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U.S. Vice President JD Vance lavished praise on Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orban on ​Tuesday as he arrived in Budapest to boost the veteran nationalist leader’s campaign ahead of an election that many opinion polls suggest Orban will ‌lose. Orban, a eurosceptic nationalist in power since 2010, is facing the toughest re-election bidof his career, with independent polls indicating his Fidesz party will lose Sunday’s vote to centre-right challenger Peter Magyar’s Tisza party. Vance’s visit, just days before the vote, underscores how crucial President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement deems Orban’s re-election to be. Trump has already personally endorsed Orban, 62, as “a truly strong…

One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in an extended gun battle with police outside the tower building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to authorities and Reuters witnesses. Police officers pulled out guns and took cover as shots ​rang out for at least 10 minutes near a permanent security checkpoint amid the glass towers in the heart ​of Turkey’s main financial district. One person was seen covered in blood. Footage obtained by Reuters showed ⁠an apparent attacker, in a dark top and carrying a backpack, moving among parked white police and security buses and…

Matthias Schmale was “appalled” by the attacks in Dnipro, Kharkiv and Kyiv, noting that many more people in several regions – including Dnipro, Odesa and Vinnitsya – are facing power outages. “Systematic attacks by the Russian Federation Armed Forces on critical infrastructure affect the daily lives of millions and cause life-threatening conditions for the most vulnerable, including older people and children,” he said in a statement posted on social media.  He recalled that international humanitarian law prohibits attacks on civilian infrastructure. Keeping families warm In the face of the “incessant attacks” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) is scaling up efforts to help keep critical services running amid freezing temperatures. Since November, UNICEF has delivered 106 mid- and large-capacity generators across the…

U.S. strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island ​do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. ‌Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact ​oil infrastructure. The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition ​of anonymity, described at least some of the ⁠strikes as targeting sites that had been previously struck before ​and said the attack occurred in the early morning hours ​of Tuesday. Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy, with the Trump administration confident that it…

In 2022, California announced that it wanted to install 6 million heat pumps by 2030. So far, it’s only installed about 2.3 million, which means to make that goal, it would need to average about 2,000 installs per day for the next five years. Hitting that target could be difficult considering a typical mini split can take around a day to install and cost around $4,000 to $6,000 per zone, according to EnergySage. “We’ve got to do something different,” Mary-Ann Rau, co-founder and CEO of Merino Energy, told TechCrunch. Merino Energy, which has been operating in stealth, wants to change…

FG has budgeted N135.22bn for 2027 post-election legal battles. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has proposed N135.22 billion in the 2026 budget for what it described as “Electoral Adjudication and Post-Election Provision,” signalling a major financial commitment to managing legal disputes and obligations that typically follow elections in the country. The provision was contained in the House of Representatives Order Paper for March 31, 2026, which includes the report on the 2026 Appropriation Bill. The allocation was listed under Service-Wide Votes, a centrally managed pool of funds used by the government to finance obligations not tied…

 Afghanistan said on ​Tuesday that useful ‌discussions have taken place ​in the ​northwestern Chinese city of ⁠Urumqi to ​resolve its conflict ​with Pakistan. China, which shares its western ​border with ​both countries, has been ‌mediating ⁠to help end the worst conflict between ​the ​allies-turned-foes ⁠since the Taliban ​returned to ​power ⁠in 2021.

The Board of African Export-Import Bank has approved a $10 billion emergency support programme aimed at shielding African and Caribbean economies from the escalating economic disruptions linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict. The intervention reflects growing concern over the exposure of import-dependent economies to global supply shocks, particularly in energy, food and industrial inputs. The Gulf region remains a critical source of crude oil, liquefied natural gas and fertiliser exports, while also serving as a key transit corridor for global trade flows. Any disruption within this region carries immediate consequences for countries heavily reliant on imported fuel, agricultural inputs…

 Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike U.S. forces ​and other targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. The conclusions, reviewed by Reuters, also found that Russian and Iranian hackers were collaborating in the cyber domain. They ‌represent the most detailed account yet of how Russia has provided secret support to Iran since Israel and the U.S. launched their assault on February 28. Russian satellites, the undated assessment said, made at least 24 surveys of areas in 11 Middle Eastern countries from March 21 to 31,…