booms and established sovereign wealth funds to preserve their resource revenues. Argentinaâs hydrocarbon- and lithium-rich provinces should learn from their experience.
The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed a strategic reality that military planners are only beginning to confront: In a data-centric age, digital infrastructure has become part of the battlespace. Data centers and cloud regions are now the digital backbone of military power and economicâŚ
Eschewing the idea of a single truth, the recently deceased English artist David Hockney showed that the world unfolds before us in ways we cannot fully understand. After long clinging to the pretense of certainty, economists would do well to embrace the same insight.
As foreign aid declines, policymakers in lower-income countries must increasingly focus on making better use of scarce resources. When it comes to maternal mortality, that means investing in simple, proven, and affordable interventions for postpartum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, and obstructed labor.
Democracy is a tenacious beast, but it has been riven by contradictions ever since the Declaration of Independence. Nowhere are those contradictions in such sharp relief as in Trump's America.
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The five-day preliminary hearing that starts on Monday (July 6, 2026) will be the first time members of Kirk's family are in the Utah courtroom with defendant Tyler Robinson
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Toxic smoke from the 15-hectare fire has forced residents from their homes, with environmental monitors recording hazardous air quality in surrounding neighborhoods
A senior US official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity about the trip said Trump will meet with Zelensky on Wednesday to discuss "how we can end the war."
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Maine Democrat Graham Platner announced Wednesday that he is "suspending campaign operations" for his Senate bid.Platner indicated that he intends to withdraw from the race â but said the process to replace him "needs to be driven not from back rooms, but by the will of the people."Why it matters: HâŚ
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Senate GOP leaders say they have spoken with Sen. Mitch McConnell in recent days, as speculation swirls online among MAGA influencers about the Kentucky Republican's health.Why it matters: McConnell has been hospitalized for roughly three weeks, with very little information about his condition.DriviâŚ
Republicans are preparing to welcome a potential Graham Platner replacement in Maine's Senate race with $8 million in negative ads, aiming to introduce a new Democratic nominee to voters on their own terms before Democrats can.Why it matters: Republicans are doing something Democrats wish they couldâŚ
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The U.S. military said it struck Iranian military targets in the area of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in retaliation for renewed Iranian attacks on commercial ships. Why it matters: The exchange of fire risks plunging the U.S. and Iran into a new cycle of retaliation, threatening the fragile memoâŚ
The cost of Obamacare coverage is due to rise by a median of 14% next year, according to a new analysis, marking further turmoil for the law's marketplaces. Why it matters: It would mark the second straight year of double-digit premium increases in the individual market.Customers could be on the hooâŚ
The Trump administration's official position about Venezuela's exiled opposition leader is simple: Don't help Maria Corina Machado gain entry to her home country. But Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau didn't appear to get the memo.Landau is suspected of twice miscommunicating U.S. policy to twoâŚ
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President Trump on Wednesday declared the ceasefire with Iran over and that while negotiations can continue, they are a "waste of time." Why it matters: Three weeks after the U.S. and Iran signed a peace deal that Trump described as "unconditional surrender," both sides are launching fresh attacks aâŚ
Republicans are dramatically boosting campaign spending on Senate races in red states that, until recently, looked safely out of Democrats' reach in the November midterms.Why it matters: The GOP â alarmed by recent polls and voting trends â is juicing its efforts in Ohio and Iowa to reinforce a SenaâŚ
Graham Platner was a walking time bomb long before the on-the-record rape allegation he denied this week.A Nazi tattoo, social media rants, rampant rumors about women: Many Democratic leaders privately feared the Maine Democrat, now their U.S. Senate nominee, could be trouble. But they rationalized âŚ
Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Ben Geman/AxiosOil markets are taking President Trump's claim that the Iran ceasefire is "over" seriously, but not literally.Why it matters: The price jump is big, but even now, there are signs that the markets aren't expecting a complete return to war.The latesâŚ
Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable 5 is now widely available.
