VIENNA, March 3 (Reuters) – Austria’s first three-party government since the aftermath of World War Two took office on Monday, ending the country’s longest-ever wait for a ruling coalition and keeping the Russia-friendly, far-right Freedom Party (FPO) out of power. Although the FPO won September’s parliamentary election with about 29% of the vote, the eurosceptic…
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that Canada and Mexico have “no room left” for talks to avoid a new 25% tariff — with the duty set to begin at midnight alongside a new 20% tariff on Chinese goods. “On the tariffs, is there any room left for Canada and Mexico to make a deal before midnight?”…
Two people – an 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man – have been killed after a vehicle drove into a pedestrian area in the city of Mannheim, western Germany. Five people were seriously injured and another five suffered minor injuries in the incident, investigators said. Authorities arrested a lone suspect, a 40-year-old German man, who…
Greetings from Tyler, It’s happening too fast. You couldn’t keep up if you were trying. The orders coming out of the new Administration are in line with the promises made on the campaign trail. President Trump has been saying what he will do in his speeches. I don’t know if you watched the appearance in…
This week has been a whirlwind, like many others we have been through recently. The world at large is scrambling to deal with the United States’ new agenda on everything from tariffs to peace deals for the world’s most volatile regions. The ride has been anything but boring. Last weekend saw Hamas release more hostages…
Three buses in Israel detonated Thursday in what police are investigating as a suspected terror attack, according to multiple reports. Two empty buses exploded simultaneously in different parking lots in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, before a third one went up in flames, according to Israeli media reports. Additional bombs were also planted on two…
Kashyap “Kash” Patel was confirmed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a 51-49 Senate vote Thursday, despite Democrats’ desperate attempts to block his nomination. Patel, a former federal prosecutor and prior Trump administration intelligence official, won the vote without help from Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK), who joined…
MOSCOW, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, or about 64% of the total taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year, a top Russian general said. Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi, head of…
Hamas’ youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 2 and 5, and their mother are dead and their bodies will be returned to Israel this week, the terror group said in a ghoulish announcement Tuesday. Kfir Bibas never celebrated a birthday in freedom after he and his family were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, when he…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries’ top diplomats said after talks that reflected an extraordinary about-face in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump. In an interview with The Associated Press…