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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has retired after a 27-year career, completing three missions aboard the International Space Station, logging 608 days in space, nine spacewalks, and inspiring future generations of explorers.

NASA's Sunita Williams Retires, Leaves Lasting Space Legacy

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has retired after a 27-year career, completing three missions aboard the International Space Station, logging 608 days in space, nine spacewalks, and inspiring future generations of explorers.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has retired from the space agency, capping a stellar 27-year career during which she completed three missions aboard the International Space Station and set various human spaceflight records.
Williams, 60, is currently visiting India. On Tuesday afternoon, she participated in an interactive session hosted at the American Center in New Delhi.
Posters of the event -- "Eyes on the Stars, Feet on the Ground", at the venue, described her as 'NASA Astronaut, Ret. and US Navy Captain, Ret.'
During conversation, she shared her experiences from the time when she had got stuck in space when an eight-day mission to the International Space Station had turned out to be a challenge of a lifetime as problems cropped up on their Boeing space flight that stretched her stay in orbit to over nine months.
"After 27 years of service, NASA astronaut Suni Williams retired from the agency, effective Dec. 27, 2025. Williams completed three missions aboard the International Space Station, setting numerous human spaceflight records throughout her career," NASA said in a statement issued on January 20.
Sunita 'Suni' Williams was born to a Gujarati father, Deepak Pandya, hailing from Jhulasan in Mehsana district and a Slovenian mother, Ursuline Bonnie Pandya, on September 19, 1965, in Euclid, Ohio, in the US.
&ldquo;Suni Williams has been a trailblazer in human spaceflight, shaping the future of exploration through her leadership aboard the space station and paving the way for commercial missions to low Earth orbit,&rdquo; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman was quoted as saying in the statement.
&ldquo;Her work advancing science and technology has laid the foundation for Artemis missions to the Moon and advancing toward Mars, and her extraordinary achievements will continue to inspire generations to dream big and push the boundaries of what&rsquo;s possible. Congratulations on your well-deserved retirement, and thank you for your service to NASA and our nation.&rdquo;
Williams logged 608 days in space -- second on the list of cumulative time in space by a NASA astronaut. She ranks sixth on the list of longest single spaceflight by an American, tied with NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, both logging 286 days during NASA&rsquo;s Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew-9 missions, it said.
Williams also completed nine spacewalks, totalling 62 hours and 6 minutes, ranking as the most spacewalk time by a woman and fourth-most on the all-time cumulative spacewalk duration list. She was the first person to run a marathon in space, NASA said.
The Needham, Massachusetts, native holds a bachelor's degree in physical science from the United States Naval Academy and a master&rsquo;s degree in engineering management from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.
A retired US Navy captain, Williams is an accomplished helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, having logged more than 4,000 flight hours in 40 different aircraft, it said.
&ldquo;Anyone who knows me knows that space is my absolute favourite place to be,&rdquo; Williams was quoted as saying in the statement.
&ldquo;It's been an incredible honour to have served in the Astronaut Office and have had the opportunity to fly in space three times. I had an amazing 27-year career at NASA, and that is mainly because of all the wonderful love and support I&rsquo;ve received from my colleagues," she said.
The International Space Station, the people, the engineering, and the science are truly awe-inspiring and have made the next steps of exploration to the Moon and Mars possible, the veteran astronaut said.
"I hope the foundation we set has made these bold steps a little easier. I am super excited for NASA and its partner agencies as we take these next steps, and I can&rsquo;t wait to watch the agency make history," she said.
Williams launched for the first time aboard space shuttle Discovery with STS-116 in December 2006 and returned aboard space shuttle Atlantis with the STS-117 crew.
She served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 14/15 and completed a then-record-breaking four spacewalks during the mission.
In 2012, Williams launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 127-day mission as a member of Expedition 32/33. She also served as space station commander for Expedition 33.
Williams performed three spacewalks during the mission to repair a leak on a station radiator and replace a component that gets power from the station&rsquo;s solar arrays to its systems, it said.
Most recently, Williams and Wilmore launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June 2024 as part of NASA&rsquo;s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. She and Wilmore went on to join Expedition 71/72, and Williams again took command of the space station for Expedition 72.
She completed two spacewalks on the mission and returned to Earth in March 2025, as part of the agency&rsquo;s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
&ldquo;Suni is incredibly sharp, and an all-around great friend and colleague,&rdquo; said Scott Tingle, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA Johnson.
&ldquo;She&rsquo;s inspired so many people, including myself and other astronauts in the corps. We&rsquo;re all going to miss her greatly and wish her nothing but the best.&rdquo;
Beyond her spaceflight experience, Williams held numerous roles throughout her NASA career.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned at Davos that the world is experiencing a rupture in the rules-based order, driven by intensifying great power competition and shifting global dynamics.

