Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting
Top Foreign Office official takes fall for fiasco and resigns; Starmer promises to deliver ‘relevant facts’ on Monday.
Day: April 17, 2026
Renzi urges ‘European strategy’, denounces Trump’s ‘global chaos’ and populism of Orbán and Meloni
Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Italy’s former head of state offers an in-depth, insightful and thought-provoking reading of contemporary geopolitics, European cohesion, and leadership ethics. Speaking from …
Amid Conflicting Messages From Trump and Iran, Hopes for Peace Deal Emerge
On a day when both Iran and the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz opened, hopes for an agreement rose. But statements from President Trump and Iranian leaders about negotiations were sometimes at odds.
Cerebras files to go public on Nasdaq and reports $510M in 2025 revenue, up 76% YoY, with a net income of $87.9M, up from a $485M net loss in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
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Cerebras files to go public on Nasdaq and reports $510M in 2025 revenue, up 76% YoY, with a net income of $87.9M, up from a $485M net loss in 2024 — Cerebras, a producer of chips that run artificial intelligence…
Centrepoint cuts ties with Sharon Osbourne after support for far-right rally
Osbourne voiced her support on a social media post about a rally being organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
It’s Messi vs Ronaldo all over again! Icons return to Spanish football as rival club owners in major twist
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have re-entered Spanish football as club owners, reviving echoes of their La Liga rivalry in a new form. Messi has taken full control of fifth-tier UE Cornellà, while Ronaldo holds a stake in promotion-chasing UD Alme…
Potential $12 Billion AEGIS And Integrated Combat System Sale To Germany Okayed By State Department
The State Department last Friday said it has okayed a potential $11.9 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Germany for AEGIS technology and integrated combat system equipment. Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
Trump’s Kennedy Center chief threatened to rename Israel room unless more donors came forward – at event to mark October 7: report
The message ‘struck many of us in the room as inappropriate,’ a former Kennedy Center curator wrote
Mouin Rabbani on West Asia-wide and global implications of recent U.S. moves re Iran
“Future historians may well point to this war as the moment when US imperial decline became unmistakable and irreversible.” This was one of the most important assessments that veteran Palestinian …
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Europe Wants to Help Restore Shipping in the Strait. It Just Isn’t Sure How.
Amid conflicting reports about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, European leaders gathered on Friday to coordinate a plan to guard it.