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MANILA: Philippine lawmakers on Monday (Apr 11) overwhelmingly backed the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, setting the stage for a trial in the Senate that could end her hopes for a presidential run in 2028. A House justice committee had last month found probable cause for her impeachment in a petition from activists accusing her of misusing public funds, accumulating unexplained wealth and threatening the lives of ⁠President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife and the former House speaker. The petition was backed by 255 of 318 lawmakers on Monday, surpassing the one-third threshold required.With her ally-turned-enemy Marcos limited by the…

The Ethereum Foundation unstaked 21,271 ETH worth approximately $49.66 million just now, marking its largest ETH unstaking news in the first half of the year. The stated purpose is treasury rebalancing by freeing operational liquidity to cover protocol development costs and the Foundation’s ongoing ecosystem grants cycle. ETHEREUM FOUNDATION UNSTAKES $49M WORTH OF ETHThe Ethereum Foundation has officially unstaked 21,271 $ETH, valued at approximately $49.66M. This liquidity move follows the entity’s established pattern of periodic treasury rebalancing to fund ongoing core protocol development… pic.twitter.com/UTaJeIIWsn— BSCN (@BSCNews) May 11, 2026 ETH price action remained largely neutral in the hours following the…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Moderna — The biotechnology company was up almost 9% after a U.S. citizen tested positive for the hantavirus. Another American had symptoms for the virus, but had yet to test positive, the Associated Press reported . Moderna last week announced that it was in the early-stage development of a vaccine for hantavirus. Lumentum — The stock rose nearly 5% on news it will join the Nasdaq 100 index. The company will replace CoStar on May 18. Monday.com — The software company surged 26% after it reported an earnings and revenue beat…

NewsFeedUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will prove ‘doubters’ wrong, as he faces growing calls to resign after disastrous local election results for Labour. He has vowed to ‘put Britain at the heart of Europe’ and to nationalise key company, British Steel.Published On 11 May 202611 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Sunday that the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion budget request for defense spending is “outrageous.””They need to submit a defense budget that makes sense for the moment we’re in,” Kelly said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”Last month, the administration released its fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, which serves as a starting point for negotiations with Congress over annual spending. The proposal would mark a 42% increase in defense spending from 2026 levels.”When I got to the Senate five and a half years ago, the defense budget was just over $700…

Bitget has added OpenAI (preOPAI) as the second listing on its IPO Prime platform, extending pre-IPO access to one of the most closely watched companies in artificial intelligence.Issued on Solana by regulated partner Republic, preOPAI is designed to track the economic performance of OpenAI following a future public listing. The offering introduces a low entry threshold starting from $100, significantly reducing the capital requirements traditionally associated with pre-IPO participation.The commitment window for preOPAI will open on May 12, 2026, 8:00 to May 15, 2026, 8:00 (UTC). Allocations will then be distributed between 8:00 and 12:00 (UTC), followed by the start…

President Donald Trump is seen during a military Mother’s Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC,  on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.  (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. President Trump rejects Iran proposal as ‘totally unacceptable’2. China’s undersea cable threat raises $10T fears as Trump-Xi talks loom3. Tide of sewage spreads north into US waters as contamination concerns mountMAJOR HEADLINESDESERT SECRETS — Former cop…

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An officer discovered a private Facebook group selling smuggled African ivory in Thailand, Patompong said, adding that after months of investigating police had arrested nine Thais who were group administrators tasked with posting the ivory for sale.The group were charged with illegal possession and trade of protected wildlife parts, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a million baht (US$30,800) fine, or both, according to a police statement.The ivory haul included cut pieces and fragments, as well as prayer beads, jewellery and knife handles, police said, adding that the target buyers were Thai and Vietnamese.The Convention on…

The United States-Israel war on Iran is not the result of a sudden escalation but the culmination of a long-term Israeli agenda to violently reshape the Middle East, former Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani tells Al Jazeera.In a wide-ranging, candid interview on Al Jazeera’s Al Muqabala programme, the veteran diplomat offered a stark assessment of the region’s rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape. He warned that the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is the most perilous consequence of the recent war, cautioned against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ambitions for a “Greater Israel” and called for…