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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he decided to move a second aircraft carrier into the Middle East as he presses Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, is being sent from the Caribbean Sea to the Mideast to join…
Texas banned BlackRock and nine other finance firms from working with the Lone Star state after declaring they were hostile to fossil fuels. Glenn Hegar, the state comptroller, on Wednesday published a list of the financial companies that will be prohibited from entering into most contracts with state and local governments. “The environmental, social and…
France signed into law this week a ban on domestic, short-haul flights when the journey can be completed in less than two-and-a-half hours by train. The new decree, which seeks to reduce carbon emissions, prohibits “regular public passenger air transport services.” However, the ban does not appear to extend to private jet travel. According to Greenpeace, private jet…
Donald Trump‘s ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been banned from meeting government officials after he failed to show up to explain comments about a killed far-right activist. Emmanuel Macron‘s government on Monday demanded that Kushner, whose son Jared is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, attend a meeting with the foreign minister to address criticisms by the…
June 30 (UPI) — Member nations of the International Atomic Energy Agency called out Iran Monday for threats made against Rafael Grossi, the organization’s top official. “Any undermining, sanctioning or even threat against the director general personally or his staff are completely unacceptable,” posted Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker to X Monday. The French Ministry for…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Hamas for refusing a UN-backed cease-fire proposal, saying the terror group could have halted the war in Gaza with a single word. Speaking from Qatar on Wednesday, Blinken pointed out that the current proposal is nearly identical to the one Hamas itself proposed last month, accusing the terrorists…