President Trump on the Biden AutoPen: “It’s one of the biggest scandals we’ve had in 50-100 years….I guarantee he knew nothing about what he was signing. I guarantee it.”
Hezbollah terrorists violate the ceasefire agreement with Israel over seven times per day on average, IDF data obtained by i24NEWS shows. Israel has reported over 1,200 ceasefire violations by Hezbollah to a U.S.-led five-nation monitoring panel responsible for overseeing the agreement’s implementation. Of those violations, 650 were passed on to the Lebanese army for action, while in the remaining cases, the IDF responded with military strikes against the terrorists. Separately, the Lebanese army independently recorded an additional 390 violations and submitted a report claiming it had addressed them. Altogether, the data indicates that the Lebanese army dealt with 52% of the total violations, including 440 incidents initially reported by Israel. Most of the violations managed by the Lebanese army occurred in the country’s southern region. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
The IDF released footage of an airstrike earlier today targeting Syrian tanks near the village of Sami’ in southern Syria’s Sweida area, saying the tanks were hit after being spotted moving toward Sweida.
The Syrian Army has stepped into the ongoing conflict between Bedouin and Druze militias in Suwayda Governorate, where clashes have caused multiple deaths and injuries. Fighting has already broken out between Syrian and Druze forces, and reinforcements are being sent to the area after Druze fighters ambushed a Syrian convoy, resulting in casualties among Syrian troops.
The European Union will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods scheduled to take effect Monday in hopes of reaching a trade deal with the Trump administration by the end of the month. ″This is now the time for negotiations,″ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels on Sunday, after President Donald Trump sent a letter announcing new tariffs of 30% on goods from the EU and Mexico starting Aug. 1. The EU — America’s biggest trading partner and the world’s largest trading bloc — had been scheduled to impose ″countermeasures″ starting Monday at midnight Brussels time (6 p.m. EDT; 22:00 GMT). The EU negotiates trade deals on behalf of its 27 member countries. Von der Leyen said those countermeasures would be delayed until Aug. 1, and that Trump’s letter shows ″that we have until the first of August″ to negotiate. Europe’s biggest exports to the U.S. are pharmaceuticals, cars, aircraft, chemicals, medical instruments and wine and spirits. ″We have always been clear that we prefer a negotiated solution,″ she said. If they can’t reach a deal, she said that ″we will continue to prepare countermeasures so we are fully prepared.″ Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni warned Sunday that a trade war “would make us all weaker in the face of the global challenges we face together” and said Italy would actively work for a fair deal. “Europe has the economic and financial strength to make the case for a fair and common-sense agreement,” her office said in a statement. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was heading to Washington for talks Monday with the U.S. administration and Congress. The right-wing government of Meloni, the only EU leader to attend Trump’s inauguration, has sought to position itself as a “ bridge” between Brussels and Washington. Trump has said his global tariffs would set the foundation for reviving a U.S. economy that he claims has been ripped off by other nations for decades. Trump in his letter to the EU said the U.S. trade deficit was a national security threat. Trump isn’t satisfied with some of the draft agreements on trade, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on ABC News Sunday. “The bottom line is that he’s seen some sketches of deals that had been negotiated with Howard Lutnick and the rest of the trade team, and the president thinks that the deals need to be better, and to basically put a line in the sand, he sent these letters out to folks. And we’ll see how it works out,” he said. U.S. trade partners — and companies around the world including French winemakers to German carmakers — have faced months of uncertainty and on-and-off threats from Trump to impose tariffs, with deadlines sometimes extended or changed. The tariffs could have ramifications for nearly every aspect of the global economy. The value of EU-U.S. trade in goods and services amounted to 1.7 trillion euros ($2 trillion) in 2024, or an average of 4.6 billion euros a day, according to EU statistics agency Eurostat. Trade ministers from EU countries are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss trade relations with the U.S., as well as with China. The EU is weighing closer ties with China as a result of Trump’s threatened tariffs. Speaking alongside Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, von […]
The IDF announced that Nasr Ali Quneita, a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 attack and held Emily Damari hostage in his home, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on June 19.
The IDF’s elite Multi-Domain unit recently completed a two-week operation in northern Gaza’s Jabalia, where, under the 162nd Division, they killed over 100 Hamas operatives using advanced technology and intelligence tools. The unit also destroyed Hamas buildings, weapon stockpiles, and observation posts, according to the military.