World order in 'midst of a rupture': Canada PM Carney tells Davos

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned at Davos that the world is experiencing a rupture in the rules-based order, driven by intensifying great power competition and shifting global dynamics.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that the US‑led global system of governance is enduring "a rupture," defined by great power competition and a "fading" rules‑based order.
Carney delivered his stirring speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum, a day before US President Donald Trump was set to address the gathering in Davos, Switzerland.
Since entering Canadian politics last year, Carney has repeatedly warned that the world was not going to return to a pre‑Trump normal.
He re‑affirmed that message on Tuesday, in a speech that did not name Trump but offered an analysis of the president's impact on global affairs.
"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition," Carney said.
He noted that Canada had benefited from the old "rules‑based international order," including from "American hegemony" that "helped provide public goods: open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security, and support for frameworks for resolving disputes."
A new reality has set in, Carney said.
"Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as coercion."
 &ndash; 'On the menu' &ndash;
In an apparent warning against efforts to appease major powers, Carney said countries like Canada can no longer hope that "compliance will buy safety."
"It won't," he said.
"The question for middle powers, like Canada, is not whether to adapt to this new reality. We must. The question is whether we adapt by simply building higher walls -- or whether we can do something more ambitious."
"Middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu," Carney said.
"Great powers can afford for now to go it alone. They have the market size, the military capacity, and the leverage to dictate terms. Middle powers do not."
Carney delivered his Davos speech after Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported that the Canadian military has developed a model response to a US invasion.
Citing two unnamed senior government officials, the paper said the Canadian response model centers on insurgency‑style tactics, like those used in Afghanistan by fighters who resisted Soviet and later US forces.
After Trump's 2024 election and in the early months of his new term, he repeatedly referred to the US's northern neighbour as the 51st state and said a merger would benefit Canada.
Trump's annexation talk has eased in recent months, but overnight he posted an image on his social media platform of a map showing Canada and Venezuela covered in the US flag, implying a full American takeover of both countries.
The Davos meeting has been overshadowed by Trump's threats to enforce US control over Greenland, with the president vowing that his plan for the autonomous Danish territory was irreversible.
"Canada stands firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully supports their unique right to determine Greenland's future," Carney said.

President Donald Trump reiterated that Iran would be “wiped off the face of this earth” if Tehran attempted to assassinate him, amid escalating threats between the US and Iran.

Trump says Iran would be 'wiped off the face of the Earth' if it targeted him

President Donald Trump reiterated that Iran would be &ldquo;wiped off the face of this earth&rdquo; if Tehran attempted to assassinate him, amid escalating threats between the US and Iran.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated a warning that Iran would be wiped "off the face of this earth" if Tehran ever succeeded in assassinating the US leader.
In a heated exchange of threats, Iran and the United States both threatened broadscale wars if the leaders of either country are assassinated.
"I have very firm instructions. Anything happens, they're going to wipe them off the face of this earth," Trump said in a News Nation interview that aired Tuesday, in response to a question on Iran's threats on the 79-year-old's life.
Earlier Tuesday, in response to any threats facing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian General Abolfazl Shekarchi was quoted as saying Trump already knew Tehran would not hold back if the tables were turned.
"Trump knows that if a hand of aggression is extended toward our leader, we will not only sever that hand, and this is not a mere slogan," Shekarchi was quoted as telling Iranian state media.
"But we will set their world on fire and leave them no safe haven in the region."
Trump issued a similar warning to Iran a year ago, shortly after returning to the White House, when he told reporters "if they do it, they get obliterated."
Iran is still reeling from violence unleashed during some of the biggest anti-government protests since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Human rights groups are working to confirm the number of people killed during the protests, with the Human Rights Activists News Agency reporting more than 4,000 confirmed deaths.
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO has said verification of deaths in the crackdown remains severely hampered due to the communication restrictions, but noted on Monday that available information "indicates that the number of protesters killed may exceed even the highest media estimates", which reach 20,000.
Iranians began holding mass demonstrations to call for relief from economic woes in December, when the country's currency hit a new low under the leadership of the 86-year-old ayatollah, who has resisted democratic reform for decades.
Many in Iran's global diaspora, including exiled Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, have called for US intervention against the ruling apparatus in Tehran.
Ebadi urged "highly targeted actions" against Iran's supreme leader and commanders of his Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

A Danish MEP sparked global attention after bluntly telling former US President Donald Trump to “f*** off” during a European Parliament debate over Washington’s renewed push to acquire Greenland.

Danish lawmaker tells Trump to 'f*** off' during Greenland debate in European Parliament

A Danish MEP sparked global attention after bluntly telling former US President Donald Trump to &ldquo;f*** off&rdquo; during a European Parliament debate over Washington&rsquo;s renewed push to acquire Greenland.

