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BREAKING: Iran officially withdraws from nuclear negotiations with the United States

JUST IN: Israeli media reports that Israel is trying to convince the US to join operations against Iran

BREAKING: Massive explosions inside Tehran

BREAKING: Israel declares state of emergency

JUST IN: Air India pilot sent a call seconds before crash saying 'Mayday, no thrust, losing power, unable to lift'.

JUST IN: Air India crash, in which over 240 people are confirmed dead, is the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.

JUST IN: US House passes DOGE cuts, cutting $9.3 billion in costs.

BREAKING: CBS reports that Israel has informed US officials it is fully ready to launch an operation against Iran

BREAKING: The Washington Post reports that US intelligence officials have grown 'increasingly concerned that Israel may choose to strike Iranโ€™s nuclear facilities without the consent of the United States'

JUST IN: Trump calls Los Angeles a 'trash heap'

BREAKING: The Times reports that the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are set to announce sanctions against Itamar Ben Gvir and Betzalel Smotrich

BREAKING: California Governor Newson says 'we are suing Donald Trump' and that the President is 'creating fear and terror to take over a state militia and violate the U.S. constitution'

Price per square meter to buy apartment in city center.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ NY: $18226

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Francisco: $13585

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vancouver: $11833

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Boston: $11704

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Toronto: $10257

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Washington, DC: $9805

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles: $8023

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Dallas: $5806

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Houston: $5799

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chicago: $3426

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Detroit: $1562

Numbeo

BREAKING: California's Governor Newsom says the federal government is preparing to take control of the stateโ€™s National Guard and deploy two thousand personnel as unrest continues

World's 10 best cities for 2024

1. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ New York City, US

2. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Cape Town, South Africa

3. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Berlin, Germany

4. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London, UK

5. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Madrid, Spain

6. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico City, Mexico

7. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Liverpool, UK

8. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tokyo, Japan

9. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Rome, Italy

10. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Porto, Portugal

(Source: TimeOut)

BREAKING: Elon Musk says that a 'new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle'

JUST IN: CNN reports Trump is preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California

Share of respondents who do not trust mainstream media in their country.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States: 20%

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France: 20%

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain: 19%

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom: 17%

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India: 17%

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea: 17%

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany: 15%

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil: 14%

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland: 13%

๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa: 11%

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China: 9%

(Source: Statista)

Growth in GDP (current prices) between 2003-2023.

๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar: 893%

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia: 395%

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan: 373%

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt: 368%

๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman: 338%

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE: 310%

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain: 306%

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel: 297%

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey: 265%

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran: 131%

BREAKING: US Education Department says Columbia University no longer appeared to meet accreditation standards

GDP per capita (PPP), 2023.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States: $81,630

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada: $59,710

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile: $29,870

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina: $26,770

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico: $24,980

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil: $20,000

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia: $19,280

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru: $16,000

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador: $14,330

๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela: $7,940

(IMF)

JUST IN: Reports of widespread outages for many users on X

JUST IN: Governor DeSantis signs legislation recognizing gold and silver as legal tender in Florida

BREAKING: Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif convenes National Command Authority meeting