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President Trump took a defiant victory lap in the House chamber on Tuesday night, using his address to a joint session of Congress to promote the flurry of drastic changes to domestic and foreign policy that his administration has made in just the first six weeks.Delivering the longest address to Congress in modern presidential history, Mr. Trump reprised many of the themes that animated his campaign for president and spent little time unveiling new policies, as presidents traditionally have done on these occasions. He spoke for roughly one hour 40 minutes.“We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations…

Two minor quakes hit Los Angeles Sunday night, and I like to think that they were cosmically connected. The second earthquake was a small rattler (3.9) centered in the San Fernando Valley, just north of where the first quake hit inside the Dolby Theater when “Anora” won best picture. A pleasurable romp about an exotic dancer who runs off with the son of a Russian oligarch, “Anora” is the latest of several movies that its writer-director, Sean Baker, has made on sex industry workers. The first one that Baker did on the same topic was “Starlet,” a wistful, charming 2012…

Meghan Markle is setting the record straight.The Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan,” became available for streaming on March 4. It features celebrity pals and chefs as the 43-year-old shares her tips and tricks on things like cooking, gardening and hosting.In the second episode, the mother of two teamed up with Mindy Kaling to create a kids’ garden tea party. According to Markle, the two have been “email pen pals” since “The Office” alum appeared on her “Archetypes” podcast in 2022.MEGHAN MARKLE ADMITS TO MAKING ‘MISTAKES’ IN LAUNCHING AS EVER LIFESTYLE BRAND Mindy Kaling, right, appears in the…

In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company.On Tuesday, a federal judge in San Francisco denied Mr. Musk’s request, calling it “extraordinary.” But the court allowed Mr. Musk to proceed with other aspects of a lawsuit he filed last year against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman.Mr. Musk helped create OpenAI as a nonprofit in 2015, along with Mr. Altman and others. In 2018, Mr. Musk left the organization after a battle for control of the company. Mr. Altman then attached OpenAI to a…

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An aerial view of a new city district in southern China’s Nanning city on Feb. 28, 2025.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChina on Wednesday set its GDP growth target for 2025 at “around 5%” and laid out stimulus measures to boost its economy amid escalating trade tensions with the U.S.Beijing raised its budget deficit target to “around 4%” of GDP from 3% last year, according to the official report, as the country’s top legislative body held its annual meeting.The 4% deficit would mark the highest on record going back to 2010, according to data accessed via Wind Information. The prior…

Australian employers still see flexible work-from-home arrangements as key to attracting top talents, fresh figures suggest.The share of job advertisements offering WFH declined half a percentage point month-on-month to 9.5 per cent in December. But it is still well above pre-COVID levels, according to new data from online employment marketplace Seek on Wednesday.Seek said this small decline in ads offering the flexible arrangement was unsurprising given more than half of workers still prefer to work from home two or more days a week.“Since the onset of COVID, job seekers have had an increased focus on work-life balance with many considering…

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday (Mar 5) China would “firmly advance” the push for “reunification” with Taiwan while opposing external interference, and strive to work with regular Taiwanese to realise the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. China claims Taiwan as its own territory, despite the objection of the government in Taipei, and has ramped up its military pressure against the island in recent years, including holding several rounds of major war games. “We will firmly advance the cause of China’s reunification and work with our fellow Chinese in Taiwan to realise the glorious cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” Li wrote in…

Development comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the controversial influencers were not welcome in the state.Authorities in the United States have announced the launch of a criminal investigation into controversial social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate. James Uthmeier, the attorney general for the US state of Florida, said on Tuesday that he had instructed his office “to work with our law enforcement partners to conduct a preliminary inquiry” into the brothers. The Tate brothers – who arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 27, after Romanian authorities lifted a travel ban against them – are facing trial in…

In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.