## Iran allows Spanish ships to use the Strait of Hormuz for free

Authored by majorcadailybulletin.com

Iran is allowing Spanish-flagged vessels through the vital Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf for free and with few problems as a "thank you" to the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, who has been critical of both the United States and Israel over the war.

"Iran allows the Kingdom of Spain to use the Strait of Hormuz with complete freedom without restrictions or barriers that impede the maritime navigation of Spanish ships and tankers," said an Iranian source quoted online.

Iran has effectively closed the vital Strait to shipping from the United States, Israel and another nations who are seen supporting the attacks on Iran.

Further reports online have suggested that Iran placed an anti-war message from Sanchez on missiles which were being fired at Israel.

The message from Sanchez states: "ofcourse this war is not only illegal it is inhumane."

It ends with a thank you from Iran.

His stance has won him few supporters in Washington with President Trump claiming that Spain was a "loser" and he would take action against them. »

### US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

Authored by theguardian.com

Since 1990, US emissions have caused an estimated $500bn of economic damage to India and $330bn in damage to Brazil, the research finds.

“These are huge numbers,” acknowledged Marshall Burke, an environmental scientist at Stanford University who led the new work.

Burke added that the US has “a lot of responsibility, our emissions have caused damage not only to ourselves, but pretty substantial damage in other parts of the world”. »

### 'Cripple their sales, tank their stock price. Stop collaborating with them as developers': New Blood CEO on fighting against DLSS 5

Authored by pcgamer.com

DLSS 5 is not making assets and instead working with premade assets to make them more photorealistic, but that fear still exists.

Oshry argues, "This is fundamentally changing the way video games look based on artificial intelligence that's been trained on Instagram models and Epstein memes.".

What Oshry is referring to here is the two RTX 5090's required to render the DLSS 5 demo that Nvidia showed off last week. »

### Yes, It's Time to Tax the Rich

Authored by commondreams.org

The tax-the-rich proposals range from increasing the tax rate for the very highest annual income earners, to instituting an annual wealth tax on the very richest Americans, to a combination of both.

Therefore, the wealthy have tended to favor these generators of public revenue and to oppose a progressive income tax, under which the rich would pay at a higher rate than the poor.

A lengthy political battle for a tax system based upon ability to pay led to passage of the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, which empowered Congress to levy an income tax. »

### Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy

Authored by apnews.com

It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level.

The eligibility policy that will apply from the L.A. Olympics in July 2028 “protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category,” the IOC said.

“We know that this topic is sensitive,” IOC President Kirsty Coventry said in an online news conference to explain the policy. »

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