U.S. Vice President JD Vance has announced the conclusion of an intense, 21-hour round of negotiations with Iran held in Pakistan, which ended without an agreement and with the presentation of what Washington describes as its "final offer."As explained by Vance, the talks included multiple substantive meetings between the two delegations, though without any decisive breakthroughs. "We have held several substantive conversations with the Iranians. That is the good news. The bad news is that we did not reach...

Polling stations across Hungary have opened their doors to kick off what are possibly the most significant European elections of the year—a contest in which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party faces the greatest threat to its decade-and-a-half-long rule: his former subordinate and current poll frontrunner, Péter Magyar, and his Tisza party.The polls opened at 6:00 a.m. local time (the same time as in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands), marking the start of 13 hours of voting that...

He insists on the responsibility to "improve relations" and asserts that the concept of "unity among Chinese people on both sides of the Strait" "will not change."Chinese President Xi Jinping received Cheng Li Wun—leader of the Kuomintang, Taiwan's main opposition party—in Beijing this Friday. This meeting marked the first of its kind in a decade and took place amidst rising tensions between the Asian giant and the authorities on the island.Cheng, who arrived in the Chinese city of Shanghai...

He Opines That European Allies Were "A Bit Slow," Though He Highlights Their Initiatives to Ensure Navigation in the Strait of HormuzNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has acknowledged that tensions exist among the partners of the Atlantic Alliance and that all of them are aware of the "profound change" the organization is undergoing under the "leadership" of Donald Trump; however, he has maintained that European allies are—"almost without exception"—doing "everything the United States is asking" regarding the conflict in...

The UN Denounces That Women Live Longer But Not Better, Citing Biases Such as "Historical Exclusion from Research"The United Nations (UN) has denounced the fact that women live longer but not better, attributing this to medical biases such as "historical exclusion from research." Indeed, "until 1993," women "were largely excluded from clinical trials," a situation that resulted in "many treatments being developed based on male biology."This constitutes one of the "uncomfortable truths" to which the organization refers regarding the...