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US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed on Wednesday that Iran was rebuilding and expanding its ballistic missile and nuclear programs and posed a major threat to US interests. The warnings came a day after US President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union address that Iran would "soon" have the capability to strike the US mainland, and a day before US and Iranian representatives are due to meet for talks in Geneva, Switzerland. "After their nuclear program was obliterated, they were told not to try to restart it, yet here they are," said Rubio, referring to strikes carried out on Iranian nuclear facilities by US forces on June 22, 2025, during the twelve-day war between Iran and Israel. "You can see them always trying to rebuild elements of it," ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum's director, Laurence des Cars. She's been under fire ever since thieves stole a stash of priceless jewelry from the museum in a brazen daytime heist last year. But the iconic museum has also been in the spotlight for a spate of negative headlines since, including suspicion of large-scale ticket fraud that had been going on for 10 years. The museum has endured several floods that reportedly damaged a ceiling painting and books, and witnessed labor problems. Macron's office says resignation of museum director 'act of responsibility' amid changes Macron's office announced Des Cars's resignation in a statement and also praised the move as an "act of responsibility at a time when the world's largest m...

US President Donald Trump delivered his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, touting increased economic output and reduced immigration numbers, and praising National Guard deployments and the US men's ice hockey team. In a record-long speech focused largely on domestic issues, Trump told Congress that "our nation is back" with an economy "roaring like never before." He claimed that "American oil production is up by more than 600,000 barrels a day" and that "natural gas production is at an all-time high because I kept my promise to drill, baby, drill," applauded at regular intervals by Republican lawmakers. On immigration, Trump boasted that the United States now has "the strongest and most secure border in American history," claiming that, previously, "millions and millions of ...