A Danish Member of the European Parliament sparked global attention after telling former US President Donald Trump to &ldquo;f*** off&rdquo; during a debate at the European Parliament over Washington&rsquo;s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland.
The remarks were made by Anders Vistisen, 38, during a session focused on US interest in the Arctic territory, as Trump continues to publicly push for control of Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Addressing Trump directly, Vistisen said, &ldquo;Dear President Trump, listen very carefully. Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It is an integrated country. It is not for sale.&rdquo;
He then added, &ldquo;Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr President, f*** off.&rdquo;
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Video footage of the exchange quickly went viral, showing Vistisen continuing his speech in Danish before being interrupted by European Parliament Vice President Nicolae Stefanuta, who objected to the use of profane language on the floor of the House.
&ldquo;I am sorry, colleague, this is against our rules,&rdquo; Stefanuta told him. &ldquo;We have clear rules about curse words and language that is inappropriate in this room. I am sorry to interrupt you. It is unacceptable, even if you might have strong political feelings about this.&rdquo;
Vistisen later resumed the remainder of his address in Danish after the rebuke.
The incident comes amid renewed pressure from Trump over Greenland, which he has described as strategically vital for US and NATO security, citing competition with Russia and China as melting Arctic ice opens new shipping routes and access to resources.
Trump has also escalated tensions by threatening tariffs of up to 25 per cent on eight European countries backing Denmark&rsquo;s position on Greenland, prompting European leaders to warn of possible countermeasures against the United States.
The exchange has highlighted growing European frustration with US rhetoric over the future of the autonomous Arctic territory.

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive bid to acquire Greenland has sparked a major confrontation with European leaders at Davos, deepening transatlantic tensions and raising concerns over NATO unity.

Donald Trump heads for Davos maelstrom over Greenland

US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s aggressive bid to acquire Greenland has sparked a major confrontation with European leaders at Davos, deepening transatlantic tensions and raising concerns over NATO unity.

US President Donald Trump descends on Davos for a showdown with European leaders Wednesday as his bid to seize Greenland threatens to tear the transatlantic alliance apart.
Trump brutally mocked the Europeans a day before heading to the World Economic Forum, where he will be the star of a dark, self-made drama over the fate of the autonomous Danish territory.
But leaders in the Swiss ski resort have closed ranks against Trump's aggressive America First stance, with French President Emmanuel Macron vowing to stand up against "bullies" and the EU promising an "unflinching" response.
"I'm going to a beautiful place in Switzerland where I'm sure I'm very happily awaited for," Trump said with a smile at a White House briefing to mark his first year back in power, before leaving for Davos.
Asked how far he was prepared to go to acquire Greenland from Denmark, a fellow NATO member, Trump replied: "You'll find out."
Later as he left the White House for his flight, the president admitted he had "no idea" how the trip to Davos would pan out.
Trump's eagerly awaited speech at the annual gathering of the world's economic and political elite, which he is attending for the first time in six years, is scheduled for 2:30pm (1330 GMT).
But as the biggest rift opens between Washington and Europe in decades over his Greenland ambitions, Trump said he would have a number of meetings on the issue at Davos.
 - 'Downward spiral' -
Trump insists that mineral-rich Greenland is vital for US and NATO security against Russia and China as a melting Arctic opens up and the superpowers jostle for strategic advancement.
He has turned up the pressure by threatening tariffs of up to 25 percent on eight European countries for backing Denmark, prompting Europe to threaten countermeasures against the United States.
At Davos on Tuesday, Macron, in sunglasses because of a burst blood vessel, warned against US attempts to "subordinate Europe", and blasted Trump's tariff threats as "unacceptable."
Macron was the subject of Trump's mockery as he publicly revealed a text message from the French leader proposing a G7 summit in Paris on Thursday on Greenland as well as Ukraine.
Trump later said he would not join any such meeting, while Macron clarified to AFP that no gathering was scheduled.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meanwhile warned that Trump risked plunging US ties with the European Union into a "downward spiral".
And Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney -- who has sought to reduce his own country's dependence on Washington since Trump called for it to become the 51st US state -- won a standing ovation at Davos for his stance.
"Canada stands firmly with Greenland and Denmark," Carney said.
In his Davos speech, the White House said Trump wanted to focus on the US economy amid a cost of living crisis that threatens his Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
But the US president's extraordinary assertion of US power on the world stage one year into his second term means Greenland will form the backdrop to the address.
 - 'End of NATO' -
Greenland's prime minister said on Tuesday his tiny population of 57,000 must be prepared for military force.
Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda told AFP at Davos that any such move by the United States against a fellow ally "would be the end of NATO."
Trump said on Tuesday that he had done "more for NATO than anyone" and questioned whether allies would help the United States -- despite the fact that Denmark was among those who did after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Republican senator Thom Tillis, a member of a bipartisan US Congress delegation that has visited Copenhagen and Davos, told AFP however about the row: "I think it de-escalates over time."
On Thursday, meanwhile, Trump is set to formally announce the first charter of his so-called "Board of Peace," a body for resolving international conflicts with a $1 billion price tag for permanent membership.
The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza, but a draft of the charter seen by AFP does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.
Trump's invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin has caused particular consternation among US allies due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has gloated over the Greenland row, while sending a senior Putin envoy to meet US officials on Ukraine in Davos.

