The 2020 Galwan Valley clashes changed Indian public sentiment almost overnight. Chinese apps disappeared from Indian app stores. Pakistan used Chinese-supplied jets and missiles in a three-day conflict with India in May last year. In December, Chinese state media lashed out at a Bollywood film titled The Battle of Galwan for allegedly ādistorting historical factsā New Delhi defended the film on the grounds of āartistic freedomā
Louisiana is trying to block the distribution of mifepristone, a drug used to induce abortion, through the mail anywhere in the United States. Since Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists and their allies on the high court are never going to be satisfied with that. The FDA has asked the court to hold off on a ruling for now.
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Karam Nama wrote a commentary on MEMO's article "The cowards' playbook" about Rached Ghannouchi, Imran Khan, Bilal Abdul Kareem and Ahmed Farid Moustha. Nama misunderstands what true journalistic and intellectual courage means. He is neither blind nor indifferent to the profound suffering of the Iraqi people since the 2003 Western invasion and its grim aftermath.
Wolfgang Pusztai is a security policy and defence analyst. He believes Iran needs the frozen Iranian funds to stabilise its currency and rebuild infrastructure. He also points to internal Iranian divisions over the broader agreement, citing reports of protests in Tehran against it.
No Kings organized the largest single-day protest in the United States since the first Earth Day in 1970. Today, the movement is co-hosting a āRise Up, Sing Outā concert in New York to coincide with Donald Trumpās 80th birthday celebrations. The festival approach to protesting has its roots in the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.
At least one person died and four others were injured in the attack in Ghobeiry. The building hit was a five-story apartment building with shops on the ground floor. Many residents of the southern suburbs had returned to their homes in recent weeks and now they were fleeing the area.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order. The order also orders a pause on any additional changes. President Trump signed the executive order ārestoring truth and sanity to American historyā at the nationās museums, parks and landmarks last year.
Brunson scored 45 points in the New York Knicksā NBA Finals-clinching Game 5 victory over the Spurs. He was named Most Valuable Player of the series. Brunson averaged 32.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists in the five-game series. He signed a four-year, $104 million contract with the Knicks in 2022.
The government is preparing to consult on less ambitious targets for the transition to fully battery-powered electric cars over the rest of the decade. It is softening the mandate for pure electric cars from 80% of all sales by 2030 to 50%. The 2030 ban on the sale of new purely petrol or diesel cars would still apply. The governmentās 2035 deadline for phasing out new hybrid cars is understood to remain in place.
A record 138 entries were submitted to HCCSCās Finest Awards from entrants in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange counties and the Inland Empire. The ceremony was held on May 22 with about 100 attendees at the El Adobe restaurant in San Juan Capistrano. The 2026 Communicator of the Year Award went to Anne Slate, director of public relations for LifeSharing, a nonprofit that coordinates organ and tissue donations and provides compassionate support to grieving families.
When Avi was feeling burned out, her neck hurt so much she couldn't move and she was depressed. Before she had a kid, before she was clear about who and what she cared about, there was a lot more room for cutting out things that didn't serve her. Now her life was filled with things she deemed important and she had to cut them out.
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Iran's national currency strengthened on Sunday, the second day of the working week in Iran. The Tehran Stock Exchange grew by 123,000 points by the end of trading on Sunday. Qatari mediators arrived in the Iranian capital on Sunday to advance the talks. Hardliners are pushing the Iranian side to make as few concessions as possible.
D AI JIANJUN is an organic restaurateur in Hangzhou. His Dragon Well Manor restaurant has a Michelin star. He pays farmers in Zhejiang province above-market rates not to use chemical fertilisers or pesticides. His grandmother believed that the first rich generation buys homes, the second knows how to dress and the third knows to eat.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 51,202.27, gaining 0.66% for the week. The S&P 500 ended at 7,431.46, up 0.65%. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.70% to close at 25,888.84. The primary focus this week will be the Federal Reserveās June policy meeting. Markets expect the federal funds rate to remain unchanged at 3.75%.
Who Killed the American Dream? is a book about the 1886 Supreme Court case. The case involved Santa Clara County, California, a small government entity suing the Southern Pacific Railroad for unpaid property taxes. The outcome would shape American democracy for the next century and a half.
Anthropic has suspended access to its newest AI models for all foreign nationals. The move has reignited a long-running debate in India about dependence on technologies developed and governed in the U.S. Anthropic and OpenAI have both described India as their second-largest market after the United States. Opendoor shut its India office less than two years after expanding in the country.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he is making available $46 million in voter-approved funding to help clean up cross-border pollution in the Tijuana River and the New River at the California-Mexico border. The money will come from Proposition 4, a $10 billion bond measure approved in 2024 to fund water, climate, wildfire and natural resource projects across California.
The government rejects the population limit initiative. The initiative failed in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. There was strong mobilization in the cities. The uncertainty about what the initiative means for the economy and the bilaterals has corrected the yes trend in the country.
For most red-blooded Americans, soccer is about as entertaining as watching paint dry slowly in a light drizzle. A final score of 1-0 is considered a thriller in soccer circles. The clock runs in the wrong direction and the fans sing to themselves during the game.
Michael Waltz speaks at an emergency Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran at United Nations headquarters, February 28, 2026, in New York. Wendy Sherman, a top negotiator of the top negotiating team of the Obama administration, talks about the JCPOA and JCPOCA.
Daphy Michel, 31, died March 2 at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh after being released from federal custody. Her cause of death was hypothermia. She was granted humanitarian parole based on humanitarian need, but she did not live to see a hearing scheduled for two weeks after she died. Her family expects to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with her death.
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