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As conflict in the Middle East enters its fifth day on Wednesday, American and Israeli officials are pushing rhetoric suggesting that the campaign against Iran is a religious war.On Tuesday, Muslim civil rights organisation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), condemned the Pentagon’s use of this rhetoric, deeming it “dangerous” and “anti-Muslim”.The United States and Israel began their attack on Iran on Saturday and have continued to carry out strikes on Iran since then. In retaliation, Iran has hit back at targets in Israel, and US military assets in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Cyprus.A…

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European shares sank to one-month lows on Tuesday as a deepening global equities rout gathered momentum. Investors were rattled by the prospect of a prolonged Middle East conflict and a renewed surge in oil prices that could reignite inflation across the region.The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 3.26%, leaving it on course for its sharpest single-day decline since April. The selloff was broad-based, with every sector in negative territory as markets shifted firmly into risk-off mode.Major indexes hit multi-week lowsGermany’s DAX dropped nearly 4%, touching its lowest level in almost two months.France’s CAC 40 slid 3.12%, while Spain’s IBEX 35…

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Wednesday that “America is winning” at a news briefing at the Pentagon as the U.S. campaign against Iran entered its fifth day.Appearing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine in their second briefing since the war began, Hegseth stressed that the operation is only four days old, noting that “metrics are shifting, dust is settling and more forces are arriving.””It’s very early, and as President Trump has said, we will take all the time we need to make sure that we succeed,” Hegseth said. The Defense Secretary touted “incredible” and “historic” results…

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Hi, I’m Chloé Zhao. I am the director of “Hamnet.” This is when Agnes, who’s played by Jessie Buckley, comes to the Globe Theater to see her husband, William Shakespeare, played by Paul Mescal, his play, “Hamlet,” inspired by their son, Hamnet, who had passed away. “Look at me.” And in that moment, she realizes that he wrote this play to process and to express his grief for the loss of their son. For Maggie O’Farrell, the author of the novel “Hamnet,” and who is also my co-writer, when we were working on the screenplay, the entire script was moving…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TUCSON, Ariz. — Two podcasters, one equipped with a metal detector, scanned a roadside easement at the Tucson home of missing Nancy Guthrie on Tuesday as three unidentified men worked inside.Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been abducted from her Tucson home in the early hours of Feb. 1.The two groups of people were not believed to be connected — and the latter likely had permission from her family to go inside the home. They did not comment on their way out.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE…

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Every Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m., Charlie Whitley closes his vintage clothing store in Montreal’s Mile-End neighbourhood and feels frustrated. He wants to stay open later, but that would be against the law. “It doesn’t make any sense,” he said about the “ridiculous” rules.“It pains me every weekend to close the door at that time.”But the law is about to change — at least temporarily — with a one-year pilot project starting March 11 that would allow stores to stay open on weekends as late as the law permits on weekdays: 9 p.m. And while some retail owners welcome…

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People look at Xiaomi’s humanoid robot ‘CyberOne’ during 2023 World Robot Conference at Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center on August 18, 2023 in Beijing, China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesXiaomi trialed its humanoid robots in its electric vehicle production plants, the company’s president told CNBC, as it looks to boost productivity in its factories.Two humanoid robots can complete 90% of the work in three hours, Lu Weibing told CNBC in an interview at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain. They can complete tasks like installing nuts and moving materials, he said.”To integrate robots…

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The last time WA audiences saw Robert Tripolino commanding the Crown Theatre Perth stage, he was getting nailed to a cross as the titular character in Jesus Christ Superstar’s Australian theatre production one year ago.In his latest role as Dmitry in Anastasia — the timeless story’s first ever Aussie stage adaptation — Tripolino is set to return to the same stage this Thursday night for the musical’s official opening in Perth.Promising far less bass guitar or bloodshed than his previous local performances, audiences will see the star’s narrative flipped from being the followed, to the follower, as a charming conman.“It’s…

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