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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, said a thorough review of spending from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is warranted, following the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the agency.  USAID was an independent agency to provide impoverished countries aid and offer development assistance, but the agency was upended since February when President Donald Trump installed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to oversee the organization amid concerns that USAID did not advance U.S. core interests. Since then, the agency has faced layoffs and is being absorbed…

Green Party Leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner is calling on the province to allow municipalities to charge gas companies to use public land. On Wednesday, Schreiner announced the No Free Ride for Fossil Fuels Act at Queen’s Park.If passed, the bill would give municipalities the power to charge fees from Enbridge and other natural gas providers for public land use.“This is about putting people before oil and gas profits,” Schreiner said.The bill was first tabled in the last parliament, but Schreiner said it “died on the order paper” when the election was called earlier this year.In a statement, the…

Australian schools need to implement comprehensive support systems to address the needs of students experiencing family and domestic violence, new research shows.

COAST GUARD DRILLS The patrol came one day after Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump spoke by telephone, with Xi telling Trump that the United States must “handle the Taiwan question with prudence”. This is “so that the fringe separatists bent on ‘Taiwan independence’ will not be able to drag China and America into the dangerous terrain of confrontation and even conflict”, Xi said, according to a Chinese government read-out of the call. China regularly calls Taiwan its most important and sensitive issue in relations with the United States, which is bound by law to provide the island…

What is the future of AI and efforts to regulate its harms? Marc Lamont Hill speaks to AI ethicist Rumman Chowdhury.Tech companies and countries across the globe are racing to develop more advanced Artificial Intelligence. As this technology becomes more entrenched in everyday life, there are growing concerns over AI amplifying misinformation and being used in government surveillance and war. So where does the current boom leave efforts to keep AI in check? And how is the growing influence of tech billionaires shaping global politics? Marc Lamont Hill speaks to the CEO of Humane Intelligence, and former Machine Learning Ethics…

The Mueller Report: Ball now in Attorney General’s court – CBS News Watch CBS News After receiving the findings from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s connections with the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr spent most of the weekend at the Justice Department with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and a small group of advisers pouring over the final report, making historic decisions about how much of it the public will see. Paula Reid reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from detaining a Columbia University student and lawful permanent resident whom federal agents have targeted for deportation after she took part in an anti-Israel demonstration earlier this year.U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald’s preliminary injunction on Thursday blocks Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from taking 21-year-old Yunseo Chung into custody. Chung is originally from South Korea and has lived in the U.S. since she was seven years old.ICE had attempted to arrest her in March but were unsuccessful and the court has now barred…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union representing Canada Post’s workers says it has started to exchange proposals with the Crown corporation for a potential arbitration process as both sides returned to the bargaining table on Thursday. In a late-night news release, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said it was ready to bring negotiations to a “successful conclusion.”According to the union, terms of reference for arbitration exchanged through federal mediators include issues the parties could bring to arbitration, criteria that would help guide the arbitrator in making a decision, and timelines for when a final…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! They simply go by the Athletics now, as the team formerly stationed in Oakland will soon plant their roots in Las Vegas. For now, the team plays their games at Sutter Health Park, a minor league field in Sacramento, while the transition to Las Vegas continues to run its course. As a result, there is a large portion of the team’s fanbase that remains disgruntled at ownership for moving to Sin City instead of continuing to play in Oakland. Well, one fan decided to make his presence known during the team’s pregame show on…