WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Mar 20) the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly and that his efforts to achieve a peace deal for the country were going “pretty well” after his talks this week with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders. Trump made the comments at a White House event after signing an order to increase US production of critical minerals. “We’re also signing agreements in various locations to unlock rare earths and minerals and lots of other things all over the world,” he said. “But in particular Ukraine, we’re doing…
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People & Power investigates how Israel further weaponises water in Gaza since the war started and why it is a war crime.The People & Power team travelled through Gaza just weeks before October 7, 2023 to document Israel’s weaponising of water. The situation already seemed desperate back then. As a ceasefire came into place in January this year, our team in Gaza went to look for the people they met 18 months earlier. Most of Gaza’s remaining water infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed. Israel’s cutting of external water supplies and systematic destruction of water facilities have reduced the amount…
It has taken a number of clutch, late-game three-pointers this week, but the Indiana Pacers are finally winning with Tyrese Haliburton on the shelf. Pascal Siakam had a clutch steal to go with his 29 points and Andrew Nembhard hit the go-ahead three-pointer as Indiana beat the Dallas Mavericks, 135-131. It was the Pacers’ second straight win with Haliburton sidelined with lower back soreness, after they began the season 0-4 in games without their star point guard. Monday, the Pacers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves when Obi Toppin hit a game-winner in overtime. Indiana won that game without four of its…
For Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, a Democrat who may just hold the key to his party winning back the House in 2026, the path to victory starts with understanding how Americans live their lives, down to the most personal details.“A lot of communities divide the world between when you shower: before work or after work,” he told me, chowing on a burrito at a corner table in Milly’s Community Cafe in Aurora, Colo., at the heart of his district outside Denver. Many who shower later — working-class folks living paycheck to paycheck — have tuned out Democrats, he said.…
Last month, Kylie Jenner’s Sprinter Vodka Soda released its first single-flavor four-pack, featuring the brand’s most popular flavor, peach. And as with everything the branding-focused entrepreneur does, Jenner went full-tilt with a multi-faceted marketing program designed to reinforce Sprinter’s fun-loving vibe.Called the “Paint the Peach State Peach” campaign, the company used a fleet of chrome Sprinter Vans to deliver the new Peach Packs throughout Athens and Atlanta, enlisting country music star Ella Langley and collaborating with The Eastern in Atlanta and Georgia Theatre and Pauley’s Crepe Bar in Athens to create viral live events.While Sprinter is just one of the…
Meltwater runs off the Bråsvellbreen Glacier in the Norwegian archipelago of SvalbardSebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Unprecedented levels of ocean heat, ice melt and sea level rise are among the many key measures of climate change setting alarming records in recent years, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of the Global Climate report for 2024. “We saw record temperatures across wide areas,” says John Kennedy at the WMO. Reversing some of the resulting changes would take hundreds or thousands of years, the report warns. The report sets out a grim list of unwanted records. For instance, the rate…
The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old college student who went missing during a spring break trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, said they had come to terms with the possibility she had drowned, and asked for privacy to mourn her, according to officials and a statement to the media on Tuesday.Their sorrowful statement came more than a week after her disappearance on March 6 grabbed headlines around the world, and led to repeated questioning of the last person seen with her.“Sudiksha’s family has expressed their belief that she drowned,” the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia said in a…
Follow live updates on the Trump administration here.After climbing into a Tesla Model S last week, President Trump pledged to buy one. The next day, the Fox News host Sean Hannity said he had bought a Model S Plaid to support the embattled company, saying a Tesla “has more American parts in it than any other car made in our country.”In a backlash to the backlash against the tactics of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, prominent conservatives are rallying to the side of the electric car company led by Mr. Musk. They are hoping to swing enough like-minded consumers…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Indonesia’s main stock index fell 7 per cent on Tuesday as concerns mounted over weakening consumer spending in south-east Asia’s largest economy and President Prabowo Subianto’s costly spending plans. The Jakarta Composite index dropped as much as 7.1 per cent to hit its lowest level since 2021. The stock exchange halted trading briefly after the index tumbled 5 per cent but shares fell further when trading resumed.The index has slid about 14.2 per cent this year and is among the worst performers globally. The…
Credit: Staff of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez via Wikimedia Commons It has been apparent to all honest people that the Democrats are increasingly leftwing, and growing more so by the year. Even the mainstream media has been forced to acknowledge this reality. Despite their smartest and most capable strategists – like James Carville – warning that springing to the left is a political loser, it seems the rank and file aren’t getting the message. Actually, it’s not accurate to say they aren’t getting the message. They are taking the message and lighting it on fire, and doubling down on ideological extremism.…