The United States on Wednesday defiantly expanded efforts to hobble the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sanctioning a judge from ally France. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also targeted a Canadian judge in a separate case in his latest volley of sanctions against the tribunal in The Hague, […]
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India said Wednesday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China. The Agni-5 missile was successfully launched in India’s eastern Odisha state, with authorities saying it “validated all operational and technical parameters.”India and China, the world’s two most populous […]
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Sony on Wednesday said it is bumping up the price of PlayStation 5 video game consoles by $50 in the United States due to a “challenging economic environment.”Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump hike the cost of goods brought into the US, leaving companies like Japan’s Sony to decide whether to pass that on to […]
Read MoreDonald Trump’s newfound if vague willingness to entertain security guarantees for Ukraine could be a game-changer, but the US president’s right-wing base is already warning him not to go too far. After a campaign last year spent bashing predecessor Joe Biden over billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, and Trump’s public upbraiding of Ukrainian […]
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US President Donald Trump is deploying three warships off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to curb drug trafficking, a source familiar with the move said Wednesday. The deployment comes as the Trump administration steps up pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, doubling its bounty to $50 million earlier this month on drug […]
Read MoreInmitten eines neuen Vermittlungsversuchs für eine Waffenruhe und die Freilassung der Geiseln im Gazastreifen hat Israel grünes Licht für die Mobilisierung zehntausender Reservisten gegeben. Verteidigungsminister Israel Katz billigte am Mittwoch die Entsendung von Einberufungsanordnungen an etwa 60.000 Reservesoldaten sowie den Plan der israelischen Armee zur die Einnahme der Stadt Gaza, wie ein Sprecher des Verteidigungsministeriums […]
Read MoreDie USA haben ihre Gangart gegen den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) weiter verschärft – und dies insbesondere mit dessen Vorgehen gegen Israel begründet. Die US-Regierung verhängte am Mittwoch Sanktionen gegen den französischen IStGH-Richter Nicholas Guillou, eine Richterin aus Kanada sowie zwei Ankläger aus dem Senegal und Fidschi. Das Außenministerium in Washington erklärte zur Begründung, die Betroffenen […]
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A Sony anunciou, nesta quarta-feira (20), que o preço de seu console de videogames PlayStation 5 aumentará em 50 dólares (274 reais, na cotação atual) nos Estados Unidos, devido a um “ambiente econômico complexo”. As tarifas alfandegárias impostas pelo presidente americano, Donald Trump, elevaram o custo dos bens importados para o país, deixando empresas como […]
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