Iran names Ali Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader after father’s killing Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain report more attacks as President Trump says war will only end when Iran surrenders.

#Iran names Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader after father’s killing
#MojtabaKhamenei, the second son of slain #AyatollahAliKhamenei, has been selected as Iran’s new supreme leader, state media reports.
#NewIranLeader
#IranWar
#IsraelIranWar
#IranUSwar
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Trump says Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead after US-Israeli strikes The US president writes on social media:

#Khamenei is dead: Trump
"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," US President Donald #Trump writes on #TruthSocial.
#usiranwar #Israel #Iran
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Live updates: Israel launches ‘pre-emptive’ strike against Iran | CNN Israel launched what it called a “preemptive strike” against Iran Saturday morning, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz, as a state of emergency was declared across the country.

US and #Israel launch ‘pre-emptive’ strike against #Iran
Strikes have been reported in the Iranian cities of Isfahan, Qom, Karaj and Kermanshah as well as the capital #Tehran, according to the state-run Fars News Agency.
#usiranwar #usattack #IranUS
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Trump’s Tariff Mistake Isn’t Easily Cured. Not Even by the Supreme Court The Supreme Court’s decision that President Donald Trump illegally imposed tariffs on US trading partners under the guise that America’s trade deficit amounts to a national emergency is a victory for the rule of law. As such, it’s also a win for the country’s reputation as a destination for global capital. Financial markets should celebrate — but not too much.

The Supreme Court's tariff decision is a victory for the rule of law and for America’s reputation as a destination for global capital. But there will still be a price to pay

Why the tariffs case was an easy "no" decision for the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal. Follow here for live news from the administration, including the latest on Iran.

Why the tariffs case was an easy "no" decision for the Supreme Court

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said the Trump administration violated federal law by unilaterally imposing tariffs.
#TrumpTariffs #SupremeCourtRuling
#tariff
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Mark Tully, the BBC's 'voice of India', dies aged 90 - BBC News Tully covered some of the defining moments in India's history in a career that spanned decades.

Chronicler of India's Heartbeat Legendary #Broadcaster Mark Tully dies at 90
Born in Calcutta in 1935, Tully was the chief of bureau for #BBC, #Delhi, for 22 years. He wrote many books on #India including ‘No Full Stops in India’ and ‘The Heart of India’.
#MarkTully
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Trump stirs talk of 'new world order' as leaders signal shifting global alliances President Donald Trump has revoked an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his Board of Peace.

Over his decades in public life, #Trump has never been one for niceties. But even by his standards, the tumult of the past week stood out because it crystallized his determination to erase the rules based order that has governed US foreign policy since World War II.
#NATO
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We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower.
With Donald Trump’s actions in #Greenland, #Minneapolis, and #Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
#Trump #NATO #Davos #WEF #China #Russia
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Trump-Davos latest: President drops tariff threat after 'productive' talks with NATO on Greenland After a lengthy speech at the World Economic Forum, Donald Trump has rowed back on his threat to impose tariffs on the UK and European allies over their Greenland stance. He said this comes after a "v...

Trump drops #tariff threat after NATO talks about Greenland 'future deal'. #Trump says he will not be imposing tariffs regarding #Greenland after a "very productive" meeting with #NATO chief #MarkRutte.
#Davos #WEF
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Broadcaster Georgina Godwin looks at the very first issue (March 2007) of Monocle magazine being shown to her by Naleen Kumar

Georgina Godwin in conversation with Tim Berners-Lee at the Jaipur Literature Festival

Georgina Godwin with Jahnvi Singh at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2026

Thrilled to meet Georgina Godwin of #MonocleRadio at #JaipurLiteratureFestival. She signed my copy of the inaugural March 2007 issue of #Monocle magazine. She conversed with many authors, including TimBL, the inventor of the WWW. @georginagodwin.bsky.social
@timbernerslee.bsky.social
#JLF #JLF2026

‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI

Will the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty – or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer.
#AI #AGI #YoshuaBengio
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Why NASA’s Artemis II mission won’t land on the moon | CNN NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

NASA’s new #moon-rocket headed to the launch pad in preparation for #Artemis2 mission taking #NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch as well as the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen to the vicinity of the moon for the first time since 1972.
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Who is Karoline Leavitt? The youngest and most famous White House press secretary - Monocle Among the long line of presidential press secretaries, a role not usually known for celebrity, few are in a league...

#KarolineLeavitt - the most famous #WhiteHouse press secretary

With Maga-blonde locks and an angelic face that can instantly transform into the glare of a loyal attack dog, Leavitt has become one of the most recognisable figures of Trump’s second administration.
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Ex- #Bangladesh PM #SheikhHasina responded fiercely after being sentenced to death, in absentia, by that country's International Crimes Tribunal. She said the verdict revealed "the brazen and murderous intent of extremist figures in an unelected government".
#AwamiLeague
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Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 | No caretaker, no care: The sorry state of George Orwell’s birthplace George Orwell Birthplace Bihar, George Orwell Heritage: Discover the neglected birthplace of George Orwell and its grim reminder of official neglect in Motihari.

The small colonial era staff bungalow in the town of #Motihari - in #Bihar #India - where the much celebrated English author #GeorgeOrwell was born more than a century ago is gradually slipping into ruin, rather it has already.
#AnimalFarm #1984 #literature
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Blast in car near Red Fort, 8 dead, several injured; Delhi and Mumbai on high alert The Delhi Fire Department received the call around 6:55 pm and deployed seven fire tenders along with 15 CAT ambulances. Forensic and police teams are investigating the cause of the explosion, and the...