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Elon Musk's SpaceXAI is launching Grok 4.5, its smartest model yet, and its first release since going public and acquiring the AI coding startup Cursor.Why it matters: The new model is being pitched as a coding and agentic-work tool, more than a consumer-facing chatbot â one that Musk says is "maximâŚ
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President Trump declared his temporary ceasefire with Iran "over" Wednesday morning, just three weeks after triumphantly describing the deal as "unconditional surrender."Why it matters: Iran's renewed attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz are undermining Trump's attempts to convince Americans theâŚ
Federal Reserve officials saw a wide range of scenarios for how the economy and inflation will evolve at their meeting last month, leaving the central bank's policy committee divided over the path for interest rates ahead, according to minutes released Wednesday.Why it matters: In Kevin Warsh's firsâŚ
Republican megadonor Ken Griffin said at a private conference Wednesday that he'd support Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance in a 2028 GOP presidential primary, Axios has learned.Why it matters: Griffin is one of the most prolific donors in the Republican Party â he gave morâŚ
Democratic primaries this summer could elevate another crop of incoming House members who have refused to commit to voting for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as speaker.Why it matters: This growing bloc of Jeffries skeptics could create real headaches for the Democratic leader as he attempâŚ
The U.S. military struck Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a U.S. official said. Why it matters: This was the second day in a row that the U.S. attacked Iranian targets in what U.S. officials say is an effort to stop Tehran from striking commercial ships in the Strait of HormuzâŚ
The White House is preparing for what could become a multi-day or even multi-week exchange of fire with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.The length and severity of the new campaign hinge entirely on Tehran's next moves, U.S. officials tell Axios.Why it matters: A war that began with the goal of degradâŚ
Data: U.S. Census; Note: Data for Hawai'i and Alaska starts in 1955 and 1957, respectively; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios VisualAmerica's state governments now run on two very different tax engines: income in many coastal and professional-class states, and consumption in much of the Sun Belt and low-tax-gâŚ
Three AI trends are accelerating and colliding, forcing government, business and investors to rethink strategies in real time:AI is getting bigger and better, both here and in China. The U.S. government is scrambling to keep pace by creating a regulatory framework, perhaps with international reach.BâŚ
ANKARA/MADRID, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an immediate halt to all trade with NATO ally Spain, escalating tensions over defence spending and the Iran war, despite European Union rules requiring trade negotiations to be conducted as a single bloc.
Data: Pew Research Center; Chart: Danielle Alberti/AxiosLatino voters aren't just splitting over President Trump. They're divided over how being Latino shapes their identity in America, according to a new Pew Research Center report.Why it matters: This is a deeper fracture than a typical partisan diâŚ
Microsoft's latest environmental report shows the growing tension between its race to build AI infrastructure and its long-standing climate commitments.Why it matters: The report mirrors recent disclosures from Google and Amazon, whose emissions and resource use have also climbed alongside AI growthâŚ
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Mexico plans to file criminal complaints in the United States over the deaths of Mexican nationals in ICE custody, Mexico's Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Ălvarez said Thursday.Why it matters: Mexico had already made diplomatic complaints about the deaths, but taking the United States to court wouâŚ
Graham Platner privately told staff that he is planning to officially file paperwork to end his Senate campaign on Monday â the drop-dead deadline for him to exit the race.Why it matters: Though Democrats largely appear to think Platner is done with his bid, his last-minute timing is likely to causeâŚ
AIPAC hoped they had ended former Rep. Cori Bush's political career for good when they helped oust her two years ago. Now they're spending big to stop her attempted comeback.Why it matters: The left has high hopes that Bush can prevail in her rematch against Rep. Wesley Bell this cycle by riding theâŚ
As fresh U.S. strikes hit Iran, President Trump's Truth Social profile became a visual diary of distant violence, distilling the Iran War into shareable clips and memes even as he demands an end to hostilities.The big picture: While Trump revels in the video-game-like spectacle of raw military powerâŚ
Tanzania is rapidly building one of Africa's biggest gold reserves, with its central bank buying nearly 28 tonnes of gold over the past 18 months, worth an estimated 3.7 billion dollars.
Heavy rainfall has caused intense flooding in several parts of Nigeria over the first days of July, during the peak of the countryâs rainy season.
President orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruptionA fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (ÂŁ700,000) in Nigeriaâs 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africaâs largest democracy in the run-up to a geneâŚ
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the âfastest growingâ ever, African health authorities said on Thursday, as the World Health Organization said the disease had killed 600 people.