US President Donald Trump has again claimed credit for ending the India-Pakistan conflict, saying his intervention prevented a nuclear war and saved millions of lives, an assertion India has repeatedly denied.

India, Pak were going to go nuclear in my opinion: Trump repeats claim to end conflict

US President Donald Trump has again claimed credit for ending the India-Pakistan conflict, saying his intervention prevented a nuclear war and saved millions of lives, an assertion India has repeatedly denied.

US President Donald Trump touted ending the conflict between India and Pakistan as among the accomplishments of the first year of his second term in the White House, saying the two countries &ldquo;were going to go nuclear" in his opinion, and that he saved millions of lives by stopping the war.
Trump said he ended &ldquo;eight unendable wars in 10 months".
&ldquo;These were unendable wars - Cambodia and Thailand fighting for years, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda. Pakistan and India, they were really going at it. Eight planes shot down. They were going to go nuclear in my opinion,&rdquo; Trump said at a lengthy news conference Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of his second term in office.
Addressing a packed White House press briefing room, Trump said the prime minister of Pakistan, who visited him in Washington last year, said that &ldquo;'President Trump saved 10 million people, and maybe much more than that&rsquo;. They're both nuclear countries.&rdquo;
Later in the press conference, which lasted 105 minutes, Trump again claimed credit for ending the war between India and Pakistan.
Responding to a question on how him winning the Nobel Peace Prize would have improved the lives of average everyday Americans, Trump said he saved probably tens of millions of lives by ending eight wars around the world.
&ldquo;If you add up the numbers, just&hellip; if you look at any one of those wars, you're talking about millions of people. You multiply it eight times. But when you look at India and Pakistan, that could have been 10,15, 20 million people. It could have been more than that. So I saved millions of people. So that to me is the big thing,&rdquo; Trump said.
The White House released an exhaustive compilation of achievements in the first year of Trump 2.0. Titled &lsquo;365 WINS IN 365 DAYS: President Trump&rsquo;s Return Marks New Era of Success, Prosperity&rsquo;, the statement says, &ldquo;One year ago today, President Donald J. Trump returned to office with a resounding mandate to restore prosperity, secure the border, rebuild American strength, and put the American people first. In just 365 days, President Trump has delivered truly transformative results with the most accomplished first year of any presidential term in modern history.
&ldquo;From negative net migration for the first time in 50 years to the largest homicide drop on record, trillions in reshored investments, peace deals ending multiple wars, record energy production, and massive bureaucracy cuts, President Trump has put America First with urgency &mdash; and he&rsquo;s just getting started,&rdquo; it said.
Under a section titled &lsquo;Reasserting American Leadership on the World Stage&rsquo;, the statement from the White House notes &ldquo;Brokered peace between India and Pakistan&rdquo; as among Trump&rsquo;s accomplishments in the first year since January 20, 2025, when he took office for a second term.
Trump has now claimed about 90 times that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, an assertion he has been making repeatedly, on various platforms in the US and around the world, since May 10 last year when he announced on social media that India and Pakistan agreed to a &ldquo;full and immediate&rdquo; ceasefire after a &ldquo;long night&rdquo; of talks mediated by Washington.
India has consistently denied any third-party intervention.
Trump also said that he should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the wars, including between Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
&ldquo;Should have gotten the Nobel Prize for each war, but I don't say that. I saved millions and millions of people,&rdquo; Trump said, adding that leaders of every single country where he ended a conflict nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
He also lashed out at Norway, home of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that selects the Peace Prize recipient, for not giving him the Nobel, saying Oslo has "tremendous control" over who gets the annual honour.
&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots, ok. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. They'll say &lsquo;we have nothing to do with it&rsquo;. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige,&rdquo; Trump said.
&ldquo;Well, I lost a lot of respect for Norway, and I believe very strongly that Norway controls the Nobel Prize. But you have to understand, I settled eight wars,&rdquo; Trump said, adding that leaders of those countries sent in &ldquo;strong recommendations&rdquo; calling for him to be given the prize.
&ldquo;I settled eight wars. No president's probably ever settled one war. I don't know, think of it. I did eight. The reason I do it is because it's easy for me to do, and I didn't do it for a Nobel Prize. I did it because I'm saving a lot of lives.
I'm trying to settle the final one. I'm trying to do Russia-Ukraine&hellip; But I feel that Norway has tremendous control over who gets the Nobel Prize, despite what they say," Trump said.
He added that he has &ldquo;such respect&rdquo; for Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who last week presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Trump in the White House.
Describing her as a &ldquo;good woman&rdquo;, Trump noted that she had said she didn&rsquo;t deserve the Nobel Prize, which should have gone to Trump who &ldquo;deserves&rdquo; it for ending eight wars.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for calm as Trump’s Greenland tariff threats spark diplomatic tensions with Europe, while the EU considers countermeasures.

