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Israel-Iran conflict looming over G7 summit Israel-Iran conflict looming large over G7 summit 10:49 President Trump will cut short his trip to Canada for a meeting with world leaders and fly back to Washington late Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, citing “what’s going on in the Middle East.”Mr. Trump arrived in Canada on Sunday for the annual G7 summit, and met with the leaders of Canada and the United Kingdom earlier Monday. But Leavitt said on X Monday night that the president would leave early, seeming to refer to the Israel-Iran conflict.”Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going…
[NEW YORK] Oil prices slipped $1 per barrel on Monday in volatile trading after reports that Iran is seeking an end to hostilities with Israel, raising the possibility of a truce and easing fears of a disruption to crude supplies from the region.Brent crude futures settled US$1, or 1.35 per cent, lower to US$73.23 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell US$1.21, or 1.66 per cent, to US$71.77 per barrel. Iran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press US President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel for an immediate ceasefire in return for Tehran’s flexibility in…
Prominent podcasters like Joe Rogan are playing a bigger role in news dissemination in the United States, as are AI chatbots, contributing to the further erosion of traditional media, according to a report released on Tuesday.In the week following the January 2025 U.S. presidential inauguration, more Americans said they got their news from social and video networks than from TV and news websites and apps – the first time that shift has occurred, the report said. Traditional U.S. news media increasingly risks being eclipsed by online personalities and creators, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism said in its…
Video Details Keyshawn Johnson, Joy Taylor, Ric Bucher and Paul Pierce discuss how scary the Kansas City Chiefs are coming off a Super Bowl LIX loss, then dive into whether the San Francisco 49ers can maintain a winning culture with many offseason departures. 10 MINS AGO・speak・5:33
Shohei Ohtani is set to officially make his Dodgers pitching debut on Monday night against the San Diego Padres. The last time he took the mound was on August 23, 2023, when he suffered an elbow injury against the Cincinnati Reds. It has been 663 games since Ohtani last pitched, back when he played for the other Los Angeles team, the Angels.So, what can we expect from the three-time MVP?Let’s dive into the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 16.Shohei Ohtani total Over/Under strikeoutsOver 1.5 strikeouts: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)Under 1.5 strikeouts: -145 (bet $10 to win $16.90…
A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee of a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election.The employee, Eric Coomer, sued after Lindell called him a traitor and accusations about him stealing the election were streamed on Lindell’s online media platform.Coomer was the security and product strategy director at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, whose voting machines became the target of elaborate conspiracy theories among allies of President Trump, who continues to falsely claim that his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in…
PARIS :Britain said it would invest 250 million pounds ($340 million) in technology to make air travel greener, backing research into zero-emission flying, laser-beam manufacturing and cutting aircraft drag, to help boost the country’s aerospace industry. Britain said the funding for research and development projects led by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and a number of smaller companies and academic partnerships, would attract more private investment into the sector and add new jobs. Industry Minister Sarah Jones is due to announce the new funding at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday, backing a number of projects which include the development of infrastructure for testing liquid hydrogen…
A doctor in the US has agreed to plead guilty to giving Friends actor Matthew Perry ketamine in the lead up to his death from a fatal overdose, prosecutors have said.Dr Salvador Plasencia, who will admit to four counts of distribution of ketamine, faces up to a maximum of 40 years in prison. He is among five people charged in connection with the death of Friends star Perry, who was found dead in his hot tub by his assistant in October 2023.The medical examiner ruled that ketamine and other factors caused him to lose consciousness and drown.The actor, 54, had…
[KANANASKIS, Alberta] US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday they had finalised a trade deal reached between the two allies last month.Trump, standing alongside Starmer at the Group of Seven summit in Canada, said the relationship with Britain was “fantastic,” as he waved, and then briefly dropped, a document that he said he had just signed.“We signed it and it’s done,” he said, incorrectly calling it a trade agreement with the European Union, before making clear the deal was with Britain.Starmer said the proclamation would implement agreements reached on auto tariffs and aerospace, without providing details.…