## Down Under blunder: DC mistakenly displays Australian flags instead of British ones ahead of King Charles visit

Authored by independent.co.uk

Australian flags were mistakenly hoisted in Washington, D.C., ahead of King Charles’ upcoming visit — in what could be described as a Down Under blunder.

On Friday, hundreds of national banners were installed across the capital to welcome the U.K. monarch, including British and American emblems.

Photos show clusters of Australian flags lining black lamp posts near the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The mistake was quickly mended, and the Australian flags were removed, a D.C. Department of ​Transportation official told Reuters.

open image in gallery The District of Columbia accidentally raised several Australian ​flags instead of British ones near ‌the White House in preparation for King Charles' visit ( Getty ).

open image in gallery Photos show clusters of Australian flags lining lamp black lamp posts near the White House ( Getty ).

“They should have kept the Australian flags up, Charles is constitutionally our head of state,” one X user wrote. »

### Merz says US 'humiliated,' lacks strategy in Iran conflict

Authored by dw.com

Germany's Friedrich Merz says Iran has appeared more resilient than the US expected and warned that the conflict is escalating without a clear exit strategy.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said Iran's leadership is in the process of "humiliating" the United States in the ongoing conflict.

Merz said Washington appeared to lack a clear strategy and questioned what kind of exit the US might pursue. »

### Russia economy minister says 'reserves have largely been used up' while lawmaker warns of revolution

Authored by fortune.com

“But nonetheless, we coped with all of that somehow because somewhere in the economy there were reserves.

Our current records show that these reserves have largely been used up; this truly is the situation and the macroeconomic situation is substantially more difficult.”.

Businesses will have to figure out how to mange costs and spending while also boosting productivity, he said, citing advances in artificial intelligence. »

### Falklanders should 'go back' to England, insists Argentina in renewed war of words

Authored by lbc.co.uk

Falklanders should 'go back' to England, insists Argentina in renewed war of words.

Falkland islanders have been told to go back to England after Argentina’s Vice-President renewed her country's claim to the British overseas territory.

The latest war of words between Britain and the Falkland Islands, the comments, delivered by Vice-President Victoria Villarruel, follow Donald Trump weighing in on the decades-long territorial dispute. »

### Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI

Authored by abcnews.com

The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI's CEO, and his top lieutenant, Greg Brockman, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the San Francisco company's founding mission to be an altruistic steward of a revolutionary technology.

Musk, who invested about $38 million in OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017, initially was seeking more than $100 billion in damages.

But any damages now are likely to be much smaller after a series of pre-trial rulings that went against Musk. »

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