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Are US and Iran close to peace or sliding back to war?
Neither side seems interested in a return to all-out conflict, despite the latest exchange of strikes.
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최근 7일 기준 88,310건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.2(균형)입니다. 긍정 4,290건(4.9%)·중립 81,874건(92.7%)·부정 2,146건(2.4%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 14.8(중도 균형)입니다.
Neither side seems interested in a return to all-out conflict, despite the latest exchange of strikes.
When Alex Teves' friends and parents attended his memorial service 15 years ago, they all wore blue jeans and white t-shirts. It's the uniform that 24-year-old Alex threw on most days before he left the house. Alex's Dad, Tom Teves, said that his son was pretty easy going: "He was always more interested in relationships."
Siddaramaiah, who made it clear that he was stepping down on instructions of the Congress leadership, said he would complete his term as an MLA in the state
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic continued his state visit to China on Wednesday, arriving in Jiaxing, an industrial and cultural city near Shanghai. During the visit, he met representatives of major Chinese companies interested in investing in Serbia.
Country: World Source: Communication Foundation Communication Foundation Launches New Grant: Storytelling Reviews for NGOs Communication Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a new grant to receive a free Storytelling Review, valued at €2,500. Your story defines how people understand your organisation, its values and its impact. A Storytelling Review helps clarify and strengthen your narrative so it consistently reflects who you are, what you stand for and why your work matters. CF’s Storytelling Review is a structured review of how your organisation communicates its story across channels and formats. We assess narrative structure, key messages, tone of voice, audience focus and coherence to understand whether your storytelling supports your mission and strategic positioning. Grant Awards The Storytelling Review provides a clear assessment of narrative strengths and gaps and provides actionable recommendations to master your story. By offering this service as a grant, Communication Foundation aims to empower NGOs to communicate their mission more effectively without the financial barrier. Application Process NGOs interested in applying for the Donor Proposition Review grant can submit their applications from 25 May to 15 June 2026. The application process is simple: 1. Visit https://www.communicationfoundation.org/grants to complete the form. 2. Share a brief overview of your organisation and why this review would make a difference to your donor communications. 3. Successful grantees get notified upon selection. About Communication Foundation Communication Foundation is dedicated to empowering organisations through effective communication strategies, amplifying the impact of CSOs and NGOs worldwide. Contact Information: • Email: info@communicationfoundation.org • Website: www.communicationfoundation.org
A breakfast meeting between Siddarmaiah and DK Shivakumar might make matters clearer.
Russia is more interested than anyone else in peace, stability, prosperity and sustainable development of all Central Asian countries, Secretary of the Russian Security Council said
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Wednesday said she believes the proposed regulatory regime for ride-hailing services will complement the taxi industry. The government has proposed issuing up to 10,000 vehicle permits in the first phase. Chan expects to invite interested platforms to file applications as soon as August this year, and they could start operating as soon as the end of November. She stressed that she wants the regime to be rolled out gradually. “As a start, we would like to take a prudent, careful approach to ensure that our proposed regulatory regime will be achieved and implemented in a safe, smooth and progressive manner,” Chan said. She noted that Hong Kong’s situation is unique – about 90 percent of the residents opt for public transportation – but the government also values the public’s travel experience. Chan believes that ride-hailing platforms could also include taxis to offer appointment services. The current cap, she said, was proposed after balancing various considerations. But Chan added the government would adjust the quota when necessary by closely monitoring the operational data from ride-hailing platforms. “Once we issue licences for one or two or more platform operators in future, we will impose requirements for the operators to submit and share and store the relevant operational data, and to share it with the Transport Department,” she said. “I believe that our mechanism and our review should be based on data and should take into account the various operating indicators.” Edited by Tony Sabine
A behind-the-scenes second world war drama focused on the importance of weather is too stodgy and repetitive to work as anything but a so-so TV movie In a world of increasingly segmented audiences, the new movie Pressure cleverly brings together two adjacent demographics: weather dads and history dads. Those designations are honorifics, not gender-essentialist; spiritually dad-curious people of all ages (but, let’s be real: mostly over 50) may be interested in a behind-the-scenes story set in the last few days leading up to the allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Because this is the largest-scale seaborne invasion ever mounted, weather is a major factor, and the movie follows military higher-ups as they work around the clock trying to figure out whether a possible incoming storm will create unfavorable or impossible conditions. To put it in contemporary terms, this is essentially a movie about Dwight Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) nervously refreshing his weather app to see if he needs to change his upcoming plans. The weather app is played by Andrew Scott. Scott’s actual character is James Stagg, a somewhat brusque and chilly Scotsman brought in to the D-day planning as the operation’s chief meteorological officer. Stagg quickly clashes with the American Irving Krick (Chris Messina), who knows that D-day is crucial and time is of the essence – and is therefore bullish about (selectively) using past data to “predict” that the storms will quickly pass. Stagg’s analysis is far less optimistic. Anyone who has held tickets to a forecast-dependent outdoor concert will relate. Continue reading...
