‘Trump is Israel’s only ally’: JD Vance’s blunt message to Netanyahu over Iran deal criticism

US Vice President JD Vance delivered a blunt warning to Israeli critics of the US-Iran agreement on Thursday, defending President Donald Trump amid mounting backlash in Israel and saying Washington remained the country’s only powerful ally. His remarks came after reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political allies were privately furious over the…

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New York mayor Zohran Mamdani pushes to end horse carriage industry after Indian teen Romanch Mahajan’s death

New York mayor, other leaders push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides after Indian teen Romanch Mahajan’s death. The death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, an Indian teen, falling from a Central Park horse carriage, strengthened calls to end the horse carriage industry as there have been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13…

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How a tiny potato beetle became a Cold War weapon: The bizarre story behind East Germany’s ‘American insect’ campaign | World News

In the summer of 1950, farmers across East Germany began finding their potato crops stripped bare. The culprit was the Colorado potato beetle, a small, striped insect native to North America that had been spreading steadily across Europe for decades. What happened next had nothing to do with agriculture and everything to do with politics….

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How Milan’s Olympic Village will become housing for 1,700 students after the 2026 Games | World News

Every host city builds an Olympic village, and almost every host city then spends years deciding what to do with the empty buildings once the athletes leave. Milan skipped that problem. Architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, working with Italian developer COIMA, designed the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Village on a 19th-century railway yard in…

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Renaissance proverb of the day: ‘I find that the harder I work…’ – a powerful reminder that luck is something you earn | World News

Think about two people starting out in the same field. Same city, same opportunities, roughly the same starting point. A few years later, one of them seems to keep catching breaks. The right project lands in their lap. The right person calls at the right time. Things just seem to work out for them.The other…

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Pakistani-American businessman charged in $38 million adult day care scam in Brooklyn; disguised funds as ‘laddu’ payments

Coney Island’s APNA Adult Day Care A prominent Pakistani-American businessman and several associates have been accused of running a massive $38 million Medicaid fraud scheme through two Brooklyn adult day care centres, reports the New York Post.78-year-old Pervez Siddiqui is a well-known community leader. He is a pharmacy owner and member of Brooklyn Community Board…

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German archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Celtic prince’s grave filled with gold, weapons and a wagon | World News

A routine survey ahead of a new solar park construction site in central Germany has turned into one of the most significant Celtic archaeological discoveries the region has seen in years. Near the town of Bad Camberg in the German state of Hesse, archaeologists uncovered a more than 2,000-year-old burial chamber belonging to a high-status…

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