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France struggles to find new home for two orcas after park closes
France is struggling to find a new home for an orca mother and her son after a marine park on the French Riviera closed down over a law…
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Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status
A sharp sell-off in U.S. government bond markets has sparked fears about the growing fallout from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and…
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US: Wall Street mixed at open as China raises tariffs on US goods
Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at the open on Wednesday (Apr 9) after China announced more levies on US goods, retaliating against…
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Most liberals justify assassinating Trump and Musk, says survey
A recent survey found that about half of liberal-leaning U.S. residents could justify the murder of President Trump and his government…
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For small Lesotho, there are few options for responding to large tariffs.
In Lesotho, the small southern African nation that is among the countries hardest hit by President Trump’s new tariffs, business owners…
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NATO and Japan to deepen defence ties amid threats from Russia, China
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed on Wednesday to deepen his country's cooperation with NATO in the defence industry in light…
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China Hits Back Again at Trump, Bringing New Tariffs on U.S. Goods to 84%
Beijing on Wednesday aimed the latest blow in the escalating trade war between the United States and Washington, with plans to raise new…
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US asset sell-off hammers greenback against safe-haven currencies, euro
THE US dollar dropped versus safe-haven currencies and the euro on Wednesday (Apr 9) as investors worried about the economic impact of US…
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Russia and Ukraine trade overnight drone attacks
Russia and Ukraine launched fresh drone attacks on each other overnight, resulting in injuries and damage across multiple regions,…
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U.S. Bond Sell-Off is Another Worrisome Echo of the Liz Truss Fiasco
The parallels between President Trump and Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, are growing starker. Ms. Truss triggered…
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UOB Kay Hian cuts Sats target price to S$2.89, downgrades it to ‘hold’ on likely tariff impact
Freight handler Sats might be hit by a potential slowdown in globalisation and decline in global trade volume as a result of the United…
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The Willful Decadence of <i>The White Lotus</i>
Mike White sensationalizes Seven American Sins. Source link
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California’s Cardboard-Box Candidate
Xavier Becerra is an empty vessel for whatever California’s so-called expert consensus of activists, bureaucrats, and activist-bureaucrats…
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Medicaid and Welfare Are Wasteful and Fraud-Prone. It’s Time to Fix Them
A bold restructuring, downsizing, and consolidation of public welfare agencies, coupled with greater program integrity, are crucial to…
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Globalists Brought Trump’s Trade Revolution on Themselves
Trump’s tariffs are the wrong reaction, but too many of those attacking them are unwilling to admit there are grave flaws in the…
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China Condemns American ‘Protectionism’
The Chinese government on Wednesday issued a lengthy denunciation of American trade policies, accusing the United States of years of…
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Global bond rout starting to sound market alarm bells
[SINGAPORE/LONDON] US Treasuries, the bedrock of the global financial system, were hit by fresh selling pressure on Wednesday (Apr 9) in a…
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California lawmakers tackle potential dangers of AI chatbots after parents raise safety concerns
When her 14-year-old son took his own life after interacting with artificial intelligence chatbots, Megan Garcia turned her grief into…
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Contributor: The Trump administration is ignoring far-right terrorism. That only makes it more dangerous
Intelligence chiefs testified recently on Capitol Hill about the U.S. intelligence community’s newly published annual threat assessment.…
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Supreme Court immigration ruling: Due process in theory, deportation in practice
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the Trump administration to continue deporting immigrants under an 18th century wartime…
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‘It’s a shambles’: DOGE cuts bring chaos, long waits at Social Security for seniors
When Veronica Sanchez called a Social Security hotline Thursday, she waited two hours before her call was abruptly disconnected. On…
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Commentary: Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is politics and hubris, not justice
California currently has 592 people in our prisons who have been sentenced to death. It’s the largest population of prisoners awaiting…
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Trump threats do the unthinkable: transform Canadians into flag-waving, U.S.-booing patriots
Kaile Shilling, a writer and former theology student, says she moved from Los Angeles to Canada during the first Trump administration to…
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Can A.I. Writing Be More Than a Gimmick?
The new essay collection “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age,” by Vauhini Vara, opens with a transcript. “If I paste some writing here,…