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President Donald Trump has exempted some Mexican and Canadian goods from his 25 per cent tariffs, offering major reprieves to the US’s two largest trading partners. 

Last week, the Trump administration terminated nearly all of the United States’ foreign aid contracts after telling a federal court that its review of aid programs had concluded, and it had shut down those found not to be in the national interest.But over the last few days, many of those same programs have received a questionnaire asking them for the first time to detail what their projects do (or did) and how that work aligns with national interests.The survey, obtained by The New York Times, is titled “Foreign Assistance Review.” Some agencies received it with instructions stating that data collected…

Over the years, Duane Keith Davis, who goes by Keffe D, has claimed in interviews and a memoir that he was in the white Cadillac when one of the other passengers shot and killed the rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996.When Mr. Davis was arrested and charged with Mr. Shakur’s murder in 2023, the Las Vegas police confirmed that Mr. Davis’s own words had reinvigorated their dormant investigation.But now Mr. Davis, who is awaiting trial in the case, told ABC News in an interview from jail that he was innocent of the murder, that he had not been…

Roy Ayers, a vibraphonist who in the 1970s helped pioneer a new, funkier strain of jazz, becoming a touchstone for many artists who followed and one of the most sampled musicians by hip-hop artists, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 84.His death, in a hospital, was announced by his son Mtume, who said he died after a long illness.In addition to being one of the acknowledged masters of the jazz vibraphone, Mr. Ayers was a leader in the movement that added electric instruments, rock and R&B rhythms, and a more soulful feel to jazz. He was also one of…

Antonio Neri, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, October 20, 2023.Brendan McDermid | ReutersHewlett Packard Enterprise shares slid 16% in extended trading on Thursday as the data center equipment maker issued quarterly and full-year guidance that came in below consensus.Here’s how the company did in the fiscal first quarter in comparison with LSEG consensus:Earnings per share: 49 cents adjusted vs. 49 cents expectedRevenue: $7.85 billion vs. $7.82 billionHPE’s revenue rose 16% year over year in the quarter ending on Jan. 31,…

On resolving the conflicts near the Thai-Malaysian border, Thaksin’s record in the Deep South speaks for itself. He is best remembered for dismissing insurgents as “petty criminals” and acting on flawed intelligence during his tenure as prime minister, leading to a series of hardline policies that sharply escalated tensions between insurgent groups and the kingdom’s security forces. In October 2024, under his daughter’s government, the statute of limitations expired for those responsible for the Tak Bai massacre, allowing them to walk free without accountability. Four months later, in a historic visit to Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, Thaksin apologised for his…

For 30 miles we bounce along a dirt road in southwestern Wyoming, heading toward a jagged skyline. It’s early September and the aspens are starting to turn yellow. As we climb toward the mountains, the air grows colder. Soon the road will see snowfall.Jeff Munroe, a professor of geology at Middlebury College in Vermont, is taking us back in time. Our small group of scientists and adventurers will be backpacking into the Uinta Mountains to recreate a series of photographs made in 1870 by William Henry Jackson, a photographer who worked for the United States Geological Survey under the direction…

A Syrian security source told Al Jazeera that 15 security personnel were killed in ‘various armed ambushes’.Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 15 security personnel in ambushes in the coastal province of Latakia, a security source told Al Jazeera. The attacks took place on Thursday near the town of Jableh in the Latakia countryside, part of the coastal area which forms the heartland of the Alawite minority sect to which the al-Assad family belongs. A Syrian security source told the Al Jazeera Arabic network that 15 security personnel were killed in “various armed ambushes”.…

Trump delays tariffs on Mexico until April Trump delays tariffs on Mexico until April 02:55 President Trump on Thursday said he will pause 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico and Canada that are covered under a 2020 trade agreement, delaying levies imposed on the nations earlier this week. Mr. Trump announced the delay in the Mexico tariffs in a social media post after a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. On Thursday afternoon, he signed two executive orders stating the exemptions would apply to U.S. imports of products from both Mexico and Canada that are covered by the USMCA. Goods that are…

A Southwest plane bound for Phoenix was forced to go back to the gate this week after one of the passengers walked to the front of the plane and started taking off her clothes. The woman, who had said she wanted off the flight and had stripped completely naked, began berating the passengers on the packed flight, harassed the flight attendants and even started pounding on the cockpit doors, other passengers said, according to local outlets.”She turned toward us and stripped all of her clothes off,” a passenger told KHOU-TV. Another passenger explained to KPNX-TV, “She started jumping up and down, screaming…