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Iran’s ambassador to China insisted Saturday that new fees would be charged to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz an idea rejected by Washington while assuring that “friendly” nations would receive special treatment. The initial deal struck between Iran and the United States to end their war stipulated that commercial ships would transit the strait free of charge for 60 days, but it remains unclear what will be in place after that period. Iranian Ambassador Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told the World Peace Forum in Beijing that his country was working in “collaboration and cooperation” with Oman on “new arrangements” for the vital waterway. “As a country where the Hormuz is part of its territorial waters, we will definitely charge service fees,” Azli said in translated remarks, while insisting such fees would not be a “toll.” “These new arrangements will be concerning guaranteeing the security of passage through the Straits of Hormuz, supervision of the passage of the vessels… and also guaranteeing and dealing with the environmental consequences of the massive number of ships,” he said. “We will definitely consider special treatment for the countries that were friendly to us and specially stood by us during the hard times,” he added.The strait normally carries one-fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas, but it was all but closed by Iran during the Middle East war, sending energy prices soaring. Iran lifted its blockade of the Hormuz after it struck an initial deal with the US to end the Middle East war, and negotiations on a permanent settlement of the conflict are ongoing. Related Story Source link
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The CBSE Class XII Examination Results 2025–26 reflected a commendable academic performance by Bhavan’s Public School, with students achieving notable success across both Science and Commerce streams. The Science stream recorded a very good result with Saad Ahmad securing an impressive 97.2%, followed by Alan Byju with 92.4% and Snigdha Sanish with 91.6%.In the Commerce stream, Farah Mousa Issa Ramadan emerged as the topper with 94.2%, followed by Athul Vyas with 90% and Aleena Jomon with 88.2%.The subject-wise analysis highlighted strong performances in several areas.The school management congratulated the students, teachers, and parents for their dedication and collective effort in achieving these results. Source link
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Acton Works, a training facility in Chiswick, west London, yesterday. (Reuters) Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended his government yesterday against criticism from Labour’s longest-serving premier, Tony Blair, saying his ministers had adopted the right policies to start stabilising Britain after a period of flux. Blair, who led Labour to victory in three British elections between 1997 and 2007, took aim at Starmer and two potential rivals this week, in a more than 5,000 word essay calling on the governing party to focus on better policy decisions rather than personalities or knee-jerk responses to its declining fortunes.Starmer, who is battling some of the worst popularity ratings of any leader, said while he welcomed debate on “policy and ideas”, he disagreed with Blair’s assessment of the government’s record almost two years into power.”I don’t agree that the policy choices of this government weren’t the right policy choices, given what we inherited,” he told reporters.”(It’s a) very different situation in 2024 to 1997; and dealing with what we had to turn around, the policy choices were vindicated by them, because those changes have happened,” Starmer said.He listed better relations with the European Union, stabilising the economy and reducing waiting times for the country’s public health service as his government’s achievements, pressing home his oft-repeated message that he is not planning to step down despite calls from some in the party. Blair’s comments have done little to settle emotions in Labour, with the two potential contenders to replace Starmer — Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former health minister Wes Streeting — also rejecting his critique.On Wednesday, Burnham and Streeting both said Blair had failed to grasp how inequality in Britain was driving new voting habits, such as the rising popularity of the populist Reform UK party and the left-leaning Green Party. Since suffering large defeats in local elections and votes to the Scottish and Welsh assemblies earlier this month, Starmer has faced the biggest challenge yet to his authority, with dozens of Labour lawmakers calling on him to step aside.He has pledged to fight on and prove his critics wrong by delivering the “change” he promised when Labour won a landslide election victory in 2024. …
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