Two days before the expiration of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump has confirmed that the American delegation, led by his vice president J.D. Vance, “is already heading” to Islamabad (Pakistan) and “will arrive tonight”. However, sources consulted by The New York Times state that it has not yet taken off and “is now expected to travel on Tuesday”.
The prowess of the US armed forces has been clearly demonstrated in the skies over Iran. During the 38-day air campaign, fighter jets flew more than 13,000 sorties, devastating Iranian armed forces, industrial and nuclear facilities. The operation has been an example of meticulous planning and tactical brilliance. All this, moreover, while the US military leadership was also fighting another internal battle: with its own Secretary of Defense.
The world, once again on tenterhooks: the two-week ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States concludes on Wednesday, and for now the possibility of extending the truce seems remote.
The United States Navy deployed in the Gulf of Oman reportedly opened fire on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that was trying to overcome the blockade established by Washington and took control of it, according to Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social account this Sunday.
Péter Magyar’s conservative Tisza party, winner of the general elections in Hungary last Sunday, April 12, increased its parliamentary supermajority by gaining three more seats after the recount of postal votes, votes from foreign missions, and transferred votes, according to the National Election Office.
The pro-Russian and Euroskeptic Rumen Radev won the legislative elections in Bulgaria with up to 39% of the votes, a clear but insufficient victory to govern alone, according to the first exit polls.
Billionaire magnate Elon Musk has once again lashed out at the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, whom he has accused of “high treason” over the extraordinary regularization process for immigrants that begins this Monday.
A humanoid robot has made history in Beijing by winning a half marathon with a time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds, even surpassing the human world record for that distance. The race, organized in the Beijing E-Town technology district, became a showcase for the advancement of artificial intelligence and robotic engineering in China. The winning robot, developed by manufacturer Honor, managed to complete the 21 kilometers faster than Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo, the current human record holder.
For ten years, Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist, has been investigating the conduct of President Donald Trump. A former researcher and professor of Law and Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, affiliated with Harvard’s psychiatry program, she directs the World Mental Health Coalition, which investigates the psychological capacity of politicians. Not without controversy, her book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, published in 2017 during his first term, compiled essays from 27 psychiatrists, psychologists, and other experts on the president’s mental health, an issue that is once again coming to the forefront.
Pushed by Israel, Trump launched into war against Iran and is now trying to get out of the quagmire he has gotten himself into. The U.S. president is paying for the unilateral rupture of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 with Tehran.