She and her teammates are allowed to compete under their national flag after years of bans and restrictions Russian skier Varvara Voronchikhina won her second gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Paralympics on Saturday, taking the women’s standing slalom. She had earlier won the super-G and claimed silver and bronze in the giant slalom and downhill. This year’s event marks the first Paralympics where Russian athletes have been allowed to compete under their national flag after years of bans and restrictions in international sport. Competing at her first Paralympic Games, Voronchikhina is also a two-time world champion, including in the super-G in 2021. Ahead of Sunday’s closing ceremony, Russia has climbed to fifth in the medal table with nine medals. Read more WATCH German athletes snub Russian Paralympic champions Skier Anastasia Bagiyan won gold in the women’s sprint on Tuesday, while Aleksey Bugaev took bronze in the men’s downhill standing event. The Russian Paralympic team...
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Hon. James Boasberg said a “mountain of evidence suggests” the legal summons was meant to pressure the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates A US federal judge, James Boasberg, has quashed subpoenas issued by the Justice Department against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. The ruling is a major blow to US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates. The subpoenas issued in January relate to Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025 on cost overruns tied to the Fed’s building renovations. The project’s latest estimate of $2.5 billion is about $600 million higher than a 2022 figure of $1.9 billion, according to the Fed. The ruling has also stalled Senate consideration of Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee to replace Powell when his term ends on May 15. Read more Powell vs Trump: The Fed is trying to defend a principle already lost Judge James Boasberg said th...
How the war on Iran shattered the loyalty of Trump’s supporters The night of February 28-March 1, 2026, will be remembered by all those who followed the news in real time. At 1:15 AM EST, seated in the White House Situation Room, US President Donald Trump said, “Operation Epic Fury is approved. No aborts. Good luck.” Those nine words signaled the launch of the largest US-Israeli military operation in decades. F-35 fighters, B-2 bombers, cruise missiles launched from ships in the Persian Gulf, and drones struck over 3,000 targets in Tehran, Natanz, Fordow, and other locations in Iran. The mission was to eradicate what remained of Iran’s nuclear program, dismantle the command structure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and as Trump later confirmed in a video address from Mar-a-Lago, “eliminate imminent threats” to the US from the Iranian leadership. However, within hours, the situation changed. Iranian state television announced that “Ayatollah Ali Khame...
Sharing footage of attacks can lead to a prison term, hefty fines or deportation under the Gulf state’s laws Police in the UAE’s Abi Dhabi emirate have said that they have arrested 45 people of various nationalities for sharing videos of Iranian missile and drone strikes on the country. Iran has extensively targeted American bases and other assets in the Gulf States since being attacked by the US and Israel in late February. Tehran says it feels “no hostility” towards its Arab neighbors, but insists that Washington’s facilities are “legitimate targets.” The publication of videos of Iranian attacks could provoke public concern and lead to the spreading of rumors within the community, the police said on Saturday. Legal and administrative measures have been taken against those responsible, it added. On Thursday, Detained in Dubai consultancy reported that 21 people, including a 60-year-old British national, have been charged in the UAE under the country’s cybercrime laws for filming ...
The first six days of the conflict in the Middle East have cost Washington at least $11.3 billion, estimates show The US is rapidly depleting its weapons stockpiles and has “burned through years” of some critical munitions since starting its war against Iran, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. In a closed‑door briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon officials estimated that the first six days of the US war with Iran have already cost at least $11.3 billion, according to the outlet. The rapid munitions drain has stoked fears over the soaring cost of the war and Washington’s capacity to restock key weapons, including advanced long-range Tomahawk missiles, the FT said. The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that US forces fired 168 Tomahawk cruise missile during the first 100 hours of the operation against Iran. “That’s a huge Tomahawk expenditure. The Navy will feel that for several years,” one source told t...
The deaths follow an attack on girls’ elementary school in Minab, in which more than 160 lost their lives A strike on a residential area in the Qods suburb of Tehran has killed least two children, local officials have said. An attack on girls’ elementary school in Minab on the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran led to more than 160 losing their lives. The bombing in Qods also left some 17 people wounded, a Tehran Province emergency services statement on Friday. The injured, ten of whom were women, have been rushed to hospital, it added. The emergency services have condemned the strike as an “inhumane act” and “crime against civilians,” but did not name the party responsible for it. Iranian state TV reported several explosions across the capital on Friday, adding that missiles also struck not far from an area in the city center where a major pro-government rally had been taking place. Read more Who bombed Iran’s Minab elementary school? High-ranking Iranian officials, in...