In a damning assessment, the former prime minister said Labour has retreated into a Left-wing 'comfort zone', with ministers more interested in increasing welfare than boosting the economy.
Ursula von der Leyen visiting Lithuania amid drone incursions as diplomats are called over Russian requests for envoys to leave the Ukrainian capital Back to Ukraine, the EU has summoned Russia’s top diplomat in Brussels over Russian warnings telling foreigners and diplomats to leave Kyiv amid planned new strikes on the Ukrainian capital. EU’s foreign policy spokesperson Anitta Hipper said on X: “[Russian] threat to foreign citizens & diplomats to leave Kyiv is an unacceptable escalation. @eu_eeas summoned the Chargé d’Affairs, calling to stop hitting civilians & [Russia] to engage in genuine peace talks starting with a full and unconditional ceasefire. @EUDelegationUA stays in Kyiv.” “[The threat] shows once more, actually, one thing that we already knew, that Russia is absolutely not interested in any peace and has a total disregard for all the efforts towards the peace.” Continue reading...
According to Deputy Secretary Alexander Venediktov, the Russian side is also interested in advancing bilateral cooperation in information security
Tim Houston told reporters Monday that seven companies responded to a call for firms interested in natural gas exploration.
THIS month, mixed signals emanated from India on the normalisation of relations with Pakistan. Dattatreya Hosabale, secretary general of the Hindu extremist organisation RSS, proposed in an interview that the “window for dialogue” with Pakistan should always be open. He argued for diplomatic ties, visa issuance, trade and people-to-people contacts. His call was endorsed by several notables, including former Indian army chief (retd) Gen Manoj Naravane. Within days, as if to ensure that there was no confusion about the real Indian intent, the serving army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi announced that Pakistan must decide whether it wants to remain a “part of geography or history” — hubristic rhetoric that reflected the hegemonic mindset of the Narendra Modi regime. ISPR strongly condemned these remarks, describing them as “madness and warmongering”. It is clear that the Modi government isn’t interested in normalising ties with Pakistan, and is engaged in creating a Hindutva-led polity in India. It uses anti-Pakistan rhetoric to fetch votes and remain in power. To that end, it has exploited the issue of terrorism to malign Pakistan and thus ‘justify’ its policy of a so far decade-long disconnect with Pakistan. After the Pahalgam terrorist attack in Indian-occupied Kashmir in April 2025, Prime Minister Modi authorised military strikes against nine non-military sites (mosques and allied schools) in Pakistan under the garb of fighting terrorism. To project resilience following India’s unilateral, illegal and brazen aggression, Modi announced three policy decisions — often described as the new Modi doctrine. According to this, the response to every act of terrorism in India would be severe military action against Pakistan; India would not distinguish between terrorism by a non-state actor and state-sponsored terrorism; and India would not be blackmailed by the threat of nuclear escalation. This meant that India would continue to expand space for kinetic confrontation with Pakistan below the nuclear overhang. It is a high-risk strategy which the two nuclear-armed neighbours can ignore only at their own peril. To its own surprise and dismay, however, India found an answer to this three-pronged Modi doctrine during the May 2025 stand-off with Pakistan. One, Pakistan demonstrated that it could defend itself against a much larger and better-equipped hostile neighbour. Two, India’s campaign to malign Pakistan in the name of terrorism and isolate it diplomatically crashed to the ground. Three, India’s desire to be the regional hegemon also received a major setback. The Pakistani side has made it clear that any future kinetic misadventure under the so-called Modi doctrine will receive a befitting response from Pakistan through its policy of ‘quid pro quo plus’. It’s clear that India doesn’t want peace with Pakistan. Both countries are well aware that future wars between them would not be face-to-face engagement, but rather, non-contact warfare through missiles, drones, cyberattacks and electronic wars. It is still not clear, though, whether India has learned the right lessons from last May’s war. When one hears Indian experts still talking of Modi’s doctrine, it appears that India is continuing to live under the illusion that it is a dominant power that can settle issues through its conventional superiority and use of force. Instead, the Indian side must appreciate the new reality that modern non-contact wars employing autonomous lethal weapons have already equalised battlefields in asymmetric situations. In this context, pro-normalisation signals, such as those radiated by the RSS secretary general, appear tactical in nature. These could be intended to give the impression to the outside world that India was a reasonable country ready to engage with its neighbours. These gestures could also be a smokescreen to manage international pressure should India decide to carry out another attack against Pakistan to avenge its defeat in the May 2025 war. The Modi doctrine of expanding space for larger kinetic confrontation is very dangerous. Being neighbours, the reaction time before lethal autonomous weapons are deployed is so little that both countries could virtually destroy each other if another war erupts. A saner alternative is for the two to incrementally resume bilateral contacts, including a back channel, and implement confidence-building measures that lower the chances of another armed conflict. The only mechanism available for bilateral contact are the DGMOs, but they normally confine themselves to routine communications. Thus, there is a need to reimagine the brinkmanship within the South Asian security construct. If Pakistan and India cannot be friends, they must at least find a way of coexisting peacefully. They owe it to a billion and a half people. The writer is chairman, Sanober Institute and former foreign secretary of Pakistan. Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2026
THIS month, mixed signals emanated from India on the normalisation of relations with Pakistan. Dattatreya Hosabale, secretary general of the Hindu extremist organisation RSS, proposed in an interview that the “window for dialogue” with Pakistan should always be open. He argued for diplomatic ties, visa issuance, trade and people-to-people contacts. His call was endorsed by several notables, including former Indian army chief (retd) Gen Manoj Naravane. Within days, as if to ensure that there was no confusion about the real Indian intent, the serving army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi announced that Pakistan must decide whether it wants to remain a “part of geography or history” — hubristic rhetoric that reflected the hegemonic mindset of the Narendra Modi regime. ISPR strongly condemned these remarks, describing them as “madness and warmongering”. It is clear that the Modi government isn’t interested in normalising ties with Pakistan, and is engaged in creating a Hindutva-led polity in India. It uses anti-Pakistan rhetoric to fetch votes and remain in power. To that end, it has exploited the issue of terrorism to malign Pakistan and thus ‘justify’ its policy of a so far decade-long disconnect with Pakistan. After the Pahalgam terrorist attack in Indian-occupied Kashmir in April 2025, Prime Minister Modi authorised military strikes against nine non-military sites (mosques and allied schools) in Pakistan under the garb of fighting terrorism. To project resilience following India’s unilateral, illegal and brazen aggression, Modi announced three policy decisions — often described as the new Modi doctrine. According to this, the response to every act of terrorism in India would be severe military action against Pakistan; India would not distinguish between terrorism by a non-state actor and state-sponsored terrorism; and India would not be blackmailed by the threat of nuclear escalation. This meant that India would continue to expand space for kinetic confrontation with Pakistan below the nuclear overhang. It is a high-risk strategy which the two nuclear-armed neighbours can ignore only at their own peril. To its own surprise and dismay, however, India found an answer to this three-pronged Modi doctrine during the May 2025 stand-off with Pakistan. One, Pakistan demonstrated that it could defend itself against a much larger and better-equipped hostile neighbour. Two, India’s campaign to malign Pakistan in the name of terrorism and isolate it diplomatically crashed