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A new trial over the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team ​charged with negligent homicide nearly a year after a previous case collapsed in ‌a mistrial. An enduring presence in Argentina – from towering murals to tattoos, opens new tab – Maradona died on November 25, 2020, at 60, after a heart attack while he was recuperating from brain surgery to remove a blood clot. A court in ​San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, will hear testimony from just under 100 witnesses ​as it tries Maradona’s medical team over alleged negligence in the death ⁠of…

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Tuesday for talks ​on the wars in Ukraine and Iran ‌as well as bilateral ties. Lavrov was shown on Russian state television arriving in Beijing where is ​expected to hold talks with Chinese ​Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “A thorough exchange of ⁠views is expected on a number of ‘hot ​topics’ and regional issues, including the Ukrainian ​crisis and the situation in the Middle East,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Lavrov and Wang will ​discuss bilateral cooperation and cooperation in ​multilateral forums such as the United Nations, BRICS, the ‌Shanghai…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a parliamentary majority ​for his Liberal government on Monday, a win that he has said will help him deal more effectively with the trade war started ‌by U.S. President Donald Trump. It will also likely mean Carney, who took office with no political experience and has earned global praise for his efforts to band middle-power nations together, won’t have to worry about an election for years. Capping off an extraordinary few months in Canada when several opposition members joined Carney’s Liberals, his party said on X that it had secured two districts – ​known as ridings -…

 Iranian oil sales in ​recent weeks have ‌been favourable and part of the revenue ​will be ​allocated to repairing damage ⁠to industry caused ​by wartime attacks, ​Iran’s oil minister said on Tuesday. Mohsen Paknejad said ​oil workers had ​maintained operations across facilities ‌during ⁠the conflict, ensuring oil exports were not halted “even for ​a single ​day,” ⁠including at key export ​hubs such as ​Kharg ⁠Island. The minister said last month that ⁠the ​selling price ​of Iranian crude had significantly ​increased.

The suspect accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing charges of attempted murder and arson, authorities said Monday. FBI Director Kash Patel said on the US social media platform X that the bureau on Friday arrested Daniel Moreno-Gama after a raid at his home in Texas. In a news conference on Monday, Matt Cobo, FBI’s acting special agent for San Francisco, said the attack was “planned, targeted and extremely serious.” The Department of Justice also alleged Moreno-Gama possessed a three-part document he wrote that opposed artificial intelligence, according to CNN. Moreno-Gama…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez slammed the Israeli government on Tuesday for violating international law amid ongoing tensions with Iran. “International law is today fundamentally being violated by one country, which is the government of Israel,” Sanchez said during a news conference after he held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. He recalled that Spain, since the very first moment, has described the war “initiated unilaterally” by the US and Israel as a “mistake,” and “illegality.” Sanchez noted that in moments when the international order “is being openly called into question,” the world should return to the…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sought to strengthen cooperation with Spain to oppose a return of the world to the “law of the jungle” amid ongoing conflict between the US and Iran. This came during Xi’s meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. “The world today is in turmoil, confronted with the contest between the rule of law and the rule of power,” Xi said, urging Madrid and Beijing to “jointly defend true multilateralism.” The comments from Xi released by state media did not directly mention the US-Israeli war with Iran. However,…

Mexico’s government has directly intervened in energy prices to avert inflation resulting from the war in Iran and the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday. In her morning press conference, President Sheinbaum said her government has implemented measures to curb rising commodity prices, specifically in energy. While Mexico produces most of its energy requirements, its oil production and energy revenue remain vulnerable to global market volatility, as oil continues to be affected by the conflict between the US and Iran. “If we were not intervening to support the price of gasoline and diesel,…

The Federal Reserve should “wait and see” before ​deciding whether to lower interest rates amid the war ‌in Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith on Monday. Bessent said the U.S. economy was “very strong” in January and February, ​and that the Fed is “doing the right thing by ​sitting and watching” how the conflict plays out. “I would ⁠be shocked, for instance, if (the European Central Bank) hiked (rates),” he ​said. “Although I will say that many European countries, (such as) the ​UK, and Asian countries, are subsidizing demand, which we haven’t done in the…

British finance minister Rachel Reeves will ​tell her global counterparts travelling to Washington this week that her approach to ‌dealing with a more uncertain world – which she has dubbed “securonomics” – is the right one, the government said. Reeves, in the United States for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) summit, will again pitch Britain as a “rare safe haven ​for investors” that offers stability amid soaring energy prices. The deadline passed on Monday for the ​start of a U.S. military blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports, and ⁠Tehran threatened to strike ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending…