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USA Today report, it does not have any official starting day or year. However, citing StarWars.com, the USA Today report has stated that the phrase "May the 4th Be With You" first appeared in 1978, just a year after the release of “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope." But, one of the earliest known uses of the phrase occurred on May 4, 1979, when a writer for a London newspaper congratulated Britain’s new prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, on her first day in office. In a full-page ad, the writer had stated, “May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie.

Star Wars series will arrive on Disney+. Starring Jude Law and Kerry Condon, 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' will focus on a young generation of characters in a galaxy far. The next Star Wars series will revolve around four children, who discover something on Earth that propels them to a mysterious journey in a dangerous and unfamiliar galaxy.

protesters, fending off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern and Rutgers stand out amid the chaotic scenes and 2,400-plus arrests on 46 campuses nationwide since April 17. Tent encampments and building takeovers have disrupted classes at some schools, including Columbia and UCLA.

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire" animated series is releasing on Disney+ on Saturday, May 4. «Experience #TalesOfTheEmpire, six all-new Star Wars Original shorts, available May 4 only on Disney+,» Disney+ writes caption for the official trailer of «Star Wars: Tales of the Empire».

₹6,551 per barrel on the multi commodity exchange (MCX). -US job growth slowed more than expected in April and the annual wage gain cooled, data showed on Friday, prompting traders to raise bets that the US central bank will deliver its first interest rate cut this year in September. -Analysts said that the economy is slowing a little bit.

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SINGAPORE—Across China and among the global scientific community, Friday’s launch of a Chinese mission to collect samples from the moon’s far side has been hailed for its potential for a scientific breakthrough. But in the U.S., lawmakers and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are closely watching the expedition with trepidation: as a milestone in a rival’s campaign to build a base on the moon’s most strategic location. The latest frontier of the U.S.-China technological Cold War orbits 240,000 miles above us.

Rishi Sunak. Labour seized the constituency of Blackpool South, in the northwest of England, in the latest by-election defeat for the Tories as it appears on course to lose an upcoming general election.

BEIJING — Chinese automakers, including state-owned auto giant GAC Group, can't afford to take it easy in the country's electric car boom if they want to survive.

Palestinian journalists covering the conflict in Gaza have been announced as the laureates of the 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. This prestigious award follows the recommendation of an International Jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony is scheduled to take place on 2 May in the margins of the World Press Freedom Conference in Santiago, Chile.

Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first trip to Europe in five years, as the Asian giant rebuilds its foreign relations after a prolonged absence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Xi will start the tour in Paris on Monday, meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been stressing the idea of European strategic autonomy from the U.S. On a visit to Beijing last year, Macron courted controversy by saying France would not necessarily always align with the U.S. in foreign policy, an apparent reference to American support for the self-governing republic of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.

The United States has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia’s weapons development program, as well as more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties

China on Thursday said it would take "necessary measures" after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at crippling Russia's military and industrial capabilities, punishing companies in China and elsewhere that help Moscow acquire weapons for its war in Ukraine. In a sweeping package announced on Wednesday, the US treasury department targeted nearly 300 entities in Russia, China and other countries accused of supporting President Vladimir Putin's invasion. «The Chinese side urges the US to stop smearing and containing China and stop wantonly implementing illegal and unilateral sanctions,» a foreign ministry spokesman said in a message to AFP.

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh discussed the ongoing Gaza ceasefire talks in separate phone calls with Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. A statement by the Palestinian Islamist group on Thursday said a delegation is set to visit Egypt soon for further ceasefire talks in the Gaza war. The statement added that Haniyeh had affirmed the group's «positive spirit in studying the ceasefire proposal» in the phone call with Egypt's Kamel.

Omar Wasow teaches political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, he discusses the past — and future — of movements encompassing America’s current protests: Q. What is the core of your research? A. I’ve studied American protests of the 1960s, particularly civil rights protests which used some of the techniques of noncooperation that were central to the Indian independence movement. I’ve found non-violent protests were effective in increasing support to civil rights for African-Americans — this was particularly so when non-violent protests were met with state violence. That tended to generate sympathetic media attention. When protesters used violent tactics, that generated negative media, growing the coalition of voters opposed to civil rights. Q. We are in an era of polycrises now — what are the most important political movements you’re observing? A. Right now, in the US, we’re seeing protests in opposition to the Israel-Hamas war, also described as pro-Palestinian movements. Alongside, we’ve had globally sustained waves against climate change and pro-democracy movements.

After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death across the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East has latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has issued directives to ramp up weapons production for the war in Ukraine, following the recent approval of a delayed multibillion-dollar military aid package for the Ukrainian government by the United States, Al Jazeera reported. In a meeting with Russia's top military officials on Wednesday, Shoigu emphasised the imperative to enhance the volume, quality, and speed of arms production. He also instructed for the repair of units stationed on the front lines in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions to enhance their operational effectiveness, the Ministry of Defence said on the Telegram messaging app. «To maintain the required pace of the offensive… it is necessary to increase the volume and quality of weapons and military equipment supplied to the troops, primarily weapons,» Shoigu said.

India supports ‘Two-State solution’ for Israel and Palestine at UN The sight of helmeted police at two of America's most prestigious universities left some students dismayed. "I don't think we should have a heavy police force on campus," UCLA student Mark Torre, 22, told AFP as he surveyed the scene from behind metal barriers. "But more and more, day by day, I think it's a necessary evil, to at least keep safety on campus." After Columbia, police arrests over 280 demonstrators from UCLA At Columbia and at the City University of New York, where police cleared demonstrators out overnight, some students decried "rough and aggressive" tactics used by officers.

US State Department accused Russia Wednesday of having used a chemical weapon against Ukrainian forces in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, while also announcing fresh sanctions against Moscow. In addition to the chemical agent chloropicrin, Russia also used «riot control agents (tear gas) as a method of warfare in Ukraine, also in violation of the CWC,» the department said in a factsheet. «The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident, and is probably driven by Russian forces' desire to dislodge Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and achieve tactical gains on the battlefield,» the State Department said.

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman called on the country's Prime Minister and military chief of staff to cooperate with his office's probe into the failures of October 7 in separate letters sent on Wednesday. «My public and ethical duty as the state auditor is to carry out a comprehensive audit of the biggest failure in the history of the state, the Simchat Torah massacre on October 7,» Englman wrote in a letter to Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi.

Israel reopened the Erez Crossing with Gaza for the first time since October 7 with the passage of 30 trucks delivering food and medical supplies from Jordan to the northern area of the Strip. It is the only crossing located on Gaza's northern border. Before the war, it served as the only crossing point for pedestrian traffic. Before the attacks of October 7, it was primarily used by international personnel such as diplomats, aid workers, and journalists and also Palestinians with work or medical permits, while trucks used the Kerem Shalom crossing at the southern end of the Strip.