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US President Donald Trump is watching President Donald Trump wearing a Magazine hat before he greets the military and his family during a military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on July 4, 2025. Brendan Smirowski | AFP | Getty ImagesSay what you love about President Donald Trump’s leadership style and policy. But he has a way in words.Trump’s love for contract creation and his previous career as a real estate tycoon are both well known, and the loving president often laments speeches and interviews with business-related terminology. Now, he is turning to…

Hiroshima, Japan – For over half a century, chimes have run off to Hiroshima, a Japanese city every morning.The strict ritual shows the exact moment on August 6, 1945. The US bomber Enola Gay dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on top of Hiroshima, killing about 70,000 people immediately.Aerial photograph of Hiroshima just after the US atomic bomb.Universal History Archive/Getty Images FileOn Wednesday, the people of Hiroshima celebrated the 80th anniversary of a devastating attack as nuclear weapons are brought globally amid unresolved military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.In a silent tribute for a minute, the city recalled…

US President Donald Trump will meet with Syrian President Ahmed Alshara in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Arabia’s press | via ReutersSpeaking to the fierce crowd at the Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh in May, US President Donald Trump surprised listeners by announcing he would order a full lifting of US sanctions in Syria.”Now it’s their time for sparkle… Syria for good luck,” Trump said.Within three months, the Trump administration struck Syria at the highest tariff rate in every country around the world: 41%.Syria has little trade with the US due to years of sanctions, but…

(Combo) This photo combination, created on February 21, 2020, shows President Donald Trump made his remarks at Keep America Great Rally held in Phoenix, Arizona on February 19, 2020.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesThe rift between Moscow and Washington appears to be set deeper after Russia’s economy says it “stinks” and lower oil prices will attack President Vladimir Putin’s oil-funded war machinery.”Putin will stop killing people when the energy reaches another $10 barrel. His economy will stink so he won’t have a choice,” the president told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” on tuesday.Comments come after the relationship between Moscow and Washington.…

Not long after it was first reported that Ghislaine Maxwell had been moved to one of the country’s most flexible federal detention facilities, a private Facebook group dedicated to current and former federal prison staff exploded in shock and rage.The federal prison camp in Brian, Texas is one of the seven lowest security dorm-style federal security facilities that do not normally house prisoners like Maxwell, who have been convicted of a sex crime and are serving a long sentence.”As a retired BOP employee, this makes me sick,” one person wrote on the Facebook page of “Prison Staff and Retirement.””When are…

President Donald Trump told CNBC on Tuesday that he narrowed down the future Federal Reserve chair area to four candidates.The president refused to reveal who was fighting, but he revealed that Bescent, previously considered a major candidate, has come out of the fight for himself.”Well, I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said in a “Scokebox” interview. “I asked him last night, ‘Is this what you want?’ (Bescent said),’ “I want to stay where I am. It’s a great honor.The news follows the surprise announcement of Fed Gov. Adriana Coogler on Friday that she had…

A premium collection of dark, milk and white chocolate.Anna Kurzaeva | Instant | Getty ImagesFrom luxury watches and skincare to artisan chocolate, US buyers of Swiss products could soon face a sharp price rise if negotiators are unable to make a deal to avoid a 39% tariff for it to come into effect on Thursday.Last week, the announcement that Switzerland is facing one of the highest US tariff rates in the world surprised many politicians, analysts and businesses.The US has a massive trade deficit with Switzerland, totaling $38.3 billion in 2024. The Swiss government has pointed out that it is…

Rusi’s Orzala says influencers with Western passports “wander around, take photos and gain online fame,” but these privileges are rejected by Afghan women walking freely in school, work, and even public places without accompanying male parents.She added that there are moral and ethical dilemmas. This is because the benefits from tourism risks indirectly legalize and maintain the government that institutionalized “gender apartheid” and financially.”This should never be satisfying or agreeing with the current reality,” Orzara said of the influencer’s video showing Afghan women smiling in the background.”This is not a cultural exchange. It is a neo-colonial tourism decorated as an…

The warning tape hangs near the stairs in the Federal Hall across from the New York Stock Exchange in New York.Michael Nuggle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThat may be controversial, but the July employment report helped confirm the notion that the US economic engine is sputtering.Non-farm salaries rose to just 73,000 that month. A largely downward revision to the May and June counts reduced the average three-month employment to just 35,000, or less than a third of the same period a year ago.Traditionally, weak employment growth, an indicator of lagging when it comes to recessions, indicates an economy that may…

Comedian Matt Life said he and YouTuber Elton Castee are now legal guardians of Annabelle. “We are the legal guardian and caretaker of all 750 ghost artifacts and items at the Warren Museum, including Annabelle dolls. Please go out on the record and say I don’t legally own the items. Rife, 29, announced in an Instagram post Friday that he and Casty, 35, had purchased the Warrens home and museum in Monroe, Connecticut. Tony Spera, Warrens’ son-in-law and co-director of the New England Psychic Research Association, the late couple’s organization, revealed that he and his wife still own a collection…