What a beautiful way to end last night’s matchday: a Moroccan fan thanking the Mexican police for their treatment and welcome before leaving the stadium.
Looking at the state of the world, it feels like people at this World Cup were craving some sense of community.
It’s 34 degrees in London & Brits are burning; rail tracks melting,restaurants turning off fryers etc.
As my wife asked : how did these wimps manage to rule super hot India for so long in their heavy uniforms & elaborate tailcoats?
This is cooler than Indian summers
Israeli forces have killed over 20,000 children & injured 44,000 more since 7 Oct. 2023, Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the @UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel, told reporters today. #HRC62
More on their new report ➡️ https://t.co/gK2KhtlgFb
Israeli forces have killed over 20,000 children & injured 44,000 more since 7 Oct. 2023, Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the @UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel, told reporters today. #HRC62
More on their new report ➡️ https://t.co/gK2KhtlgFb
🚨 To Lindsey Graham… from Riyadh. Once again, the goal here is not merely to respond to your statements, but to dismantle your plan from start to finish.
On February 28, you ignited the war of “legendary fury” and “the lion’s roar.” You thought that taking down Iran would be a sufficient lesson for us. You bet that the roar of bombs over Tehran would force us to normalize relations. You bet that chaos would force us to submit.
Then, on May 24, after seeing that the war had not broken our will, you issued a threat: “Join the Abraham Accords, or face dire consequences.” You tried war first; and when that failed, you tried direct threats. The threats failed as well.
Today, after your “legendary fury” has faltered and your “lion’s roar” has failed to subdue anyone, you are returning to us with a third approach: “economic stability.” You speak of opening the Strait of Hormuz as if it were an achievement, and you claim that the ultimate goal is “expanding the scope of the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.”
You tried war first, and it failed. You tried direct threats, and they failed. And today you are trying economic enticement.
Let me make this clear one last time: Normalization is not a goal of yours that we will achieve, whether you succeed or fail. It is not an economic project being offered to us after the failure of the military option and the failure of threats. Normalization is a sovereign Saudi decision, and its price is well known: an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Anyone who understands this knows why your war failed—and why every threat and every enticement will fail.🇸🇦🦅
News Alert ! Petrol, Diesel prices hiked for fourth time in less than four weeks.
Petrol Increased by Rs. 2.61 in Delhi from Rs 99.51 to Rs. 102.12. Diesel price Increased by Rs. 2.71 in Delhi from Rs 92.49 to Rs 95.20.
RSPs of four Metros for 25.05.26 are as under:
Petrol:
Delhi 102.12 (+2.61)
Kolkata 113.51 (+2.87)
Mumbai 111.21 (+2.72)
Chennai 107.77 (+2.46)
Diesel:
Delhi 95.20 (+2.71)
Kolkata 99.82 (+2.80)
Mumbai 97.83 (+2.81)
Chennai 99.55 (+2.57)
I still recall US officials, think tankers & newspaper editorials going tch-tch and sanctimoniously asking if nuclear weapons are safe in the hands of Indian & Pakistani leaders.
Well.