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Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia: A Call for Urgent Action The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a dire warning regarding the worsening humanitarian situation in Somalia, emphasizing the urgent need for increased funding and support. This briefing reveals alarming statistics that reflect the escalating hunger crisis affecting millions. Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Ross Smith, calls for global attention. Ongoing drought and conflict exacerbate the situation. Current funding…

Democratic governors escalated demands for consumer refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that former President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by invoking emergency powers to impose tariffs that reshaped global trade and drove up prices at home. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday sent Trump an invoice seeking nearly $9 billion in tariff refunds for families in his state — roughly $1,700 per Illinois household, echoing a Yale University estimate of last year’s average U.S. household burden. In a letter…

The U.K. government will consider introducing a law to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession once police complete their investigation into the king’s brother, it is understood. Any change would require an act of Parliament and the agreement of other countries that share the U.K. monarch, underscoring the constitutional complexity surrounding the royal succession. Detectives continued searching Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home, Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate in Berkshire, on Thursday, while…

Illinois’ Pritzker demands $9B in tariff refunds from Trump after Supreme Court ruling Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday sent President Donald Trump an invoice seeking nearly $9 billion in tariff refunds for Illinois families, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the administration exceeded its authority in using emergency powers to impose broad trade duties that lifted prices at home. “Cut the check,” Pritzker urged in a letter to the White House, accusing the tariff program of “wreaking havoc on farmers,”…

British detectives are continuing searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home after his release from custody following an arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to his past relationship with convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, who served as a U.K. trade envoy from 2001 to 2011, denies any wrongdoing. He was detained for about 11 hours before being released, according to accounts of the operation. The inquiry centers on allegations that he shared sensitive…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed a broad set of tariffs that reshaped global trade, dealing a significant blow to a signature tool of his economic agenda and setting off a scramble in Washington and overseas to assess what comes next. Within hours, the White House signaled it would pursue alternative measures to preserve the tariff regime and even expand it. Appearing at a news conference alongside U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer, Trump said an…

Austrian climber convicted of manslaughter over girlfriend’s death near Grossglockner An Austrian court has found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter after his girlfriend died of cold near the summit of Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain, in a case that has drawn attention for its rarity and its implications for responsibility in high-risk alpine environments. The court in the western city of Innsbruck on Thursday handed the man, identified as Thomas P, a five-month suspended prison sentence and a…

NASA has set March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, contingent on the outcome of final checks and reviews following a full-scale launch rehearsal at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Lori Glaze, a senior official with the U.S. space agency, said work remains before the date can be confirmed, including pad preparations, a flight readiness review and analysis of data from the dress rehearsal. "We need to successfully navigate all of those but…

An Israeli drone strike hit Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp on Friday, killing one person and wounding others, state media said, as the Israeli military claimed it targeted a Hamas command center in the Ain al-Helweh camp near the southern city of Sidon. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported the strike on a neighborhood inside the densely populated camp on Sidon’s outskirts. An AFP correspondent saw smoke rising from a building as ambulances rushed to the scene. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said its…

U.S. Supreme Court curbs Trump’s tariff powers, teeing up potential $175 billion in refunds The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a decision that curbs the White House’s latitude on trade and could trigger tens of billions of dollars in refunds to importers. Writing for the conservative-majority court, the justices concluded that IEEPA “does not authorize the president to…