The US states that it has fully implemented the blockade against Iran's ports, with Admiral Brad Cooper at the US Central Command posting on X that the US now possesses total control. According to calculations, international maritime trade accounts for 90 percent of Iran's economy, and in less than 36 hours, the US has completely stopped all trade in and out of Iran by sea. This week, the US began its naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump indicates that a new round of peace negotiations with Iran could take place in Pakistan's capital Islamabad in the coming days, telling the New York Post that reporters should stay there because something could happen in the next two days. Over the weekend, the first round of peace talks between the US, Iran, and mediator Pakistan took place, but after a marathon meeting that lasted 21 hours, they did not land in anything. Trump claims the war against Iran is coming to an end, saying he sees it as being very close to being over.
We do not reward speed at the expense of quality.
Several European NATO countries are preparing a 'European NATO' in case the US leaves the organization, according to several sources for the Wall Street Journal, with Sweden one of the countries involved in the planning. The ambition is not for the organization to compete with the current NATO, but it should only be a backup plan that first took shape last year when US reliability began to be questioned. In Sweden, the online healthcare provider Kry ranks doctors based on speed and pays bonuses if they take more patients per hour, according to a review by Ekot, with doctors also ranked in groups based on how fast they are.
Online doctors can increase profitability by having shorter visits, as they are paid a piece rate when a patient not listed with them seeks care, and Kry has introduced a bonus system for doctors in the digital service where speed is rewarded. In a longer workday, a doctor can receive 100 patients, according to two of about twenty anonymous doctors that Ekot spoke with. Kry's CEO Kalle Conneryd Lundgren does not believe the system risks pressuring doctors to handle visits faster than they should, and he says the system has a strong component of quality control.
According to calculations, international maritime trade accounts for 90 percent of Iran's economy. In less than 36 hours, the US has completely stopped all trade in and out of Iran by sea.
There is a fire in a speaker booth at the Bruksvallarna ski facility in Härjedalen, reports P4 Jämtland, with the fire also reported to have spread to the ventilation. The rescue service has sent eight units that will now try to ensure the fire does not spread further, and the alarm about the fire came in around 06:30.
You should stay there (Islamabad, editor's note), because something could happen in the next two days, and we are more likely to go there.
I see it as being very close to being over.