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US manufacturers reported steep declines in new orders and employment in February, fuelling fears that the economy is losing momentum as growth expectations also fell sharply. The ISM Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index on Monday dropped to 50.3 in February from 50.9 the previous month, leaving it just above contraction territory, while secondary indices pointed to a sharp fall in new orders from 55.1 to 48.6. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s running estimate of US GDP growth, also published on…

Unusually for him, Donald Trump made no great fuss as he signed one drily worded executive order last Tuesday. Public attention was distracted that day – by the headline-grabbing drama of Elon Musk bludgeoning his way through the federal bureaucracy, by immigrants deported to Guantánamo Bay, and by the torrent of other directives Trump has issued since his inauguration last month. But Trump’s 69th executive order of his second presidency, under the deceptive title of “Ensuring accountability for all agencies”,…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. China’s DeepSeek has transformed the global market of artificial intelligence (AI) and has put the leadership of the US in this sphere at jeopardy, the Foreign Affairs magazine said. According to its estimates, DeepSeek is paving the way for China to dominate in the global AI market. The technology of artificial intelligence may create an edge in the military sector, which further emphasizes…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. /TASS/. A car rammed into pedestrians in Israel, leaving 14 people injured, the Ynet news website reported. The incident happened at a bus stop outside the city of Pardes Hanna. One of the casualties, a 17-year-old girl, is in critical condition. Two more people are in serious condition and another person in medium-severity condition. The others suffered light injuries. The police classified the…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. CAIRO, February 27. /TASS/. Israel’s unwillingness to leave a section on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt – the so-called Philadelphia Corridor – violates the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, said the Palestinian movement Hamas demanding that the mediators force Israel “to fulfill all the terms of the deal.” “The statements that Israel plans to turn the border between Gaza and Egypt…

The villa is stunning. The private swimming pool; the lush, landscaped terrace with firepit; the long dining table with its expansive balcony view; the pingpong table; the piano. But the jewel in the crown, according to the Airbnb listing, is the experience of watching the sun rise over the nearby mountains from the luxury of the generous master bedroom. The villa with views of the Judean mountains is in a settlement located on land seized from Palestinians and considered illegal…

Hungary wants to remove eight individuals from the European Union’s Russia sanctions list and receive fresh guarantees on Ukraine gas transit talks before agreeing to renew the restrictions, EU diplomats said.EU sanctions on Russia – imposed over Moscow’s war against Ukraine – must be renewed every six months by a unanimous vote and Budapest has often used these renewals as bargaining opportunities. On Monday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto wrote on Facebook that Budapest would “not consent to rushing ahead” with the…

Austria’s legal fight against Hungarian nuclear reactors built by Russian companies is valid, the adviser to the EU’s top court ruled. Back in 2017, Brussels approved a Budapest request to finance the construction of a new nuclear power plant, Paks II, in the heart of the country. It was to be built by a Russian company, Nizhny Novgorod Engineering. Austria sued and lost a lower court case in 2022. Today, the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the…

Feb 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed a rare judicial misconduct complaint, accusing the judge hearing a challenge of President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military of “hostile and egregious misconduct.” The complaint, said U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., violated the judicial code of conduct by disrespecting a Justice Department lawyer and failing to uphold the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary. During two hearings in the case this…

The Defense Department said Friday that it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place. It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees, U.S. officials said. They said those lists did not include uniformed military personnel, who are exempt. Probationary employees are generally those on the job for less than a year and who have yet…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Deputy CEO of Gazprombank Dmitry Zauers that the company should partner with billionaire entrepreneur and the current head of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk to develop technology. Zauers told the Russian President about domestically-produced batteries used in aerospace applications and neurochips. They are “our answer to Elon Musk,” the banker said,…