US President Donald Trump and other key politicians were swiftly evacuated by security staff from the White House Correspondents’ Annual Dinner as a noise rang out which may have been gunshots. Whether the noise was a shooting or another loud ...
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On-off talks are off again as Trump withdraws
FOR SEVERAL days it seemed that US President Donald Trump had retracted his threat to escalate the war on Iran by bombing its civil infrastructure – in favour of negotiating a settlement. Now the talks are off. Hopes were first ...
Read More »Has Trump crashed the world economy?
THE BANK of England has predicted that global stock market are about to fall. With unusual candour, it has warned that share prices are too high and do not reflect the risks that the global economy is facing. The view ...
Read More »Israel & Lebanon agree ceasefire and head for talks
IT’S A CEASEFIRE in Israel’s attack on Lebanon, starting at 10pm UK time tonight. It’s talks too, as US President Donald Trump invites both parties to the White House. It’s about time we saw a ceasefire. This ceasefire is not ...
Read More »Pirate Trump opts for Gunboat Diplomacy
IT’S ESCALATION. That is how US President Donald Trump is going to deal with the collapse of peace talks with Iran. We say “peace talks” – but as Trump gave them a single day, they were more a case of ...
Read More »It’s “no deal” as USA quits peace talks
THE USA has left Islamabad after 21 hours of talks with Iran – moaning that Iran had not agreed to its “final and best offer”. Iran has stated that the USA came in with “excessive demands”. Iran has also reported ...
Read More »Countries snarl like pe-fight boxers as talks start
PREPARING for the talks that are supposed to lead to peace in the Middle East has sounded like four boxers winding each other up as they prepare to enter the ring for the main and the warm-up fights. The Main ...
Read More »Israel U-turns and will talk with Lebanon
NO-ONE SAW that coming. Since the fragile Iran/USA ceasefire began, Israel has been claiming that the agreement didn’t apply to them. They announced their intention to continue bombing Lebanon. Iran responded calmly, saying that if the ceasefire didn’t apply to ...
Read More »Did Trump blink first?
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has agreed to delay his unlawful attack on Iran. He had promised to devastate the country tonight, with missiles and bombs targeting civil infrastructure. Trump appeared quite cheerful as he announced that he would implement a ...
Read More »100 dead as measles sweeps through Bangladesh
IN 2025, just 125 cases of measles were recorded in Bangladesh. In the first three months of 2026, there are 900 confirmed cases and 6,600 suspected cases. One hundred people, mostly children, have died. Bangladesh vaccinates children against measles when ...
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