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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Historic Israel-Lebanon talks to take place for first time in decades2. Trump hits key battlegrounds to boost GOP ahead of midterms 3. Kamala Harris swipes President Trump over high gas pricesMAJOR HEADLINESFEELING THE FALLOUT — Disbarment looms for Swalwell after rape and assault claims trigger criminal probes. Continue reading …WAVE OF TROUBLE — Beach town deploys helicopters, K9 units amid takeover fears before Orange Crush. Continue reading …EYEING…

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy grew 5.3 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Friday (Apr 17), moderating from its pace at the end of 2025 as activity slowed in some key sectors.In the final quarter of 2025, gross domestic product had expanded by 6.3 per cent, the fastest pace in three years, driven by higher domestic demand, exports and investments. The rise in the January-to-March period was driven by sustained growth in the manufacturing, services and construction sectors, though momentum has slowed compared to the previous quarter, the statistics department said in a…

On April 17 each year, Palestinian Prisoner’s Day is commemorated to remember the plight of thousands of men, women and children held in Israeli prisons.This year’s remembrance is underscored by Israel’s new death penalty law, which solely targets Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. Rights groups have called the measure a violation of international law and inherently discriminatory. The United Nations human rights chief called it a possible “war crime”.Nearly 10,000 Palestinians are now being held in Israeli prisons in Israel and in occupied territory, according to the prisoners’ rights group Addameer. To Palestinians, they are political prisoners who must be…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republicans fell far short in their bid to flip a vacant U.S. House seat in a blue-leaning district in northern New Jersey.Democrat Analilia Mejia, who was backed by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of neighboring New York, convincingly defeated GOP candidate Joe Hathaway in Thursday’s special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, The Associated Press reported. The race was called minutes after the polls closed at 8pm ET.With her victory, Mejia will fill the final eight months of the term of Gov. Mikie Sherrill, the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A corpse found floating in the Long Island Sound was the body of 32-year-old Brittany Kritis-Garip, according to the Suffolk County Police Department in New York.”Brittany Kritis-Garip, 32, of Oyster Bay, has been identified as the woman found deceased in the Long Island Sound in Lloyd Harbor on April 13. Detectives believe her cause of death to be non-criminal in nature,” according to the department.The woman went missing last month.LONG ISLAND WOMAN MISSING AFTER JUMPING FROM MOVING VEHICLE IN PANICKED STATE Brittany Kritis-Garip, 32, was last seen Friday in Long Island, N.Y.…

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has come up with the perfect 21st birthday present for Harley Reid – a plan to better protect him from taggers.Reid hit the important birthday milestone on Friday, and the Eagles will be hoping the celebrations extend all the way to an upset win over arch rivals Fremantle in Sunday’s western derby.The Eagles have snared two victories from the opening five rounds – already double the win count from last season – but their 128-point loss to Sydney a fortnight ago showcased just how vulnerable their young side can be.Reid was completely blanketed by Sydney…

BEIJING: China will continue to diversify its energy imports and boost energy reserves to help enhance its capacity to cope with an “emergency situation”, Wang Changlin, vice chair of the country’s state economic planner, said on Friday (Apr 17).The world’s energy supply has been disrupted by the Iran war that began on Feb 28, with hundreds of tankers and other ships stuck by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about 20 per cent of global oil shipments before the conflict.The world’s biggest oil importer’s energy markets are steady owing to government measures to safeguard domestic oil supply…

Summary: US President Donald Trump is once again threatening to leave NATO, this time over allies refusing to back the US-Israel war on Iran. But could he actually exit the alliance? Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan explains.Published On 17 Apr 202617 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NFL Draft prospect Jacob Rodriguez is going to have a pretty cool job to tell people about when he’s taken next week by an NFL team to begin his professional football journey.But if you were to ask Rodriguez, his wife, Emma, has the coolest job in the family.”Any time I get the chance to talk about her is the best. Every time I get the chance to tell people what she does for a living, they’re blown away, and rightfully so,” Rodriguez told Fox News Digital during a recent interview. NFL prospect…