Updated numbers issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,759 confirmed cases in DR CoâŚ
There were mixed reaction in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Wednesday, a day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that will extend his term to 2030 and scrap direct presidential elections.
Russia will continue to provide military backing for the junta-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who make up the Alliance of Sahel States, the parties said at a meeting in Niger's capital Niamey.
A new World Health Organization report has warned that cancer is placing a devastating human and economic burden on societies worldwide, claiming more than 26,000 lives every day and exposing major inequalities in survival rates between rich and poor countries.
Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, hosts the second edition of an African space technology trade show known as the African Space Solutions Market from July 7 to 9, 2026.
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said Wednesday it "cannot remain silent" after what it believes was unfair and biased officiating in Egypt's 3-2 round of 16 loss against Argentina on Tuesday.
Water was back on in Bamako on Wednesday, following sabotage to an electrical supply line that left much of the Malian capital without power for several days.
Presidents Alassane Ouattara and John Mahama have agreed to revive what's being called the 'Cocoa OPEC', a coordinated strategy to harmonize farmgate prices and align crop calendars across both countries. They have invited Cameroon and Nigeria, the region's smaller producers, to join
The United Nations says a new report by itâs Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan provides further evidence that atrocities committed by warring parties in the region constitute markers of genocide
Its summer camp immerses children in the world of technology, including building a robot, learning to code, and getting to grips with artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping Sierra Leone's music industry, offering artists new creative tools while raising difficult questions about originality, ownership and copyright.
Kenya's economic growth is expected to slow this year, with the World Bank cutting its forecast to 4.3 percent, citing the global fallout from the US-Israeli war with Iran.
South Africa's National Treasury said Tuesday it would withhold funding from more than a quarter of the country's municipalities, including economic hub Johannesburg, citing financial mismanagement
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The outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expanding, while the push to accelerate testing and identify effective treatment options continues, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Celeste Amarilla could face charges after French Football Federation complains about social media posts over World Cup matchProsecutors in France have opened an investigation into the racist attack on Kylian MbappĂŠ by a Paraguayan senator, with officials weighing whether to demand that the senator bâŚ
KINSHASA, July 8 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Wednesday that suspected Ebola cases had been reported in a new province, highlighting the expansion of the ongoing outbreak as deaths hit 600.
Other companies awarded the contract included Palantir and Athea SAS. NATO said that it would select a single solution for long-term implementation at the end of the assessment period.
According to the report, Khalaili will be transferred to Inter Milan for 25 million euros, with a salary of approximately 2 million euros per season, including bonuses.
According to data collected by The Israel Womenâs Network (IWN) and presented in the âGreat Womenâs Survey 2026," at least 900,000 women have experienced violence from a partner or relative.
Netanyahu gave a speech at the graduation ceremony for the IDF's 192nd pilot course, held in the Hatzerim Air Force Base on Thursday, with most of the defense and political authorities present
The agreement is expected to allow the bill to advance in the Knesset's House Committee ahead of its final second and third readings after previous coaltion objections to wording.
The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Greece "would not welcome" Turkey receiving either F-35 fighter jets or engines for its next-generation Turkish "Kaan" combat aircraft.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), since 2023 there have been âover 5,330 settler attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or both.â
As crowds jostled in Mashhad awaiting Khamenei's funeral cortege, the crowd chanted slogans demanding revenge on US President Donald Trump for his killing.
IDF officials do not expect Israel to be drawn into the US-Iran exchanges at this time, though they said that the military is ready for any eventuality.
US AFFAIRS: In an interview with the Post, the 2028 prospective US presidential hopeful says he wonât take AIPAC money, backs a Palestinian state, and stands by sanctions on the Jewish state.
US officials told The Jerusalem Post that America was not responsible for the explosions. However, a Bushehr official told IRNA that a military site in the region was hit by a US-Israeli projectile.
Gasoline prices in Russia rose 2.1 percent in the week of June 30 through July 6, while diesel fuel climbed 3.4 percent, according to the latest weekly data from Rosstat, Russiaâs state statistics service.
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Alexander Novak stressed that all measures aimed at supplying such regions with necessary resources should be closely monitored by the authorities and decisions should be made as quickly as possible