Bessent says US-Europe relations have 'never been closer' despite Greenland crisis

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for calm as Trump&rsquo;s Greenland tariff threats spark diplomatic tensions with Europe, while the EU considers countermeasures.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said America's relations with Europe remain strong and urged trading partners to &ldquo;take a deep breath&rdquo; and let tensions driven by the Trump administration's new tariff threats over Greenland &ldquo;play out.&rdquo;
&ldquo;I think our relations have never been closer,&rdquo; he said, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
On Saturday, Trump announced a 10 per cent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations that have rallied around Denmark in the wake of his stepped up calls for the United States to take over the semi-autonomous territory of Greenland.
Trump has insisted the US needs the territory for security reasons against possible threats from China and Russia.
The American leader's threats have sparked outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity across Europe, as leaders consider possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs and the first-ever use of the European Union's anti-coercion instrument.
The EU has three major economic tools it could use to pressure Washington: new tariffs, suspension of the US-EU trade deal, and a &ldquo;trade bazooka,&rdquo; the unofficial term for the bloc's Anti-Coercion Instrument that could sanction individuals or institutions found to be putting undue pressure on the EU.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump posted on social media that he had spoken with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and &ldquo;I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos, Switzerland,&rdquo; where they will be attending the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week.
Trump also posted a text message from Emmanuel Macron in which the French president suggested a meeting of members of the Group of Seven industrialised democracies in Paris after the Davos gathering.
An official close to French President Macron confirmed Tuesday that the message shared by President Trump is genuine. &ldquo;It shows that the French President, both in public and in private, takes the same views,&rdquo; the official said.
France considers respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states to be &ldquo;non-negotiable,&rdquo; the official said.
Later, however, Trump posted some provocatively doctored images. One showed him planting the US flag next to a sign reading &ldquo;Greenland, US Territory, Est. 2026.&rdquo;
The other showed Trump in the Oval Office next to a map that showed Greenland and Canada covered with the US Stars and Stripes.
In a sign of how tensions have increased in recent days, thousands of Greenlanders marched over the weekend in protest of any effort to take over their island.
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post Monday that the tariff threats would not change their stance.
&ldquo;We will not be pressured,&rdquo; he wrote.
In his latest threat of tariffs, Trump indicated that the import taxes would be retaliation for last week's deployment of symbolic numbers of troops from the European countries to Greenland &mdash; though he also suggested that he was using the tariffs as leverage to negotiate with Denmark.
In a different development, the British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which his administration previously supported.
Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, home to a strategically important American naval and bomber base, was an act of stupidity that shows why he needs to take over Greenland.
The United Kingdom signed a deal in May to give Mauritius sovereignty over the islands, though the UK will lease back the island of Diego Garcia, where the US base is located, for at least 99 years.

Donald Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne after France signals it will decline his invitation to join the proposed ‘Board of Peace.’

Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine over Macron's refusal to join ‘Board of Peace’

Donald Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne after France signals it will decline his invitation to join the proposed &lsquo;Board of Peace.&rsquo;

Donald Trump on Monday threatened 200 percent tariffs on French wine and champagne over France's intentions to decline the US leader's invitation to join his "Board of Peace."
The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.
"I'll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he'll join. But he doesn't have to join," Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron.
A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France "does not intend to answer favorably" to the invitation.
The board's charter "goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza", the source close to the French president said.
Trump confirmed he had invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to join his Board of Peace, after the Moscow earlier Monday reported the invite.
"Yes, he's been invited," Trump told a reporter in Florida who asked if he had asked Putin to join the body.

European leaders address the World Economic Forum ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s arrival amid escalating tensions over his tariff threats tied to Greenland, as talks continue on trade, diplomacy and transatlantic relations.

EU leaders take stage in Davos as Trump rocks global order

European leaders address the World Economic Forum ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump&rsquo;s arrival amid escalating tensions over his tariff threats tied to Greenland, as talks continue on trade, diplomacy and transatlantic relations.

