KANANASKIS: Group of Seven leaders minus President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed greater support for Ukraine, as the United States blocked a joint call to pressure Russia, which is ramping up attacks on its neighbor. The US president had been due to meet at the G7 summit in Canada with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky,…
NEW YORK: US immigration police handcuffed a New York mayoral candidate at court on Tuesday after he sought to assist migrants threatened with deportation under President Donald Trump’s campaign targeting undocumented people. Images captured by witnesses and American media show Brad Lander, the city’s comptroller, in a suit and tie, being forcefully wrestled and handcuffed…
SAN FRANCISCO: Xbox president Sarah Bond on Tuesday confirmed that her team is working on a new Xbox video game console. “We’re investing in our next generation of hardware line-up across console, handheld, PC, cloud and accessories,“ Bond said in a video posted on X. Semiconductors powering the new hardware will be made in collaboration…
PRAGUE: NATO member Slovakia would benefit from neutrality, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday, questioning for the first time the central European country’s membership in the alliance that is rushing to bolster its deterrence against Russia. The comment has no near-term practical implications but is the latest in a stream of anti-Western positions Fico…
MEXICO CITY: A tropical storm bore down on Mexico’s Pacific coast Tuesday, likely strengthening to a hurricane bringing life-threatening heavy rains in the days to come, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. By lunchtime Tuesday, storm Erick had reached maximum sustained winds of nearly 50 miles (85 kilometers) an hour with higher gusts, according…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded “unconditional surrender” from Tehran and warned the United States could easily assassinate its supreme leader as Iran and US ally Israel traded devastating fire for a fifth day. The comments fueled questions over whether Washington will join Israel’s attacks after insisting it had no hand in the campaign….
MEXICO CITY: A Mexican woman mayor was shot dead on Tuesday in the western state of Michoacan, two days after the female mayor of a town in the country’s south was gunned down in her office. Martha Laura Mendoza, mayor of the town of Tepalcatepec, was murdered together with her husband, Michoacan public prosecutor’s office…
KANANASKIS: EU Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said surging energy prices have reduced the urgency to slash the price cap on Russia’s global oil exports. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, had suggested cutting the current oil price cap from $60 to $45 as Moscow drags its feet on a ceasefire…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump met his National Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the Iran-Israel war, the White House said, as the US leader considered whether to join Israel’s air campaign against Tehran. The meeting in the White House Situation Room lasted around one hour and 20 minutes, a White House official said on condition…
JERUSALEM: Air raid sirens were activated briefly across a large swath of northern Israel on Tuesday warning of an incoming barrage of Iranian missiles, the military said. “A short while ago, sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel,“ the military said in…
