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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LAS VEGAS – Pandemonium: Pro Wrestling was among the companies to kickstart WrestleMania week in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.While a relative unknown promotion among pro wrestling fans, Pandemonium held their “Whatever Forever” show as part of Shooting Star Fest. Dozens of fans poured into the Bizarre Bar in Las Vegas for hard-hitting action in an intimate setting where they had no other choice than to feel the wrestlers’ pain. AMIRA retains her title at Pandemonium: Pro Wrestling’s “Whatever Forever” event on April 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Fox News Digital) AMIRA…

Still, data on Thursday showed China’s economy, the world’s second-biggest, grew a forecast-beating 5 per cent in the first three months of the year.US investors welcomed the news with open arms, with the S&P 500 ending above 7,000 points for the first time and the Nasdaq closing higher than 24,000 points for the first time.Tokyo and Seoul again led the rally in Asia, with Japan’s Nikkei hitting a fresh record, as traders poured back into the AI-based tech investments that had helped send the markets surging before war broke out on Feb 28.Nikkei surged 2.4 per cent to 59,549.59.Hong Kong,…

BREAKINGBREAKING, US president says the leaders of the two countries will speak for the first time in 34 years on Thursday.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026United States President Donald Trump says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak for the first time in 34 years on Thursday.Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform late on Wednesday.“Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon,” he wrote.“It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow. Nice!”More soon …

Three people were killed Wednesday in yet another U.S. strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the eastern Pacific, the Pentagon reported.U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in Latin America, said in a social media post that the “lethal kinetic strike” in the eastern Pacific targeted “a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” killing “three male narco-terrorists.”An unclassified video of the strike was included with the post.On Tuesday, a similar U.S. strike against an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific killed four people, while a strike Monday killed two people, SOUTHCOM said.  Two strikes Saturday on two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A hoax drawing comparisons to Jussie Smollett’s case is at the center of a lawsuit after a Wisconsin sheriff said a woman fabricated a story about being in ICE detention for 40 hours. Investigators point to hotel records, surveillance video and text messages that contradict her claims.Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced the legal action after a weekslong investigation into claims by Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi that she was held by federal authorities in Illinois and Wisconsin, including at the Dodge County Jail.Those allegations, first raised publicly last month, claimed Naqvi, a U.S.…

The District of North Vancouver has rejected a plan to keep a major chlorine producer operating long-term. Chemtrade has been making liquid chlorine in North Vancouver since 1957 and supplies more than 40 per cent of Canada’s drinking water treatment needs.The company had been seeking rezoning approval to continue operations on land adjacent to its current location at the port, but that land is managed by the District of North Vancouver.On Monday, council voted 4-3 against the rezoning approval.Chemtrade Group’s vice-president of commercial, Alan Robinson, said they were not expecting that result.“Surprised, disappointed, is the easiest way to summarize that,”…

Injury-cursed St Kilda spearhead Max King’s confidence is rising as he nears a comeback from a 21-month absence from the AFL.King will complete another full week of training next week before Saints coach Ross Lyon and medicos plot his exact return to action.The full forward hasn’t played in the AFL since hurting a knee on June 30, 2024.”He’s making a lot of ground – coming really, really quickly, relative to where he was,” Lyon told reporters in Adelaide on Thursday.”He’s completing full training this week and next week and then we’ll sit down (and discuss) … but his head space…

“On one hand you see resilience – the Iran war’s impact on China is very limited. On the other hand you see imbalance – a strong export sector versus a modest domestic demand,” said Xu Tianchen, senior economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit.Early signs of strain are emerging, however. China’s factory-gate prices rose in March for the first time in more than three years, signalling that energy-driven cost pressures are seeping into the world’s second-biggest economy and threatening already-thin corporate margins.On a quarterly basis, the economy expanded 1.3 per cent in January-March, in line with the poll, and compared with…

NewsFeedA source has told Al Jazeera that Pakistan is expecting a breakthrough tied to Iran’s nuclear programme as Islamabad helps negotiate an end the US-Israeli war on Iran. Pakistani military and government officials met with Iranian and Saudi leaders on Wednesday.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated a proposal to tax luxury second homes owned by the ultra-wealthy, a plan expected to generate at least $500 million annually.Earlier in the day, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes in New York City valued at $5 million or more, allowing the city to impose an annual surcharge on ultra-wealthy nonresidents.The proposal is projected to generate at least $500 million annually, according to Hochul.Mamdani praised the plan, noting he campaigned on taxing the wealthy.FROM ‘JUMP ON A BUS’…