European leaders take the stage on Tuesday ahead of Donald Trump at the gathering of global elites in Davos, as the US president dangles tariff threats in a bid to pressure the EU over Greenland.
Trump is set to dominate the week at the Swiss ski resort, with a US delegation already on the ground to promote an American agenda that has unsettled the global order cherished by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron will address the forum on Tuesday, along with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose countries have their own disputes with Trump.
Trump will deliver a speech on Wednesday and participate in other events on Thursday.
Europe is weighing countermeasures after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on eight European countries over the Greenland standoff.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the US contingent in Davos, warned that EU retaliation "would be very unwise".
Von der Leyen met with a bipartisan US congressional delegation in Davos on Monday and said on social media that she had "addressed the need to unequivocally respect the sovereignty of Greenland and of the Kingdom of Denmark".
While Macron will leave on Tuesday without seeing Trump in Davos, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would seek to meet the US president at the forum on Wednesday.
Merz said Germany and other European countries agreed "that we want to avoid any escalation in this dispute if at all possible".
Leaders from the 27-nation bloc will hold an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday to discuss their response to one of the gravest crises in years to hit transatlantic ties.
At a news conference in Davos, Finland's President Alexander Stubb said "tariff threats at the allied level are unacceptable. They weaken our transatlantic relationship and, in the worst case, can lead to a vicious cycle".
When asked if the United States might use force, Stubb said: "I don't believe that the United States will take control of Greenland militarily."
Denmark has proposed that NATO start surveillance operations in Greenland to confront security concerns.
 - 'USA House' -
Other prominent foreign leaders addressing the WEF on Tuesday include Carney, who has sought to reduce his country's reliance on the United States as Trump has raised tariffs on Canadian products.
As US ties fray, Carney turned the page on years of diplomatic tensions with China during a visit to Beijing last week, securing a preliminary trade agreement to reduce tariffs.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, whose country has had long-running trade spats with Trump, will also address the WEF.
Other flashpoints on the WEF agenda include the crises in Venezuela, Gaza, Ukraine and Iran.
The United States has sent an unusually large delegation to Davos, in a sign that it wants to make its presence felt at the gathering for global economic and political leaders.
Bessent and other US officials will attend panels at the forum's congress centre but also at the "USA House", a venue inside an old church on the glitzy promenade of the mountain retreat.

An explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw district killed at least seven people and injured around a dozen others. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari blamed a bomb, while Afghan authorities continue investigations.

Explosion in restaurant in Kabul kills at least 7; Pak president says blast caused by bomb

An explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul&rsquo;s Shahr-e-Naw district killed at least seven people and injured around a dozen others. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari blamed a bomb, while Afghan authorities continue investigations.

An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a surgical unit in the city.
Afghan authorities did not officially say what caused the blast, noting it was under investigation. But the president of neighbouring Pakistan issued a statement attributing the explosion to a bomb.
The blast occurred in a Chinese restaurant in the Shahr-e-Naw district of the Afghan capital, according to Kabul police command spokesman Khalid Zadran. He said the restaurant was jointly owned by an Afghan man, a Chinese national and his wife.
The restaurant was popular with Chinese Muslims, Zadran said, adding that one Chinese national and six Afghans were killed and several others were wounded.
The blast occurred near the restaurant's kitchen, the police spokesman said, and the cause was under investigation.
The Italian charity EMERGENCY said its surgical centre in the Afghan capital, which is located near the site of the explosion, received 20 people from the blast, including seven who were already dead. It noted the number of casualties was still provisional.
Those injured included four women and a child, the organisation's country director in Afghanistan, Dejan Panic, said.
&ldquo;The wounded, some of whom are being assessed for surgery, have suffered lacerations and bruises,&rdquo; he added.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said two Chinese people were seriously injured and a security guard killed in the blast.
Footage aired by local television station Tolo News and filmed through a car windshield showed people running and walking in the street with smoke and dust billowing behind them.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari &ldquo;strongly condemned the bomb blast at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul&rdquo;, his office said in a statement.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been particularly strained in recent months, with tension spilling into violence. In October, the two came close to an all-out conflict and cross-border clashes left dozens dead. The fighting ended after Qatar brokered a ceasefire.
Zardari accused Afghanistan's Taliban government of failing to honour the ceasefire agreements, &ldquo;particularly the obligation to prevent the use of Afghan soil for the export of terrorism&rdquo;, adding that &ldquo;no terrorist groups should be allowed safe havens in Afghanistan&rdquo;.
Afghan officials have repeatedly said they do not allow their territory to be used as a base by terrorist groups.
Zardari said that &ldquo;terrorists operating out of Afghan soil&rdquo; had also affected other neighbouring countries, and singled out Tajikistan.
His statement came after Tajik authorities said Monday that their border guards had killed four gunmen who crossed into the country from Afghanistan overnight. Afghan authorities said the four were drug smugglers.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to join US President Donald Trump’s proposed ‘Board of Peace’, a global body aimed at resolving conflicts and promoting post-war stability.

Israel's Netanyahu accepts Trump invitation to join 'Board of Peace'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to join US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s proposed &lsquo;Board of Peace&rsquo;, a global body aimed at resolving conflicts and promoting post-war stability.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts, Netanyahu's office said Wednesday.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he has accepted US President Donald Trump's invitation and will join as a member of the Board of Peace, which will be composed of leaders of the world," the office said in a statement.
The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of post-war Gaza, but its charter seen by AFP does not appear to limit its role to the Palestinian territory, and members have to pay up to $1 billion for a permanent spot on it.
The board "seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict", reads the preamble of the charter sent to countries invited to participate.
It will be chaired by Trump himself, who will also "separately serve" as the representative of the United States.
Dozens of countries and leaders have said they have received an invitation, including close US allies but also adversaries.
Longtime US ally France, however, has indicated it will not join.
While announcing the creation of the board last week, Trump also unveiled plans to establish a "Gaza Executive Board" operating under the body.
The executive board would include Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Qatari diplomat Ali Al-Thawadi.
Netanyahu has strongly objected to their inclusion.
Ties between Turkey and Israel have deteriorated since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023 following an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel.
A separate committee of 15 Palestinian technocrats has also been formed to oversee the day-to-day administration of Gaza as part of the second phase of a truce plan announced by Trump in October.
The committee, led by Gaza native and former Palestinian Authority deputy minister Ali Shaath, commenced its initial work in Cairo this week.