President Trump: “The United States of America has been ripped off on TRADE (and MILITARY!), by friend and foe, alike, for DECADES. It has come at a cost of TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, and it is just not sustainable any longer.”
At least nine people were killed and 30 hospitalized after a fire tore through a Massachusetts assisted living facility. Five firefighters were also injured as they tackled the deadly blaze that broke out around 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Residence in Fall River.
Ten terrorists who were released in the Shalit deal in 2011 and exiled to Gaza were killed in an IDF airstrike in Gaza in a joint operation by the Shin Bet and IDF over the past week. Two slain terrorists, Bassem Abu Sanina and Riyad Assila, were responsible for the murder of Israeli civilian Chaim Karman, H’yd, in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem in 1998. A third terrorist, Mohammed Saria, was responsible for the murder of IDF soldier Ehud (Udi) Tal, H’yd, in a stabbing attack in the Shomron in 1996.
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, a despicable self-hating Jew, is under fire after quietly slashing the city’s investment in Israel Bonds—prompting a fierce rebuke from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, which accuses Lander of appeasing the antisemitic BDS movement. A letter sent Sunday by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro blasts Lander for what the mayor’s office calls a “sustained and coordinated decision” to divest from Israel, noting that the city’s pension holdings in Israel Bonds plummeted from “tens of millions” to just $1.2 million under Lander’s watch. The only fund still holding the bonds is the Police Pension Fund.
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to defy dismal polling numbers and officially launch his independent bid for mayor this week — while calling on all other candidates, except socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani, to agree to drop out by mid-September if they are not in the lead. The bold move, first reported by NewsNation, comes as the latest poll from Slingshot Strategies shows Cuomo trailing Mamdani by 10 points, with the former governor polling at 25% to Mamdani’s 35%. Republican Curtis Sliwa stands at 14%, while incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, also now running as an independent, has plummeted to 11%. Cuomo’s challenge is intended to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote — but critics say it reeks of desperation. “Andrew Cuomo lost his primary and hides in the Hamptons. Eric Adams skipped his and fled to Fort Lauderdale,” Sliwa said in a statement. “Now, they’re both running as independents to cling to relevance.” Independent candidate and former federal prosecutor Jim Walden said he welcomed Cuomo’s pledge and urged other candidates to follow suit, calling it “critical” to put New York’s future ahead of ego and ambition. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth. Sotheby’s in New York will be auctioning what’s known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday as part of a natural history-themed sale. According to the auction house, the meteorite is believed to have been blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike before traveling 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) to Earth, where it crashed into the Sahara. A meteorite hunter found it in Niger in November 2023, Sotheby’s says. The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% of all the Martian material currently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It measures nearly 15 inches by 11 inches by 6 inches (375 millimeters by 279 millimeters by 152 millimeters). “This Martian meteorite is the largest piece of Mars we have ever found by a long shot,” Cassandra Hatton, vice chairman for science and natural history at Sotheby’s, said in an interview. “So it’s more than double the size of what we previously thought was the largest piece of Mars.” It is also a rare find. There are only 400 Martian meteorites out of the more than 77,000 officially recognized meteorites found on Earth, Sotheby’s says. Hatton said a small piece of the red planet remnant was removed and sent to a specialized lab that confirmed it is from Mars. It was compared with the distinct chemical composition of Martian meteorites discovered during the Viking space probe that landed on Mars in 1976, she said. The examination found that it is an “olivine-microgabbroic shergottite,” a type of Martian rock formed from the slow cooling of Martian magma. It has a course-grained texture and contains the minerals pyroxene and olivine, Sotheby’s says. It also has a glassy surface, likely due to the high heat that burned it when it fell through Earth’s atmosphere, Hatton said. “So that was their first clue that this wasn’t just some big rock on the ground,” she said. The meteorite previously was on exhibit at the Italian Space Agency in Rome. Sotheby’s did not disclose the owner. It’s not clear exactly when the meteorite hit Earth, but testing shows it probably happened in recent years, Sotheby’s said. Wednesday’s auction is part of Sotheby’s Geek Week 2025 and features 122 items, including other meteorites, fossils and gem-quality minerals. (AP)
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