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The United States and Iran have resumed hostilities, the price of Brent crude has risen again to $95 per barrel, and six months later, the interrupted diplomacy does not allow for a glimpse of an early end to the war. However, for the first time since the conflict began, Washington is effectively able to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s crude oil passed before February 28.

The United States Mint on Wednesday put commemorative one-dollar coins on sale for the 250th anniversary of the country’s independence, featuring the face of the current president, Donald Trump.

Artificial intelligence poses a double challenge for the human mind. The most advanced models will not only soon be able to think better than people, but AI has consequences for humanity that are so uncertain, potentially so enormous, and approaching so quickly that even the brightest minds hesitate. One example is Elon Musk.

A record broken and a task still to be completed: to continue governing. This Friday, Giorgia Meloni’s Executive becomes the longest-lasting in the history of the Italian Republic. It is 1,413 consecutive days in power, one more than Silvio Berlusconi’s second Government, breaking with an almost atavistic tradition of instability.

The solution to the war between Russia and Ukraine “is indeed possible,” declared Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, although he refrained from specifying whether a peace agreement could be reached sooner rather than later or if Moscow still maintains its territorial demands. The Kremlin chief also expressed his desire to restore good relations with the United States, whose current government he praised for its stance on the European conflict.

The statement to justify the investment reads as follows: “Document and analyze the democratic backsliding in Europe in relation to massive and illegal immigration, the landscape of independent media, and the legislative agendas of supranational entities.”

Welcome, Mister Lincoln! Pattaya, the world mecca of sex tourism, has been waiting for the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln by its side for over a week. Its five thousand marines, mostly in their twenties, had been on a tough mission at sea for 286 days, not too close nor too far from Iran. D-Day, the landing in Thailand, finally arrived this Wednesday morning. Its entertainment industry – of all kinds – welcomes them with open arms and welcome signs at its hottest spots. From the living forces to the lively ones, in a parody of Welcome Mr. Marshall.

In his strategy to try to damage Russia’s economy to reduce resources for its war machine, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has raised the tone of his threats by stating that Russian airspace will no longer be “safe” and will be filled with Ukrainian attack drones. The Kremlin has responded by accusing Zelensky of “state terrorism.”

Her name was Erin Piacenti, she was 32 years old and had just celebrated her second wedding anniversary. This is the randomly chosen fatal victim of the stabbing in Times Square that on Monday was carried out by a woman with severe mental health issues who had even become known to the New York Police Department (NYPD).

The British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, in his first speech to the House of Commons as head of the Executive, attributed the origin of the problems affecting the country and, above all, the decade of slow economic growth, to Brexit, the exit from the European Union that was approved by the British in a 2016 referendum.