Pizza Hut Pakistan distanced itself from a Sialkot restaurant inaugurated by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, clarifying the outlet was unauthorised and misusing the brand’s name and logo.

Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif inaugurates fake Pizza Hut outlet, gets brutally trolled

Pizza Hut Pakistan distanced itself from a Sialkot restaurant inaugurated by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, clarifying the outlet was unauthorised and misusing the brand&rsquo;s name and logo.

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday inaugurated a restaurant in Sialkot that was presented as a Pizza Hut outlet, but the international fast-food chain later clarified that the establishment was unauthorised and had no association with the brand.
Shortly after the inauguration, Pizza Hut Pakistan issued a statement distancing itself from the outlet, saying it was falsely using the company&rsquo;s name and branding.
The restaurant is located in Sialkot Cantonment and featured Pizza Hut&rsquo;s distinctive red-roof logo, giving the appearance of an official franchise.
In its clarification, Pizza Hut Pakistan said, &ldquo;Pizza Hut Pakistan informs our valued customers that an unauthorised outlet falsely using the Pizza Hut name and branding has recently opened in Sialkot Cantonment.&rdquo;
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The company further stated that the outlet had no legal or operational connection with Pizza Hut Pakistan or its parent company, Yum! Brands. &ldquo;This outlet is not associated with Pizza Hut Pakistan, or Yum! Brands. It does not follow Pizza Hut International recipes, quality protocols, food safety and operational standards,&rdquo; the statement said.
Pizza Hut Pakistan also said it had filed a formal complaint with the relevant authorities to stop the misuse of its trademark and to ensure immediate action.
Images of the inauguration ceremony, showing Asif cutting the ribbon at the outlet, circulated widely on social media after the clarification was issued. Asif is a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League&ndash;Nawaz (PML-N).
The outlet&rsquo;s branding closely resembled that of official Pizza Hut restaurants, but users pointed out that the Sialkot location does not appear on Pizza Hut Pakistan&rsquo;s list of authorised stores. According to the company, it currently operates 16 authorised outlets across the country &mdash; 14 in Lahore and two in Islamabad.
Following the clarification, social media platforms saw a surge in reactions, including memes and sarcastic commentary questioning how a senior federal minister inaugurated a commercial outlet without verification.
One user wrote, &ldquo;One ribbon cut, one statement issued. That has to be some kind of record.&rdquo;
Another commented, &ldquo;When even Pizza Hut says, &lsquo;Not our slice of the pie.&rsquo;&rdquo;
A third user wrote, &ldquo;Only in Pakistan can a Defence Minister proudly inaugurate a fake Pizza Hut. Khawaja Asif cut the ribbon, smiled for cameras, and walked away&mdash;only for the brand to later declare the outlet unauthorised. No one can parody this level of incompetence.&rdquo;
Another post in Urdu read, &ldquo;Kuch asli baki reh geya hy ya nahi is soobay main? Ajeeb vahiyat log nafiz hain hum per (Is there any real thing left anymore in Pakistan? We have been bestowed with weird and useless folks?).&rdquo;

US President Donald Trump continued his journey to the World Economic Forum in Davos early Wednesday after a minor electrical issue forced Air Force One to return to Joint Base Andrews the previous night.

Trump departs for Davos forum again after switching to new plane

US President Donald Trump continued his journey to the World Economic Forum in Davos early Wednesday after a minor electrical issue forced Air Force One to return to Joint Base Andrews the previous night.

US President Donald Trump resumed his trip to the Davos forum in Switzerland early Wednesday after an electrical issue forced his presidential plane to return to its air base.
Trump and his entourage changed planes at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington and took off again shortly after midnight (0500 GMT), about two-and-a-half hours after his initial departure.
The American president is on his way to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he is expected to face off with European leaders over his bid to seize Greenland.
Air Force One had returned to the base late Tuesday out of an abundance of caution, the White House said, due to what officials described as a "minor electrical issue."
Journalists traveling with Trump reported that lights in the cabin went out briefly after takeoff.
With its classic blue and white livery, Air Force One is arguably the world's most iconic plane and an instantly recognizable symbol of the US presidency.
Trump has long been unhappy with the current Air Force One jets -- two highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft that entered service in 1990 under president George H.W. Bush.
Last year, Trump said his administration was "looking at alternatives" to Boeing following delays in the delivery of two new 747-8 aircraft.
In May, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth accepted a Boeing 747 that the Gulf emirate of Qatar offered to Trump for use as Air Force One.
The jet -- worth hundreds of millions of dollars -- has raised huge constitutional and ethical questions, as well as security concerns about using an aircraft donated by a foreign power for use as the ultra-sensitive presidential plane.

