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Four Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to limit President Trump’s power to keep fighting Iran, one more than in earlier votes, as North Carolina’s Thom Tillis joined in saying Congress deserves an update on the war. The measure still failed in the Senate, and i
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HELSINKI / STOCKHOLM — Finland’s air force said Friday that Swedish and Finnish fighter jets had scrambled on Thursday for their first joint Quick Reaction Alert identification mission, tracking a Russian detachment over the Gulf of Finland.
PARIS — Pope Leo XIV began a four-day official visit to France on Friday, the first papal state visit to the country since Benedict XVI in 2008, the Associated Press, Euronews, and France 24 reported.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. / SAN FRANCISCO — Akamai Technologies said Thursday after the U.S. close that Anthropic had signed an expanded cloud-services commitment of about $11.6 billion over seven years, with room to grow by another $9 billion — a potential total near $20 billion — Reuters and company filings reported.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that any Chinese help for Iran — direct or indirect — was “totally unacceptable,” and U.S. Ambassador David Perdue said Friday that Beijing “assured” Washington it is not aiding Tehran, Reuters and Fox News reported.
UNITED NATIONS — Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear program even if the United States accepts Tehran’s seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and the waterway stays closed until “all of Iran’s conditions are met,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Friday.
BRUSSELS — EU countries agreed Friday to release €6.6 billion ($7.5 billion) from the European Peace Facility linked to Ukraine military aid, with slices for the EU mission, joint procurement, and member-state reimbursements, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, Reuters reported.
KYIV / NEW YORK — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that President Donald Trump has made a “final decision” that Ukraine will receive licenses to produce Patriot air-defense missiles, AFP and France 24 reported — a production unlock distinct from this morning’s unnamed Patriot batch deal.
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Whether the administration gives senators the update on the Iran war that Sen. Thom Tillis says they deserve, after four Republicans broke ranks — and whether high gas prices push more Republicans in close races to call for the fighting to end.
AskWhat price Eli Lilly sets for its new once-a-week insulin, and whether Medicare drug plans and other insurers agree to cover it.
AskWhether the White House says how President Trump answered Xi’s request to “oppose” Taiwan independence, and what is actually in the new trade arrangement Xi described.
AskWhether France’s promised troops, radars and defense systems reach Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu oil port before the next Houthi missile attack, and whether oil stays near a one-week high.
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