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Mar 6, 2026 - World

South-east Asian country limits air conditioning and travel for public officials amid soaring fuel pricesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Philippines is searching for ways to conserve energy in response to surging fuel costs, with public officials ordered to cut back on air conditioning usage and reduce travel.All national government agencies, state universities and colleges, and local government branches have been told to reduce fuel consumption by at least 10% in response to the crisis in the Middle East. Government offices have been told to adopt flexible work arrangements, and to set air conditioning units no lower than 24 degrees. Continue reading...

Mar 6, 2026 - World

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Thursday after the White House posted its most recent "propaganda" video about the Iran war. The White House published a montage of strikes against Iranian targets interspersed with clips from popular action movies and television shows. The video was captioned, "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY," on X. It was posted at a time when the Trump administration is facing growing scrutiny for its actions in Iran. On Thursday, the New York Times published an investigation determining that the U.S. had bombed a girls's chool in Iran and killed 175 civilians in the process. A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is also challenging the president's reasons for conducting the bombing campaign in the first place. Political analysts and observers shared their reactions on social media. "A deep embarrassment to us all," The Tennessee Holler posted on X. "The entire Trump Cabinet is made up of people play acting actual leaders and now they do videos confirming it," political commentator Neera Tanden posted on X. "Confirming all suspicions of propaganda," journalist Natali Morris posted on X. "This is a f------ disgrace," Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch, posted on X. "There is something in this that seems a poor reflection on people losing their children, sisters, and brothers. They should hire adults," physician David Bell posted on X. JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/0502N6a3rL— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 6, 2026

Mar 6, 2026 - World

Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist partyJimmy Lai, the prominent pro-democracy activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong, has said he will not appeal his conviction.The decision marks the end of a years-long legal saga for the 78-year-old critic of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), and opens the door for political negotiations to his release. Continue reading...

Mar 6, 2026 - World

CNN's Abby Phillip delivered a brutal fact-check on Thursday over President Donald Trump's "regime change" ambitions in Iran. Trump gave an exclusive interview to Axios on Thursday, where he claimed that he should play a role in picking Iran's next leader. Those comments seem to follow in line with one of his stated ambitions for striking Iran in the first place, which he said was to create the conditions for the Iranian people to rise up and take over their government. Jason Rantz, host of the conservative radio news show "Seattle Red," argued on CNN's "NewsNight" that Trump was not "directly calling for" regime change in Iran, which caused the panel to erupt. "Let's be honest!" host Abby Phillip said. She read back Trump's quote to Rantz. Rantz said that "The administration has not just said they want regime change, they've actually carried out an operation that has killed the Ayatollah," she argued. On Saturday, U.S. and Israeli forces coordinated bombing strikes across more than 100 sites in Iran, which killed many of the country's top military and political leaders. Even some of the poeple Trump was considering to replace the Ayatollah were killed in the strike, the White House said.

Mar 6, 2026 - World

A former GOP speechwriter flagged a "bigger risk" that President Donald Trump just created after he fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. On Thursday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was replacing Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), effective on March 31. Noem was given another position, Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, for an initiative that Trump said he will announce more details on later. The decision happened at a time when the Trump administration had launched direct strikes against Iran, an operation that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several of the country's top military and political leaders. Trump has said there is a chance that Iran may strike the U.S. in retaliation for the strikes. David Frum, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush and a staff writer at The Atlantic, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Thursday night that the decision to remove Noem was alarming. "The United States is now engaged in a big global war against the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism," Frum said. "There is, of course, a real risk that a state sponsor of terrorism could commit terrorism inside the United States, and an even bigger risk that the administration could claim that their acts of terrorism are coming." "It has never been more vital to have professional, responsible, competent honest, trustworthy leadership of the Department of Homeland Security that is committed to respecting the freedom of americans and not in any way allowing that department to be used to tamper with the 2020 elections but that's notthe leadership it's had, and that's not the leadership that the president would like it to have," he continued.