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Senator Jack Reed는 청문회에서 defense secretary가 Trump에게 Iran 전쟁에 대한 정확한 실상을 전달하는 데 실패했다고 언급했습니다. US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Pete Hegseth는 US 군사적 승리에 대한 부정확한 인상을 심어주기 위해 “위험할 정도로 과장된” 발언에 의존하며 Donald Trump에게 Iran 전쟁에 대한 정확한 상황을 제공하는 데 실패했다고 한 고위 Democrat이 목요일 Capitol Hill 청문회에서 말했습니다. Senate armed services committee의 ranking Democrat인 Jack Reed는 defense secretary인 Hegseth에게, 승리와는 거리가 먼 상황에서 US 시민들이 지지하지도 않는 전쟁의 대가를 연료 가격 인상의 형태로 부담하고 있다고 지적했습니다. Continue reading...

• 하원 민주당 의원들은 Iran 전쟁 발발 이후 처음으로 열린 April 29 청문회에서 국방장관 Pete Hegseth를 상대로 전략과 비용 문제를 회의적인 시각으로 몰아세우며 압박했습니다. • 한 민주당 의원은 격렬한 설전 속에서 Pete Hegseth의 과거 발언을 인용하며 그가 당파적인 태도를 보이고 있다고 비난했습니다. • 이번 대립은 지지율이 급락하는 상황에서 전쟁의 경제적 타격과 Trump의 외교 정책을 둘러싼 정당 간의 극명한 견해 차이를 부각시켰습니다.

• 이란-미국 간 갈등이 글로벌 공급을 위협하며 유가가 급등했으나, 2026년 4월 29일 Visa와 Starbucks의 강력한 실적에 힘입어 미국 증시는 사상 최고치 부근에서 회복력을 유지했습니다. • S&P 500은 0.1% 소폭 하락, Dow는 286포인트(0.6%) 하락, Nasdaq은 0.1% 상승했습니다. Visa 주가는 CEO Ryan McInerney가 언급한 견조한 소비자 지출에 힘입어 8.3% 급등했으며, Starbucks는 북미 지역의 방문당 지출 증가로 8.6% 상승했습니다. • Federal Reserve 관계자들이 2026년 금리 인하가 없을 것임을 시사하며 투자자들의 기대를 거의 소멸시켰고, 에너지 가격 상승에 따른 인플레이션으로 인해 오히려 금리 인상을 선호하는 방향으로 기우는 모습을 보이자 채권 시장이 요동쳤습니다.

Iran 전쟁이 연료 가격에 미치는 영향으로 인플레이션이 상승하고 있다는 징후에도 불구하고 금리를 변경하지 않기로 결정했습니다. Bank of England는 Iran 전쟁의 영향으로 인플레이션이 가속화되기 시작했다는 징후에도 불구하고 UK 금리를 3.75%로 동결했습니다. Bank of England의 금리 결정 위원회인 MPC는 최신 금리 결정 회의를 마친 후 목요일 정오에 차입 비용을 동결하기로 의결했습니다. 계속 읽기...

• 어제 House armed services committee에서의 험악한 세션 이후, Defense secretary는 Senate armed services committee 의원들로부터 추가 질의를 받을 예정입니다. Breaking News US 이메일 뉴스레터를 신청하세요. • Pete Hegseth가 Capitol Hill에서 Democrats로부터 이틀째 질의를 받는 가운데, senators는 Pentagon 수장이 Iran war를 처리하는 방식에 대해 대면하거나 평가할 첫 번째 기회를 갖게 되었습니다. • Defense secretary는 어제 약 6시간 동안 진행된 House armed services committee 청문회에서 Democrats 및 일부 Republicans와 설전을 벌였으며, 이 전쟁의 dollars 및 lives 측면에서의 비용과 중요한 weapons 비축량의 감소에 대한 질문에 직면했습니다.

음악가와 그의 아내인 creative consultant Kim Sion은 Hodge Podge가 창의성과 공동체에 대한 아이디어를 확장할 수 있기를 희망합니다. Jarvis Cocker와 그의 아내 Kim Sion이 큐레이팅한 새로운 전시회가 내년 Hepworth Wakefield에서 열릴 예정이며, 사람들이 자신의 창의성을 발견하도록 독려하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 2027년 5월에 개막하는 Hodge Podge는 예술의 정의에 대한 전통적인 관념에 도전하는 개인적인 엄선작들을 한데 모을 것입니다. Continue reading...

