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President Donald Trump will gather his Cabinet secretaries for a third known meeting Monday morning with Elon Musk expected to attend, according to a senior administration official.The official described the 11 a.m. gathering as a “follow-up on the last DOGE meeting,” in reference to a meeting on March 6 where Trump placed limits on the billionaire tycoon’s authority amid backlash to new cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency.Trump said secretaries could be “very precise” in who they choose to cut from their departments, adding, “We say the ‘scalpel’ rather than the ‘hatchet.’”But Trump indicated that Musk would intervene if the department leaders don’t make sufficient cuts. “If they can cut, it’s better. If they don’t cut, then Elon will do the cutting,” Trump said. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff says he does not believe Russia wants to invade more of Europe after Ukraine.Meanwhile, the Kremlin has indicated Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin may have had more phone calls than the two officially disclosed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Police in New Mexico say three people were killed and 15 others injured during an altercation at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Turkey's authorities, faced with a mass opposition movement following the detention of the opposition mayor of Istanbul, have called for the closure of more than 700 accounts on X, the online platform said Sunday."We object to multiple court orders from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block over 700 accounts of news organizations, journalists, political figures, students, and others within Turkiye," its communications team said in a statement."Providing a platform committed to defending everyone's right to free speech is paramount at X, and we believe this decision from the Turkish government is not only unlawful, it hinders millions of Turkish users from news and political discourse in their country. We look forward to defending these principles through the legal system. X will always defend freedom of speech everywhere we operate," the company said. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A United States delegation is meeting with Kremlin negotiators in Saudi Arabia, where the Trump administration is pushing for progress toward a ceasefire in separate talks with Russia and Ukraine, just as Russian strikes injured scores of people in Ukraine, including children.The high-stakes meeting comes one day after discussions between a US contingent – led by officials from the State Department, the National Security Council and members of Ukraine Special Envoy Keith Kellogg’s team – and Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, which were described by the latter as “productive and focused.”At the top of the agenda of Monday’s talks will be “the issue of the Black Sea Initiative and all aspects related to its renewal,” including “navigation safety,” according to the Kremlin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Slovakia has confirmed three cases of foot-and-mouth disease from cattle farms near the the Slovak-Hungarian border. On March 21, Slovakia's National Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease confirmed the positive results from the farms located in the Medveďov, Ňárade and Baka in the Dunajská Streda district. More than 2,700 animals (1,699 dairy cows, 501 calves, 492 heifers and 79 bulls) were impacted.Slovakia is the third EU Member State to confirm an outbreak of FMD this year. In January, Germany reported its first case in nearly 40 years. The virus was detected in a herd of water buffalo in Brandenburg. Since then authorities have not detected any further cases in livestock or zoo and wild animals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Donald Trump is ramping up his pressure campaign to make Greenland part of the U.S., even as Greenland's leaders insist that they are not interested and that the Danish territory is not for sale. This week, the Administration plans to send three members of Trump’s inner circle to visit the island: Second Lady Usha Vance, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.Their visit is being viewed by Greenland officials as an escalation in the Trump Administration’s ongoing push to assert control over Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. In a video shared Sunday on Instagram, the Second Lady said she’s looking forward to visiting Greenland with one of her sons “to celebrate the long history of mutual respect and cooperation between our nations” and “to express hope that our relationship will only grow stronger in the coming years.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pope Francis was discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital Sunday, five weeks after he was admitted for a case of bronchitis and later suffered other medical complications, including pneumonia in both lungs.Appearing weak but in good spirits, the pope briefly greeted hundreds of faithful from a hospital balcony Sunday morning before leaving the facility, his first public appearance since going in for treatment in mid-February."I see a woman with yellow flowers. Brava!" he said, his voice subdued. The 88-year-old then gave the crowd a thumbs up and made the sign of the cross before being wheeled back into his room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two former Mexican police officers were arrested for alleged links to a suspected drug cartel training ground where bones, shoes and clothing were found earlier this month, authorities said.The "ranch of horror," as some local media called it, in the Izaguirre Ranch in Teuchitlan in the western state of Jalisco was first discovered in September 2024. Six months later, people searching for missing relatives found clothing and human remains, raising questions about the initial investigation, including a failure to search the site thoroughly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang on Friday for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to Russian and DPRK state media, as the allies continue their military cooperation over the war in Ukraine.Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former defense chief, arrived in the morning and met Kim later in the day, delivering a personal message from Russian President Vladimir Putin.The Russian leader “pays the closest attention to the implementation of the agreements” reached with the DPRK leader, Shoigu told Kim, according to Interfax, referring to the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement the two leaders signed last year.Shoigu briefly spoke to Russian reporters in Pyongyang after the talks with Kim, which he said “lasted over two hours,” a video published by Vesti shows.The two discussed the results of the two reciprocal state visits of Putin and Kim in 2023 and 2024, he said, as well as the recently initiated Russia-U.S. dialogue, “everything that’s happening in Ukraine” and other security issues like the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought trilateral cooperation on common ground in areas like aging, declining births, natural disasters and the green economy at a meeting that took place at a time of growing tensions.At a joint news conference after the talks, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said he, his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and South Korea’s Cho Tae-yul agreed to promote mutual understanding and trust, while tackling shared and multi-generational concerns to gain wider support for trilateral cooperation.Iwaya emphasized his concerns about North Korea’ s nuclear and missile development and cooperation with Russia as threats, and stressed the need to pursue the North’s full denuclearization under the U.N. Security Council resolutions.Iwaya reiterated Japan’s condemnation of Russia’s war on Ukraine. He said there is no place in the world for unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force, a subtle message about China’s growing assertiveness in the region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel has said Hamas' military intelligence chief in southern Gaza has been "eliminated".In a post on X, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Osama Tabash was also head of the group's surveillance and targeting unit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

National Grid's chief executive has said Heathrow had "enough power" from other substations following Friday's fire that caused the airport to shut down.John Pettigrew told the Financial Times the fire that knocked out a substation was a "unique event", but that two other substations remained operational and capable of powering the airport in west London.Heathrow's chief executive had already said the shutdown it caused was not due to a lack of power, but was due to the time it took to switch from the damaged substation to the other two.Sir Keir Starmer said that he was "deeply concerned" about the incident, and that there were "questions that need to be answered" on how it occurred.Asked if he was embarrassed by the incident, the prime minister told the BBC: "I don't want to see an airport as important as Heathrow going down in the way it did on Friday, so I'm not comfortable with that for one second." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday.She was 49.Love’s family posted news of her death on Love’s X account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chomps' manufacturer recalled nearly 30,000 ready-to-eat beef sticks after customers reported metal in the product.Idaho Smokehouse Partners notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service that they received two complaints from customers reporting pieces of metal in their Chomps sticks.The Idaho-based manufacturer then issued a voluntary recall Thursday for approximately 29,541 pounds of ready-to-eat beef stick products, shipped to stores in California and Illinois, saying they may have been contaminated with metal.Chomps made the decision to "voluntarily" expand the recall to include Chomps Original Turkey sticks to ensure that any possible product packaged during that timeframe was removed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday U.S. President Donald Trump will ultimately respect Canada’s sovereignty and be ready for comprehensive trade talks because Americans are going to suffer from Trump’s trade war.Carney said talks with Trump will not happen “until we get the respect we deserve as a sovereign nation. By the way, this is not a high bar.”Trump kept up his near-daily attacks on Canada on Friday, repeating that the country should be the 51st state and that the U.S. keeps Canada “afloat.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese carmaker BYD saw a surge in revenue last year, surpassing the $100 billion mark and beating rival Tesla as the electric vehicle giant accelerates its overseas expansion.The Shenzhen-based firm has emerged in recent years as the clear leader in China's highly competitive EV market, which is the largest in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Biopharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca is not letting a bumpy 2024 dictate its path forward in China, and in the wake of a recent controversy emerges a multibillion-dollar commitment to China-based research – plus the company’s first vaccine-manufacturing facility in the country.The British-Swedish drug maker, which saw one of its executives detained in China last year, announced a multibillion-dollar investment deal last week, before its CEO attended a global business forum in Beijing.AstraZeneca inked a US$2.5 billion contract with the city government of Beijing to establish the firm’s sixth global strategic R&D centre, with high-end industrialisation projects conducted in the Chinese capital to advance life sciences throughout the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Pope Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and a “new stage” in his pontificate is opening, two of his closest advisers said Friday, offering notes of optimism as the 88-year-old pontiff hit the five-week mark in his hospitalization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A stunning new radar study has sent shockwaves across the internet, revealing a vast subterranean complex beneath the Pyramids of Giza—challenging long-held beliefs that the structures were built solely as royal tombs.Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) tomography, scientists Corrado Malanga of the University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi of the University of Strathclyde scanned the Khafre Pyramid and uncovered what appears to be an underground system stretching two kilometers beneath all three major pyramids.The findings, made public through a scientific paper and a press release issued on March 15, detail five identical multi-level structures connected by geometric passageways near the base of the Khafre Pyramid.Even more striking were the eight vertical cylindrical wells, encircled by spiral pathways descending 648 meters below the surface. These wells ultimately merge into two massive cube-shaped chambers—each measuring 80 meters on each side.A video from the Reese Report declared that the revelation “challenges the long-held belief that the pyramids served solely as royal tombs.” Instead, it adds fuel to fringe theories that have circulated for decades—suggesting these structures may have had a mechanical or even energy-producing function. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In South Sudan, a family of nine was ambushed by armed men in military uniforms while driving home from a funeral. One relative was killed, and the attackers threatened to burn them alive before stealing their possessions. The incident highlights the country’s ongoing instability, seven years after a peace deal ended a civil war. Political turmoil and ethnically targeted violence are rising, with communities once living peacefully now divided. Despite efforts by local leaders to reduce tensions, politicians are accused of stoking conflict for power. Meanwhile, the government blames a UN arms embargo for delaying the implementation of the peace agreement, leaving civilians like the ambushed family desperate for safety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon Musk has visited the Pentagon for briefings that have sparked debate after US media reported that he would be given an overview of American plans in the event of war with China.President Donald Trump denied the reports, saying "China will not even be mentioned or discussed".Musk himself called for the prosecution of officials he said had leaked "maliciously false information" to the New York Times, which first reported the story.But the Pentagon visit represented an unusual level of access for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, whose companies hold billions of dollars in federal defence contracts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In one of his first acts as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship rights for nearly anyone born on US territory - known as "birthright citizenship".It's a policy change he's long promised - but implementing it won't be easy. It has faced legal challenges and has been taken by Trump to the US Supreme Court.Trump's order seeks to deny citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US illegally or on temporary visas.But it already has been blocked by courts in the early stages of what promises to be a long battle.Most legal scholars say the president doesn't have the power to unilaterally change the law in this area, which is based on an amendment in the US Constitution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uber offers 20 hours of free childcare in bid to lure female drivers. Every Uber driver in the UK will be eligible for 20 hours of free childcare under a new scheme intended to get more women driving taxis. They will be able to use the allowance through a nannying and babysitting app for the rest of 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At least two people were killed and 19 were wounded on Monday after Israeli air strikes in the vicinity of southern Syrian province of Daraa, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Columbia University agreed to ban masks and expand campus police powers in response to demands from the Trump administration after it froze $400 million in federal funding to the school.The university also agreed to appoint a senior vice provost to oversee the Middle East, South Asian and African Studies department, according to a statement it released Friday. The federal government had called on the school last week to put the department under “academic receivership” and to overhaul international recruiting policies as well as undergraduate and graduate admissions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a "very good" hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.Zelensky said afterwards that he believed that "lasting peace can be achieved this year" under Trump's leadership.Possible US ownership of Ukraine's nuclear power plants was also discussed, the White House said, though this has been ruled out by Zelensky.The tone of the call seems to be in contrast to Zelensky's visit to the White House last month, in which the two leaders - along with US Vice-President JD Vance - were involved in a tense exchange. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, seeking to fulfill decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency, but raising new questions for the country’s millions of public schools, student-loan holders and parents.No president in modern history has tried to close down a Cabinet-level agency. Shutting down the department wholesale would require an act of Congress, which created the agency in 1979. Trump officials acknowledge they don’t have the necessary votes to dissolve the department that way; instead, the order Trump signed Thursday instructed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the states.”Speaking in the East Room, surrounded by school children in uniforms sitting at classroom desks, Trump said, “We’re going to shut it down, and shut it down as quickly as possible.”How precisely the components of the Education Department would be dismantled wasn’t precisely clear.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ahead of Thursday’s signing that the order would move to “greatly minimize the agency,” but that certain “critical functions” like student loans and administering grants for at-risk students would remain under the agency’s umbrella. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday said he will vote to keep the government open after he told senators Democrats would unite to tank the Republican-backed spending plan."I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country to minimize the harm to the American people. Therefore, I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down," Schumer said on the Senate floor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has not discussed the potential US ownership of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently occupied by Russia, with Donald Trump.Speaking in Oslo on Thursday, the Ukrainian president pushed back on the suggestion the plant could change ownership Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Washington's temporary relief for import tariffs on goods covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has triggered a spike in US companies seeking exemption under the trade deal, industry experts said.The White House slapped fresh 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on March 5, but later announced that levies on goods covered under the USMCA would be delayed until April 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A French scientist has been denied entry into the United States, apparently because the scientist had expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy, the French Education Ministry said on Thursday."I learned with concern that a French researcher on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled," Minister for Higher Education and Research Philippe Baptiste said in a statement to AFP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Thursday accused the Greek Cypriot administration of pushing back migrant boats.Appearing on a news show on public radio CyBC alongside Greek Cypriot Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis, agency’s spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou said the UNCHR was informed that migrants on three boats had been pushed back into Syrian territorial waters last week."The boats were near the Larnaca port when they were turned back by police, migrants were not allowed to disembark, nor to access asylum procedures," she explained.The incident needs to be investigated by independent organizations to ensure the application of the relevant laws regarding the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, stressed Strovolidou.Hartsiotis dismissed Strovolidou’s arguments and told her to “pass to the police if she has information.”Greek Cypriot authorities announced March 17, that seven bodies were recovered and two survivors had been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the south coast of the island.One day later, UNCHR accused Greek Cypriot authorities of forcing back three boats carrying 80 Syrian migrants on March 14. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump World Center Pune: Here’s what we know about The Trump Organization’s first commercial project in India This will mark the Trump Organization's first commercial office project in India, although it is the second project in Pune. The organization previously partnered with Panchshil Realty over a decade ago to develop a residential project in the city.India already hosts four Trump-branded residential projects, making it the Trump Organization's largest market outside the United States. With additional projects in the pipeline, the brand's presence in India continues to grow.Here’s what we know about the Trump Organization’s upcoming commercial office project in Pune. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taiwanese state energy firm CPC Corp signed on Thursday an agreement with Alaska Gasline Development Corp to buy liquefied natural gas and invest in the project, a move Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said would ensure the island's energy security.Officials from state-run AGDC and development partner Glenfarne Group are visiting Asian countries this week to court investors for a natural gas project that President Donald Trump says could pump trillions of dollars into the U.S., although analysts say the project's high costs have been a focal point for years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia and the United States will hold consultations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 24 to discuss the war in Ukraine, according to Russian presidential aide for international affairs Yuri Ushakov, as reported by state-owned news agency TASS on March 20.Ushakov said he had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, regarding "the implementation of a well-known initiative concerning the safety of navigation in the Black Sea."A similar arrangement previously existed under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered by the U.N. and Turkey in 2022. The initiative allowed Ukraine to export agricultural products via the Black Sea despite Russia's full-scale invasion, helping stabilize global food prices.Moscow withdrew from the agreement in July 2023, effectively collapsing the deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Poughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday.To reach the goal of a 5% to 8% cut in a civilian workforce of more than 900,000, the official said, the Pentagon aims to slash about 6,000 positions a month by simply not replacing workers who routinely leave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, currently facing accusations of trying to concentrate power in the executive branch, has blasted "left-leaning" administrators in a TikTok video warning of the dangers of the "deep state".The concept of a "deep state" became mainstream during US President Donald Trump's first term from 2017-2021.Trump used the term to accuse officials of working in secret to stall the work of the president and the will of the people who elected him.In a one-minute video published on his personal account, Netanyahu said: "They want the government and me to be like plants" meaning to sit and do nothing, "but we won't let them".Netanyahu also posted the video on X late on Wednesday, before deleting it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A federal judge Thursday issued a temporary restraining order barring Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency team from having access to personally identifiable information from the Social Security Administration.Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander in a scathing ruling accused DOGE of launching a "fishing expedition" at the Social Security agency and failing to provide any reason why it needed to access vast swaths of Americans' personal and private data.Hollander said the "defendants, with so called experts on the DOGE Team" never identify or articulate a reason why DOGE needs "unlimited access to SSA's entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government."The order in U.S. District Court in Baltimore blocks the Social Security Administration, acting Commissioner Leland Dudek and Chief Information Officer Michael Russo, as well as all related agents and employees working with them, from granting access to any system containing personally identifiable information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The United States on Thursday sanctioned a China-based oil refinery that purchased Iranian oil worth around $500 million from Huthi-linked ships, as the White House ramps up pressure on Iran.In a statement, the US Treasury Department announced it was sanctioning a "teapot refinery" based in China's Shandong province which bought Iranian oil worth "approximately half a billion dollars."Teapot refineries are small, privately-owned operations in China, and stand in contrast to the larger state-owned enterprises in the country. Since returning to office, US President Donald Trump reinstated a campaign of "maximum pressure" against Iran, and has already rolled out sanctions against several individuals and entities, including the country's oil minister.The oil in question was transported by Iran's so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers, according to the Treasury Department, including from ships linked to the Huthis, and to the Iranian ministry of defense of armed forces logistics, MODAFL.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Germany's defence minister will consult with top military officials on security issues relating to US weapons systems, especially F-35 fighter jets, a national newspaper reported on Thursday.Countries across Europe are re-examining their dependence on US weapons and technology, alarmed by US President Donald Trump's administration casting doubt on future transatlantic ties.German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius will consult with leading generals, ministry experts and procurement officials, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said.The focus of the confidential talks would be on US weapons systems which Germany already operates or has ordered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New IOC president Kirsty Coventry said "communication will be key" with US president Donald Trump as Los Angeles is hosting the 2028 Summer Games.Coventry, the first woman and African to be elected to the most powerful role in sports governance, added: "I have been dealing with, let's say, difficult men in high positions since I was 20 years old." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pope Francis gradually improving, recovery continues... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization, with some letters clearly written by children, bearing stamps from around the world and simply addressed to the pope at “Gemelli Hospital” in Rome.Postal workers sort the mail into big yellow boxes, labeled “Papa Francesco.” Each day hospital workers come to take the letters away to make sure they get to the 88-year-old Francis at the 10th floor hospital suite where he is recovering from double pneumonia.The mail arrives first at the primary sorting center at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, where it is checked to make sure it is safe to be delivered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A crucial border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened on Wednesday after a weeks-long closure following a dispute over the construction of a checkpost by the Afghan side.The much-awaited agreement was reached at a meeting of tribal elders from both sides held at the Afghanistan side of the border.The border, which remained closed for 25 days over the construction of security checkpoints by the Afghan side, reopened at 4 p.m. (GMT1100) for trade transport, whereas the cross-border public movement will be allowed from March 31, Syed Jawad Hussain Kazmi, the head of the Pakistani delegation of tribal elders that took part in weeks-long talks, told Anadolu.However, patients requiring immediate treatment will be allowed to enter Pakistan.As part of the agreement, tribal elders on both sides decided to temporarily halt the disputed construction by Afghan forces.Torkham is one of 18 crossings between the two neighbors, which have been locked in a border dispute for decades, leading to the frequent closure of land connections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump first met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2019. Here we look back at the key moments that have helped shape the pair's relationship and how it has changed over the years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Canadian furniture manufacturer is shutting down a facility in its home country and moving those operations to the U.S. — but the company and the workers affected by the move are at odds over whether tariffs are to blame.The union representing employees at the Prepac Manufacturing Ltd. plant in Delta, British Columbia, announced the facility’s impending closure last week, and said that its production would shift to a facility in North Carolina instead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has spoken out about the alleged conspiracy to harm him and his company. In a recent interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Musk expressed his concerns about the growing violence and hatred towards him and Tesla. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.