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Trump to Putin: ‘Vladimir, STOP!’Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv killed at least 12 people and injured 90 others yesterday. The attack prompted President Trump to express rare disapproval of Moscow.“Vladimir, STOP!” Trump posted on social media, addressing Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing.”The attack came hours after Trump and his top aides had demanded that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, accept an American-designed plan that favored Russia.Speaking in the Oval Office yesterday, Trump said that he had “no allegiance” to either side and that his…

The Trump administration is applauding a major move by a key South American ally in the global fight against terrorism.On Thursday, the U.S. State Department issued a statement congratulating Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña for officially labeling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization – a decision the U.S. calls a critical blow to Iran’s terror network in the Western Hemisphere.”The United States welcomes President Santiago Peña’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization,” said State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.In addition to the IRGC designation, Paraguay also expanded its 2019 designations of the armed…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch on Thursday celebrated the destruction of 3,375 seized illegal handguns and 200 rifles.The firearms were only a small portion of the more than 21,400 seized firearms seized since Adams took over the administration.The weapons were loaded onto a conveyor belt and fed to a gun chipper to be turned into scrap metal and recycled.”Today, we say goodbye and good riddance to thousands of illegal guns that no longer threaten the safety of our neighborhoods, our families, or our children by sending over 3,500…

Experts say Peter Dutton’s often-repeated campaign claim that power bills have increased by $1300 is misleading and based on cherry-picked data.

Tokyo climbed one per cent, while Hong Kong, Shanghai were also up. The Nikkei rise came despite struggling Japanese auto giant Nissan issuing a stark profit warning on Thursday, forecasting a huge loss of up to US$5.3 billion in the 2024 to 2025 financial year. The markets see that the company “is moving ahead toward turnaround”, said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Tatsuo Yoshida, as Nissan shares climbed more than three per cent on Friday. “Booking significant impairment losses and restructuring charges is a necessary step toward Nissan Motor’s turnaround.” Seoul jumped 0.5 per cent after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersGood morning. US stocks continued their multi-day rally yesterday, despite Beijing declaring trade negotiations would not begin until the US removed Donald Trump’s so-called “liberation day” tariffs. Hope is a hard thing to stamp out. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and aiden.reiter@ft.com.Markets since ‘liberation day’Markets are back to where they…

Ruling alarms senior executives of the accountancy, who touted their access to lucrative and hard-to-find investments

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.All Dolled UpPete Hegseth denied reports this week that he requested a makeup studio built at the Pentagon to prepare for television interviews.On Thursday, Jimmy Kimmel said Americans wouldn’t even recognize the former secretary of defense, as opposed to Hegseth, who “is on TV now more than Ryan Seacrest.”“This is Lloyd Austin, he is a four-star general. He was the previous secretary of defense. You…

Upstate, Schlather has been unfurling a series of Handel productions with the terrific period-instrument ensemble Ruckus; “Cesare,” running through May 2, comes on the heels of “Rodelinda” at Hudson Hall in 2023. It is a precious bastion of an ever rarer breed.His directorial style in dealing with this composer’s works has gotten clearer with experience. “Alcina” and “Orlando” were always quirky, often thrilling and sometimes bewildering. But this substantially yet intelligently trimmed “Cesare” — with intermission, it’s just under three hours — is a stylishly straightforward account of a story of vengeance and lust set amid Julius Caesar’s campaign to…

Google might be threatened with a breakup after losing two antitrust cases, but in the meantime it can console itself with piles of money.Alphabet, Google’s parent company, posted results on Thursday that included a large jump in profit. Net income for the first quarter was $34.54 billion, up from $23.66 billion a year earlier.Much of that increase, however, stemmed from equity investments, not operations. It’s still money, but less exciting to investors and analysts. Google shares rose modestly in trading after the news was released.Revenue was $90.23 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent from a year earlier. That was…