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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rick Jackson, a Republican billionaire running for Georgia governor on a pledge to ban DEI in state government and public education, founded a nonprofit that promoted a 2021 workplace initiative urging Georgia CEOs to invest in DEI, measure progress, examine racial pay gaps, use race-conscious hiring practices and lead workplaces “with race in mind.”Jackson, the billionaire healthcare founder of Jackson Healthcare and its network of smaller companies, including Jackson Physician Search and Jackson Therapy Partners, has said he would be President Donald Trump’s “favorite governor,” modeled his campaign launch after the president’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, an alleged senior leader of the Venezuelan Tren de Argua (TdA) gang, appeared before a judge in Houston Friday following extradition from Colombia in a historic first for cartel prosecutions.Martinez Flores, also known as Chuqui, was allegedly part of TdA’s “inner circle,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). He is the first alleged TdA member extradited to the U.S. on terrorism-related charges since the gang was designated a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in 2025.”This is a first of its kind, which is important. I think, as…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a notice to Canadian consumers about reports of outbreaks of pseudorabies in commercial swine in the United States. Pseudorabies, also known as Aujesky’s disease, doesn’t sicken humans but it can infect animals like cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, mink, foxes, raccoons and rats, causing fatal rabies-like signs and severe itching, according to the CFIA.The CFIA states that shipments that have already been certified “will be permitted to enter Canada.” Get weekly health news Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every…

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BANGKOK: Thailand’s parliament on Friday (May 15) revived a law that would enshrine the right to breathable air and tax emitters, setting up a final vote in the senate on the landmark legislation.Several cities in Thailand, including Bangkok and northern tourist hub Chiang Mai, suffer from seasonal smog, sometimes ranking among the world’s most polluted urban areas, according to air quality monitor IQAir.Smog peaks between December and April when farmers burn crop stubble to prepare land for the next planting season.Lawmakers voted 611 to 3, with one abstention, to advance the clean air Bill.  It must now go to the…

United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran.Trump’s visit, the first of his second term, was filled with pomp and circumstance, including a greeting from waiving children and a military honour guard, a private tour of a secretive former imperial garden, and the Confucian 15th-century Temple of Heaven.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBy the end, both sides characterised the visit as a success, even if their accounts of what was agreed to varied.Speaking…

Washington — As the U.S. military races to adapt low-cost, expendable drones for battlefield use, an Army explosive safety specialist warned that the Defense Department’s rush to innovate may be outpacing basic explosive safeguards, raising the risk of accidents.  The assessment was tucked inside a memo obtained by CBS News detailing how a mini-drone had detonated, causing injuries to an Army Special Forces soldier.  In a March memorandum, a civilian U.S. Army employee — with more than 20 years of experience in uniform and as a civilian employee evaluating and monitoring safety experience in the service — cautioned that while…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The WNBA season has been in session for about a week, so it is far too early to make assumptions about teams. That doesn’t mean we won’t make them; it’s just too early to really believe it. I lost my first WNBA bet this season, so I’m hoping to avenge that loss here as the Sky take on the Mercury.The Chicago Sky are one of the most poorly run franchises in basketball. They have had some great names on their team and only one championship to show for it. Phoenix Mercury forward…

Jim Cramer is warning investors not to sleep on Microsoft ‘s ability to stay competitive. Most of the analyst community agrees — and so does at least one billionaire hedge fund manager. “The main reason we don’t want to sell [Microsoft] is because they actually have the balance sheet to do what they want,” Jim said on ” Squawk on the Street ” on Friday. “Tomorrow, they could do something that is so revolutionary that we could say, ‘Why did we doubt them?” Jim’s comments came after Bill Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square , revealed a sizable stake in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Iraqi man accused of orchestrating nearly 20 terrorist attacks across Europe and plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in the United States has been brought to New York to face federal terrorism charges after what the FBI described as a major international operation.Since early March, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi and his associates allegedly planned and coordinated 18 attacks in the name of Ashab al-Yamin, a pro-Iranian Islamist group that has taken credit for attacks against Jewish schools, synagogues and charities in Europe, as well as American, Israeli and Iranian opposition targets,…