Tetsuya Yamagami, convicted of killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, more than three years after the assassination that shocked the nation.

Japanese Court Sentences Shinzo Abe's Assassin to Life

Tetsuya Yamagami, convicted of killing Japan&rsquo;s former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, more than three years after the assassination that shocked the nation.

The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty and jailed for life Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.
The shooting forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence, and ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers and a secretive sect, the Unification Church.
Judge Shinichi Tanaka handed down the sentence at a court in the city of Nara.
A queue of people waited Wednesday morning to get tickets to enter the courtroom, highlighting intense public interest in the trial.
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, faced charges including murder and firearms control law violations for using a handmade gun to kill Japan's longest-serving leader during his campaign speech in July 2022.
As the trial opened in October, Yamagami admitted to murder. He contested some of the other charges, media reports said.
Under Japan's legal system, a trial continues even if a defendant admits guilt.
Manabu Kawashima, a logistics worker who was waiting outside court, said he wanted "to know the truth about Yamagami".
"What happened to former prime minister Abe was the incident of the century. And I liked him while he was alive. His death was shocking," the 31-year-old told AFP.
"I'm here because I wanted to know about the man who killed someone I cared about."
Another man outside court held a banner urging the judge to take Yamagami's difficult life circumstances "into the fullest consideration".
Prosecutors sought a life sentence for Yamagami, calling the murder "unprecedented in our post-war history" and citing the "extremely serious consequences" it had on society, according to local media.
The Japanese version of life imprisonment leaves open the possibility of parole, although in reality, experts say many die while incarcerated.
At the trial opening, prosecutors argued that the defendant's motive to kill Abe was rooted in his desire to besmirch the Unification Church.
The months-long trial highlighted how his mother's blind donations to the Church plunged his family into bankruptcy and how he came to believe "influential politicians" were helping the sect thrive.
Abe had spoken at events organised by some of the church groups.
Yamagami "thought if he killed someone as influential as former prime minister Abe, he could draw public attention to the Church and fuel public criticism of it," a prosecutor told a district court in western Japan's Nara region in October.
The Unification Church was established in South Korea in 1954, with its members nicknamed "Moonies" after its founder Sun Myung Moon.
In a plea for leniency, his defence team stressed his upbringing had been mired in "religious abuse" stemming from his mother's extreme faith in the Unification Church.
In despair after the suicide of her husband, and with her other son gravely ill, Yamagami's mother poured all her assets into the Church to "salvage" her family, Yamagami's lawyer said, adding that her donations eventually snowballed to around 100 million yen ($1 million at the time).
Yamagami was forced to give up pursuing higher education. In 2005, he attempted to take his own life before his brother died by suicide.
Investigations after Abe's murder led to cascading revelations about close ties between the Church and many conservative lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, prompting four ministers to resign.
In 2020, Yamagami began hand-crafting a lethal firearm, a process that involved meticulous test-firing sessions in a remote mountainous area.
This points to the highly "premeditated" nature of his attack on Abe, prosecutors say.
The assassination was also a wake-up call for a nation which has some of the world's strictest gun controls.
Gun violence is so rare in Japan that security officials at the scene failed to immediately identify the sound made by the first shot, and came to Abe's rescue too late, a police report after the attack said.

US President Donald Trump’s flight to Davos was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews after a minor electrical issue, with plans to continue the trip on a replacement plane.

Trump's Air Force One returns to base over minor electrical issue en route to Davos

US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s flight to Davos was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews after a minor electrical issue, with plans to continue the trip on a replacement plane.

US President Donald Trump's plane was forced to return to an air base late Tuesday due to a "minor electrical issue" shortly after departing for Switzerland, the White House said.
Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews out of an abundance of caution, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. It landed shortly after 11:00 pm (0400 GMT).
Journalists traveling with Trump reported that lights in the cabin went out briefly after takeoff.
Trump and his entourage will switch to another plane and continue the trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president was expected to face off with European leaders over his bid to seize Greenland.
With its classic blue and white livery, Air Force One is arguably the world's most iconic plane and an instantly recognizable symbol of the US presidency.
Trump has long been unhappy with the current Air Force One jets -- two highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft that entered service in 1990 under president George H.W. Bush.
Last year, Trump said his administration was "looking at alternatives" to Boeing following delays in the delivery of two new 747-8 aircraft.
In May, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth accepted a Boeing 747 that the Gulf emirate of Qatar offered to Trump for use as Air Force One.
The jet -- worth hundreds of millions of dollars -- has raised huge constitutional and ethical questions, as well as security concerns about using an aircraft donated by a foreign power for use as the ultra-sensitive presidential plane.

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