A powerful explosion in a car, in the Indian capital New Delhi, near a gate of #RedFort Metro Station on Monday evening left at least 8 people dead and several injured.
#DelhiBlast #CarExpolsion #RedFortBlast #Delhi
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Britain's BBC boss Tim Davie resigns following criticism over Trump documentary edit The director general of Britain's BBC, Tim Davie, and the chief executive of news, Deborah Turness, have resigned.

The director general of Britain's #BBC, Tim Davie, and the chief executive of news, #DeborahTurness, have resigned following criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald #Trump.
#TimDavie #media #journalism
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Amazon’s Layoffs Show How AI Is Coming for India Amazon.com Inc.’s latest global layoffs should come as a singular warning to India. For policymakers dealing with the world’s largest youth population, AI suddenly poses a very real risk to jobs, wage...

Amazon’s latest global layoffs should come as a singular warning to #India. For policymakers dealing with the world’s largest youth population, #AI suddenly poses a very real risk to jobs, wages, and a white-collar future.
@awscloud.bsky.social #Indian #IT #Amazon
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India wins Women’s Cricket World Cup for first time with 52-run victory over South Africa India has won the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time with a 52-run victory over South Africa on Sunday.

#India won the Women’s #CricketWorldCup for the first time with a 52-run victory over #SouthAfrica. It was India’s third final after 2005 and 2017.
#CWC25 #WomensCricket #IndiaVsSAfrica
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BYD founder Wang Chuanfu, the peasant who became China’s richest man Wang turned a small mobile battery company into the world’s largest manufacturer of EVs, unseating Tesla as the world’s largest seller by volume

Wang Chuanfu - the peasant who became China’s richest man.
He turned a small mobile battery company into the world’s largest manufacturer of EVs, unseating #Tesla as the world’s largest seller by volume.
#BYD #WangChuanfu #EV
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Former Rep. George Santos released from prison after Trump commutes his sentence | CNN Politics President Donald Trump said on social media Friday that he is commuting the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos, who had been serving a seven-year sentence for the fraud charges that got h...

Disgraced former Rep. George #Santos was released from prison last night after President Trump commuted his sentence. “Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve 7 years in prison,” #Trump wrote.
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Prince Andrew to give up all his titles and honours, including Duke of York It follows increasing pressure on Prince Andrew after more reports emerged of his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, and his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

#PrinceAndrew has announced he is to give up his titles, including the #DukeOfYork. It follows increasing pressure on him after more reports emerged of his relationship with paedophile financier #JeffreyEpstein, and his relationship with an alleged #Chinese spy.
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Trump says he will meet with Putin in Budapest to discuss war in Ukraine | CNN Politics US President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, though he did not specify when that meeting may take place.

#Trump says he will meet with #Putin in #Budapest to discuss war in #Ukraine: “President Putin and I will meet in an agreed upon location, Budapest, #Hungary, to see if we can bring this ‘inglorious’ War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end.”
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Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US le...

#Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the #NobelPeacePrize announcement as it has faced increasing pressure from #Trump and his administration to award it to him. There are concerns about the diplomatic & economic fallout for Norway should the committee snub him.
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Gold tops $4,000 for first time as safe haven shines Gold surpassed $4,000 an ounce for the first time Wednesday as investors piled into the safe haven investment over various economic concerns including the US government shutdown.The closure of parts o...

#Gold surpassed $4,000 an ounce for the first time Wednesday as investors piled into the safe haven investment over various economic concerns. This rally has also come amid concerns that a surge in the value of technology companies may have been overdone.
#AI
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Contrary to what you might have heard, Europe is a 21st-century success story - Monocle Listen to the critics and you would think Europe was finished. Too bureaucratic, they say. Cannot agree on migration. Moving...

Europe: a 21st century success story

The 21st century will belong to whoever can integrate diverse societies, create sustainable prosperity and maintain democratic institutions under pressure. #Europe has been quietly mastering these skills for decades.
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Yanis Varoufakis: ‘The technolords control our minds’ The former Greek finance minister warns of the dangers of what he calls cloud capital, the driving force behind technofeudalism

‘Something fundamental has changed: #capitalism, as we had known it for more than two centuries, is dead. In its place arose #technofeudalism, a new order controlled by #technolords who extract rents from users and subordinate the old capitalists.’ #YanisVaroufakis
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This odd fish has 30 times as much DNA as humans—a new record for animals Lacking key genes that control selfish bits of DNA, the South American lungfish’s genome just grew and grew

A species of #lungfish found in South America has claimed the title of the animal with the biggest #genome sequenced so far. The #DNA of #LepidosirenParadoxa comprises a staggering 91 billion chemical letters or “bases,” 30 times as many as the human genome.
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$1 Trump coin is ‘real,’ US Treasurer says | CNN Business A portrait of President Donald Trump may be featured on a commemorative $1 coin issued by the United States Mint in honor of America’s 250th birthday in 2026, according to first drafts of the images c...

A portrait of President Donald #Trump may be featured on a commemorative #$1coin issued by the United States Mint in honor of America’s #250thBirthday in 2026, according to first drafts of the images confirmed by the #USTreasury.
#TrumpCoin
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Trump's $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas challenged in lawsuit A coalition of unions and employers filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block President Donald Trump's bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers.

A coalition of unions and employers filed a #lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new #H-1B visas.
#H1B #visa #Trump #India
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