President Trump on Wednesday gave kudos to the Houthis in Yemen for their “bravery” in withstanding his bombing campaign and confirmed the US has agreed to a ceasefire. Continue reading “Trump Praises Houthis’ ‘Bravery’”
Sleepy Joe Biden was wheeled out for a first interview since being ejected from the White House and claimed that dropping out of the 2024 race was such a “difficult” decision because the four years he was in office were “so successful.”
Though aerial fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals does not appear to be sustained and ongoing at this point, Pakistan has closed its airspace for nearly all flights on Wednesday, in the aftermath of the Indian cross-border strikes which killed at least 26 people – including a 3-year-old girl – and wounded at least 46 other people, Pakistani authorities say based on the latest revised death toll. International carriers have also canceled flights to the region, and access to social media, including X, was temporarily blocked in Pakistan amid the assault. Heavy shelling is being reported along the Line of Control (LOC) separating the historic enemy nations. Continue reading “Pakistan Closes Airspace For 48 Hours, Authorizes Response To Indian Attack Which “Ignited Inferno In Region””
Germany’s blue-chip DAX 40 index fell nearly 2% after a new political crisis erupted in Berlin, triggered by “conservative” leader (so conservative he reneged on his election promises to halt runaway speding and crammed through a fiscal timebomb in the last days of the previous government) Friedrich Merz’s failed bid to become the country’s 10th postwar chancellor.
Merz needed 316 votes out of 630 to secure the chancellorship but received only 310, falling short of a majority despite his coalition holding 328 seats. Because the vote was conducted by secret ballot, the identity of those within his own party who defected remains unknown. The outcome prevented his swearing in on Tuesday and pitching Europe’s biggest economy into uncharted territory.