Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urged the European Union (EU) to avoid engaging in a retaliatory tariff war with the United States, warning that escalating trade tensions could fuel inflation and economic instability across Europe. Speaking ahead of an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels, Meloni cautioned against reacting to US-imposed tariffs with countermeasures, emphasizing that such a response could lead to an economic downturn that neither side can afford.…

Republican Congressman Mike Flood faced the wrath of angry constituents when he was booed at a town hall in Nebraska on Wednesday. The congressman was the latest in a series of Republican lawmakers who have been on defence while meeting with Americans in their districts while Congress is on recess. People across the country have been showing up to raise concerns over the work of Elon Musk and the Department…

Two NASA astronauts stuck onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024 finally arrived back on Earth on Tuesday evening, more than nine months after the failure of Boeing’s pioneering Starliner capsule scuppered their originally scheduled week-long mission. A SpaceX Dragon capsule containing four astronauts, including Starliner’s test pilots Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Tallahassee, at 5.57pm…

United States President, Donald Trump has released materials related to the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, seeking to honour his campaign promise to provide more transparency about the shock event in Texas. An initial tranche of electronic copies of papers flooded into the National Archives website on Tuesday evening with a total of more than 80,000 expected to be published after Justice Department lawyers spent hours scouring…

US President Donald Trump has warned that American troops “could be” drawn into the conflict if Russia’s war on Ukraine escalates into “World War III.” The 78-year-old president made the remarks on Fox News on Tuesday, hours after a nearly two-hour phone conversation with Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Trump, in a chat with Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle, admitted that “Russia has the advantage” in the war and said,…

Vladimir Putin has agreed to a limited ceasefire against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but the Russian leader declined to commit to a month-long full truce, after a high-stakes phone call with Donald Trump. A statement said Putin had issued an order to the Russian military to suspend strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said late on Tuesday that he would support a US proposal for a limited ceasefire…

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely violated the Constitution and blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts to the agency. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those who were placed on administrative leave. The lawsuit singled out Musk…

·Rwanda has officially severed diplomatic ties with Belgium, and ordered all Belgian diplomats to leave within 48 hours. ·Belgium responded by declaring Rwandan diplomats unwelcome, calling Kigali’s decision “disproportionate” ·The diplomatic fallout follows allegations that Belgium has been pushing for international sanctions against Rwanda over its role in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict Rwanda has announced the immediate termination of its diplomatic relations with Belgium, a move that…

Tesla shares fell after Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD reportedly unveiled a new ultra-fast charger capable of fully charging a car in just five minutes. BYD plans to launch vehicles equipped with this technology next month. The company claims that its Super e-Platform provides a range of nearly 250 miles in approximately the same time it takes to refuel a gas-powered car, according to Bloomberg. The company has yet…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold a critical phone conversation today, lasting “for as long as they deem necessary,” according to a Kremlin statement this morning. The discussion, scheduled between 1 PM and 3 PM UK time, is expected to cover the war in Ukraine, Russia’s demands, and efforts to normalize U.S.-Russia relations, according to The Telegraph. Trump Hints at Possible Territorial Concessions…

At least 320 Palestinians have been reportedly killed by renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight, casting major doubt on the ongoing ceasefire deal. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation had been carried out “to achieve the war objectives set by the political leadership, including the release of all the hostages”. Hamas described the attack as a “blatant violation of all international and humanitarian conventions.” In a statement Netanyahu…

The European Union (EU) has officially confirmed that the United States has withdrawn from the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA)—a multinational initiative dedicated to investigating Russian war crimes. In a statement released by Eurojust, the EU’s judicial cooperation agency, officials confirmed that the U.S. has informed European authorities of its decision to discontinue its participation in the center’s operations. “Eurojust has been…