• 연방준비제도는 이란 전쟁으로 인한 인플레이션 상승 우려를 들어 수요일 기준금리를 3.5%에서 3.75%로 동결하기로 결정했습니다. • 이는 2025년 9월, 10월, 12월에 걸쳐 세 차례 연속으로 25bp 금리 인하를 단행한 이후 연준의 금리 조정 중단 기조를 이어간 것입니다. • 제롬 파월 연준 의장은 동부 표준시 기준 오후 2시 30분에 기자회견을 열어 이번 결정에 대해 논의할 예정이며, 이는 그의 연준 의장으로서 마지막 금리 발표가 될 가능성이 있습니다.

• 연준 관계자들은 금리 동결의 이유로 높은 인플레이션, 고용 성장 둔화, 중동 지역의 불확실성을 꼽았습니다. • 미 연방준비제도(Fed)는최근 이사회 회의 이후 금리를 동결했으며, 다음 달 리더십 교체를 앞두고 금리 인하를 주장하는 Donald Trump의 요구를 다시 한번 거부했습니다. • 수요일, 연준 관계자들은 높은 인플레이션, 고용 성장 둔화 및 중동의 불확실성이 금리를 유지한 이유라고 계속해서 설명했습니다.

• 벨아민 차퉁가 무가베(Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe)가 최근의 총격 사건과는 무관한 이민법 및 총기 관련 혐의에 대해 유죄를 인정하여 벌금형과 함께 추방 조치되었습니다. • 요하네스버그의 부유한 교외 지역에 위치한 무가베 가족 자택에서 직원이 등 뒤에 총을 맞는 사건이 발생한 지 3개월 만에, 로버트 무가베의 막내아들이 두 가지 별개 혐의에 대해 유죄를 인정하며 벌금형을 선고받고 남아프리카 공화국을 떠나라는 명령을 받았습니다. • 벨아민 차퉁가 무가베(28세)와 그의 사촌 토비아스 무가베 마톤호제(Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze, 33세)는 2월 19일 발생한 사건 이후 처음에는 모두 살인 미수 혐의로 기소되었습니다.

• Harris County Public Health의 신규 보고서에 따르면 휴스턴의 결핵 발생률이 텍사스 내에서 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 도시 지역의 전파 위험을 부각시킵니다. • 데이터에 따르면 휴스턴 지역의 인구 밀집과 사회경제적 요인이 결핵 사례 증가와 연관이 있는 것으로 분석되었습니다. • 결핵 발생률의 증가는 고위험 커뮤니티 내 확산을 억제하기 위한 표적 검진 및 치료 확대의 필요성을 시사합니다.

The Arab oil producer has long expressed frustration with the quotas it has to follow as part of OPEC, the cartel of major state-owned oil producers.(Image credit: Joe Klamar)

Resolution Foundation report says ‘crisis’ stems from rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job supportBritain has the third-highest rate of young people not in work or education among Europe’s richest countries because of rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job support, a report has warned.The Resolution Foundation thinktank said the UK was facing a “crisis” in youth jobs amid a dramatic rise in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (Neets) to almost 1 million – the highest level in more than a decade. Continue reading...

• Environmental Working Group study finds 20% of Americans used systems with elevated nitrate levels from 2021-2023 data. • Nitrate poses health risks including cancer and developmental issues in contaminated supplies. • Affects millions nationwide, urging stricter regulations and testing.

• Florida's KidCare expansion remains stalled in legal limbo since February 2024, preventing coverage for more children. • Uninsured children in the state have risen to 400,000, one of the highest tallies nationwide. • Delay exacerbates access issues as federal funds await resolution, impacting low-income families significantly.

• Broadcom provided second-quarter guidance of $9.2 billion in revenues, exceeding analyst estimates by 6%, driven by surging demand for data center semiconductors and artificial intelligence accelerators from cloud computing providers. • CEO Hock Tan stated that AI-related semiconductor orders are tracking 40% above historical averages, with major customers committing to long-term capacity agreements through 2028, signaling sustained strong demand. • The robust guidance helped lift semiconductor index ETFs 2.1% during extended trading and sparked upgrades from multiple analysts who raised price targets on Broadcom by 8–12% based on improved visibility into AI infrastructure spending cycles.

• The Federal Reserve released minutes from its April 16 policy meeting, revealing internal division over the appropriate timeline for interest rate cuts, with several governors questioning whether inflation has declined sufficiently to warrant near-term reductions. • Hawks on the committee expressed concern that premature rate cuts could reignite price pressures, while doves argued that pausing at 5.5% risks unnecessarily constraining growth and employment, setting the stage for a contentious May 2 vote. • Market reactions to the minutes were mixed, with bond futures pricing in only a 28% probability of a rate cut by July 2026, down from 35% before the release, while equity index futures declined 0.6% on expectation of extended higher rates.

Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and TasmaniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPatients are increasingly going without medically necessary dermatological care, the head of the Consumers Health Forum said, as new report reveals the rising cost of the specialty in Australia.Dermatology is expensive and getting pricier, with an average first visit now costing an adult patient without concessions $230 out-of-pocket, while follow-up appointments cost almost $190, the report from health directory Cleanbill found. Continue reading...

Uncle Jack Pearson, an army captain, says heckling ‘not in the Anzac spirit’ after welcome to country booed in Sydney, Melbourne and PerthIndigenous speakers booed while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast eventMarcia Langton: The AFL bans disruptive racists. Surely police can do the same for morons who boo welcome to countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndigenous leaders have condemned people who booed welcome to country speeches at Anzac Day dawn services across the country, with an army captain stating “racism is a cancer”.Elders who spoke at services in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on Saturday morning were booed following a campaign by Fight for Australia, the group formerly known as March for Australia, which has previously staged major anti-immigration rallies. Continue reading...

Haris Doukas warns that with 700,000 residents and 8 million tourists, people are being pushed out of their neighbourhoodsIn the heart of ancient Athens, on narrow streets and around archaeological sites, visitor groups appear to be everywhere, snaking their way behind tour guides.Previously, officials would have welcomed such scenes. But for Haris Doukas, the socialist mayor who is determined to reclaim the capital’s congested city centre for its citizens, the start of tourist season leaves the city at risk of “over-saturation.” Entire neighbourhoods, he believes, are in danger of losing their authenticity because of uncontrolled tourist development. Continue reading...

Four men face murder charges in case of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp, whose body was found in a wooded areaFour people have been arrested in connection to the 1982 killing of a Louisiana teenager, investigators announced on Friday.State police troopers said tips generated by a true-crime podcast they were involved in making – along with improvements in investigative technologies – helped them make arrests in the killing of Roxanne Sharp, 16, about 44 years earlier. Continue reading...

• President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to expedite access to treatments for patients with serious mental illness. • The FDA is accelerating its review process for mental health therapies in response to the directive. • This policy shift aims to reduce barriers to treatment approval and expand therapeutic options for affected patients.

Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump launched his assault on Iran, the White House has shifted from a strategy of shock-and-awe bombardments and leadership decapitation to a plan of sustained economic pressure as it tests the wills of a regime practiced over decades at wars of attrition.Since the negotiations stalled, the White House has begun to shift its messaging to say it is willing to wait to strike a more durable deal with Iran – despite the growing economic toll inflicted on the world economy by the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The reason, senior officials have said, is because of the joint US-Israeli strikes were so successful that they have fractured Iran’s leadership and prevented a new consolidation of power. Continue reading...

Rival to government plans would scrap net zero policies, as party aims to woo sector after decades of job lossesReform UK has asked steel bosses to draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent government plans, stoking industry fears over a charm offensive by Nigel Farage’s party as it eyes gains in former Labour heartlands.Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, met a group of bosses shortly before Labour announced new steel tariffs in March and commissioned them to draft a competing plan that will include scrapping net zero policies. Continue reading...

Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense that the country has “no idea who their leader is”, but many Iranian experts questioned his analysis, saying that – given the mass assassinations of senior commanders – the country has shown remarkable institutional cohesion.Trump’s allegations of “CRAZY” splits in the Iranian leadership – the second outing for this argument in three days – is remarkable since he has previously said either he has little knowledge of the new Iranian leadership or that there has already been regime change. Continue reading...

Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...

Radio company ARN’s defence alleges the shock jock denigrated executives, censors, critics and the audience of the Kyle and Jackie O ShowFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereKyle Sandilands repeatedly berated Kiis FM executives, the radio station’s censors, critics of the Kyle and Jackie O Show and the Melbourne audience in expletive-laden rants, according to federal court documents.The details of the alleged tirades, which aired months before the shock jock was sacked and accused of “serious misconduct” by ARN, are contained in the company’s defence of an $85m claim filed by Sandilands. Continue reading...

• The average 30-year fixed-rate conforming mortgage rate in the US reached 6.218%, up 3 basis points from the prior day amid fluctuating bond yields. • 15-year fixed-rate averaged 5.450%, down 4 basis points, while jumbo 30-year hit 6.538%; week-over-week, 30-year conventional fell 6 basis points to 6.218% from 6.279%. • Rates reflect Optimal Blue data for loans locked as of April 20, signaling modest stabilization despite economic pressures from high energy prices.