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The Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of previously classified documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. This follows an executive order made by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office directing the release of unredacted government files about Kennedy’s killing. Kennedy was shot during a visit to Dallas, Texas in November 1963, but conspiracy theories still swirl around his death. More than 1,100 files containing more than 31,000 pages were posted on the National Archives website on Tuesday evening. Trump estimates that more than 80,000 new pages will be unsealed. In the past decades,…

Trade tensions between the EU and US ratcheted up this week when Brussels announced €26 billion ($28 billion) of tariffs on US goods, in response to the Trump administration’s 25% levies on steel and aluminum. Cecilia Malmstrom, who served as EU trade commissioner during the first Trump administration, sees the exchange of tariffs as “definitely an escalating conflict” and maintains that any question of “either side winning” fundamentally misunderstands the nature of trade wars. “It’s a lose-lose game,” she told DW, adding that those who would stand to lose most are consumers and ordinary people because prices get higher, affecting inflation, jobs and growth. She described…

Thousands are demanding justice for 59 people killed in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, as authorities prepare graves for its victims.More than 150 were also injured after pyrotechnics sparked a fire at Club Pulse in Kocani, with government officials and the nightclub’s manager among 20 people arrested. But some protests turned violent in the eastern town and in the capital Skopje, where thousands have called for more action amid a litany of alleged safety failures.As excavators dug a fresh line of graves in the town of 25,000 people, 16-year-old Jovan, who lost a friend in the fire, described his…

“Snow White,” the latest title Disney live-action remakes of one of its classics, cost the entertainment company a reported $270 million (€247 million) to make and promote, according to Forbes magazine. Masses of reporters usually interview the film stars on the red carpet at the opening of such big-budget films. However, journalists were generally barred from the Hollywood premiere on March 15 and the European debut, three days earlier at a remote castle in Northern Spain.  It is widely assumed that the media’s restricted access to the stars and creative team is linked to a storm of online comments and more substantial political debates throughout the film’s…

Much was made of the potential health risks that stranded NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams would face in space. Returning to Earth in March 2025, after an unexpected nine months at the International Space Station (ISS), their bodies will have adjusted to radiation and microgravity. The effects of radiation and microgravity are the same for every astronaut — starting with nausea and bloated faces — but this mission was only meant to last a week. It begged the question: Would the effects be worse for Suni and Butch?  Williams and Wilmore were stranded at the ISS in June 2024 their Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced…

Kirsty Coventry will make sporting history if she is elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its General Assembly on Thursday (March 20,2025). She would be the first woman and first person from Africa to head the IOC. She would also be the youngest since Pierre de Coubertin, the founding father of the modern Olympic Games. The Frenchman founded the IOC in 1894 and took over the presidency two years later at the age of 33. Coventry, a 41-year-old former world-class swimmer from Zimbabwe , has always had a strong will and vision. “When I was 9 years old,…

Zahra Mousavi, a women’s rights activist, fled from Afghanistan to neighboring Pakistan in March 2022 after months of fighting and protesting the oppressive Taliban regime.   She now lives in hiding and constant fear of being apprehended by the Pakistani police and deported to her home country. Mousavi actively participated in street protests against the Taliban regime after the Islamic fundamentalist group seized power in the war-ravaged country in August 2021. She advocated for women’s rights by taking part in public gatherings and demonstrations, and tried to make the voices of Afghan women heard in the rest of the world. But with…

Germany is “monitoring” how its citizens are being treated when traveling to the United States, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. The decision comes after the recent detention of three Germans in separate incidents. Two have been deported, but one person is still being detained. Foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said Germany is trying to assess “whether this represents a change in American immigration policy or whether these are isolated cases.” “Once we have a clear picture, we will then, if necessary, adjust our travel and security advice,” he said. Green Card holder held by ICE Fabian Schmidt, the…

Global growth is expected to slow due to “trade barriers” and “increased geopolitical and policy uncertainty,” the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Monday. Growth is projected to slow to 3.1% in 2025 and 3.0% in 2026, with the Paris-based policy forum lowering its projections from 3.3% for both this year and next. “Increasing trade restrictions will contribute to higher costs for both production and consumption. It remains essential to ensure a well-functioning, rules-based international trading system and to keep markets open,” OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said. US, eurozone driving weaker growth expectations The projections were based primarily…

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is meeting Donald Trump today for talks on Ireland’s “illegal immigration racket”.The 36-year-old appeared in the White House briefing room during his St. Patrick’s Day visit to Washington DC and is set to meet the US president later this afternoon. He told reporters he is visiting the White House to “raise the issues the people of Ireland face”. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your…