Trump Makes Startling Confession on Lost U.S. Weapons Sent to Kurds – The Daily Beast

  1. Trump Makes Startling Confession on Lost U.S. Weapons Sent to Kurds  The Daily Beast
  2. Trump dismisses stockpile concerns despite reports of missile shortages  Caliber.Az
  3. Trump says Kurds kept weapons sent to Iranian protesters, vows to find who has them  Türkiye Today
  4. US Has More Weapons Inventory Than Ever, Trump Says  LEADERSHIP Newspapers
  5. Trump downplays US missile inventory concerns amid Iran de-escalation  Crypto Briefing
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Live Updates: Trump “not satisfied” with new peace deal offered by Iran as standoff’s costs multiply – CBS News

  1. Live Updates: Trump "not satisfied" with new peace deal offered by Iran as standoff's costs multiply  CBS News
  2. Iran Softens Conditions for Resuming Peace Talks With the U.S.  WSJ
  3. Iranian proposal rejected by Trump would open strait before nuclear talks, Iran official says  NBC News
  4. Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’ with Iran’s proposal to end the war  AP News
  5. Oil prices fall after Iran sends updated peace proposal to mediators in Pakistan  CNBC
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Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Nobel Laureate, Is Hospitalized – The New York Times

  1. Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Nobel Laureate, Is Hospitalized  The New York Times
  2. Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says  Reuters
  3. Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorates  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran tortures dad to death for using internet, executes karate champ in regime’s latest bloody crackowns  New York Post
  5. Family of ailing Iranian Nobel laureate say keeping her in jail is a death sentence  The Guardian
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Cuba says Trump’s fresh sanctions on its economy amount to ‘collective punishment’

The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining

Cuba’s government has said new sanctions imposed on the island by Donald Trump amounted to “collective punishment”, as an enormous 1 May procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland”.

In an executive order on Friday, the US president said he would impose sanctions on people involved in broad sections of the Cuban economy, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this year.

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Gerry Conway, creator of the Punisher in Spider-Man comics, dies at 73

Marvel praises ‘undeniable and indelible impact’ of celebrated comic book writer who also worked for DC

Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73.

In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday in Thousand Oaks, California, his wife, Laura Conway, told the Associated Press.

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Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems

Wilderness Society says changes undermined intent of national standards intended to reverse decline of plants, animals and ecosystems

Green groups have accused the Albanese government of watering down a proposal to protect threatened species and ecosystems.

National environmental standards were the key plank of reforms to Australia’s nature laws, passed by the parliament in November.

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