to the ground. Three, India’s desire to be the regional hegemon also received a major setback. The Pakistani side has made it clear that any future kinetic misadventure under the so-called Modi doctrine will receive a befitting response from Pakistan through its policy of ‘quid pro quo plus’. It’s clear that India doesn’t want peace with Pakistan. Both countries are well aware that future wars between them would not be face-to-face engagement, but rather, non-contact warfare through missiles, drones, cyberattacks and electronic wars. It is still not clear, though, whether India has learned the right lessons from last May’s war. When one hears Indian experts still talking of Modi’s doctrine, it appears that India is continuing to live under the illusion that it is a dominant power that can settle issues through its conventional superiority and use of force. Instead, the Indian side must appreciate the new reality that modern non-contact wars employing autonomous lethal weapons have already equalised battlefields in asymmetric situations. In this context, pro-normalisation signals, such as those radiated by the RSS secretary general, appear tactical in nature. These could be intended to give the impression to the outside world that India was a reasonable country ready to engage with its neighbours. These gestures could also be a smokescreen to manage international pressure should India decide to carry out another attack against Pakistan to avenge its defeat in the May 2025 war. The Modi doctrine of expanding space for larger kinetic confrontation is very dangerous. Being neighbours, the reaction time before lethal autonomous weapons are deployed is so little that both countries could virtually destroy each other if another war erupts. A saner alternative is for the two to incrementally resume bilateral contacts, including a back channel, and implement confidence-building measures that lower the chances of another armed conflict. The only mechanism available for bilateral contact are the DGMOs, but they normally confine themselves to routine communications. Thus, there is a need to reimagine the brinkmanship within the South Asian security construct. If Pakistan and India cannot be friends, they must at least find a way of coexisting peacefully. They owe it to a billion and a half people. The writer is chairman, Sanober Institute and former foreign secretary of Pakistan. Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2026
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stopped short of linking the state of bilateral relations with Russia with the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections in the republic
Vice Admiral Jean-Dominique pointed out that he would focus on participating in the forum’s sessions on national security, cybersecurity, the fight against terrorism, and new hybrid threats
As soon as pricing is agreed upon with the Indonesian colleagues, shipments will start immediately, Sergey Dankvert said
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When her sibling died in an accident the singer-songwriter sought comfort in music. But after finding that the most celebrated records about loss were angry, loud and male, she set about creating something very different In the months after her sister’s death, singer-songwriter Liz Lawrence couldn’t even listen to music, let alone play it. “I was very much, ‘That’s in the past and I don’t know what’s going to be asked of me now,’” she says. “I didn’t think about my work. I wasn’t interested. I didn’t have any appetite for it.” After slowly gravitating back to music via female vocalists such as Lisa O’Neill, Adrianne Lenker and Joanna Newsom, and as the time afforded to grieving was squeezed out by a life still ongoing, Lawrence realised she needed songs that allowed her to return to that “space of contemplation, reflection and sadness”. She quickly searched out a Reddit thread of the best grief albums of all time, only to find a lengthy list of very specific rock and metal records chiefly made by men. “I was just looking for open and frank sadness,” she says, as opposed to the anger broiling within the suggested albums. That plain-speaking despair permeates Lawrence’s beautiful fifth album, Vespers, an unvarnished tribute to elder sister Jessie, who died suddenly in 2024 following an accident while on holiday with her partner and two small children in Ireland. Continue reading...