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One hole from rewriting 46 years of Masters history, Jason Day will continue to swear on the inside and wait for the putts to drop after giving himself a fighting Masters chance.The Australian was on track to become the first man to go bogey-free through the tournament’s first 36 holes since Ed Sneed in 1979, until his first blemish on the 18th green on Friday.The PGA Championship winner 10 years ago settled for his second two-under-par round of 70 to be four-under-par and four shots back from leader Justin Rose entering the weekend.He had at least four looks at birdie…

As you would expect, the industry is centred in the Klang Valley around Kuala Lumpur at the moment, with few RV dealers setting up shop further afield. Johor, for instance, has only one dealer based near Muar. BROADER MOVES This September, Melaka will host the Caravan Jamboree, timed to fall on this year’s World Tourism Day. State chief minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh said at January’s launch of Camper Rally Melaka 2025 that the event, co-organised with the Malaysian Campervan and Motorhome Association, will attract 155 delegations from around the world with plans for 1,000 campervans to converge at…

Since the collapse of the cease-fire in March, Israel has issued a succession of evacuation orders across Gaza, covering roughly half of the territory, displacing thousands of Palestinians.

Peter Carr, a longtime Justice Department spokesman, has been fired by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Carr told CBS News. Carr did not say why he was terminated, but said it was the deputy attorney general who fired him. Carr was a career employee of the department’s office of public affairs. In that role, he served as spokesman for special counsels Jack Smith and Robert Mueller. Smith brought two federal criminal cases against President Trump after the president’s first term. And Mueller conducted a 22-month investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the actions of the Trump campaign and possible…

USA Fencing has acknowledged a forthcoming federal investigation into an incident that occurred at one of its events where a women’s fencer was punished for refusing to face a transgender competitor. The investigation, which will be carried out by the newly-formed Title IX investigations team in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice, was announced on Friday by Education Secretary Linda McMahon. The incident, which occurred at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland on March 30, saw female fencer Stephanie Turner take a knee in protest of trans competitor Redmond Sullivan. Turner was then disqualified from the event…

Maryland prosecutors on Friday rested their case against Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, the illegal immigrant accused of raping and murdering Bel-Air woman Rachel Morin in August 2023.Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was jogging along the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel-Air, a quaint community northeast of Baltimore, when Martinez-Hernandez allegedly ambushed, strangled and beat her to death.”This has been an emotionally grueling experience for Rachel’s family, but they remain steadfast in their pursuit of justice,” Randolph Rice, the family’s attorney, said in a Friday statement. “The State has presented a thorough and powerful case. We now await the Defense’s response…

By Jordan Prentice Global News Posted April 11, 2025 6:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Coalbanks Channel 17 School News consists of a group of grade five students in Lethbridge, Alta. who share a passion for storytelling and keeping their classmates in the know. Coalbanks Elementary School teacher and Channel 17 news director Jared Hunt came up with the idea for the news team three years ago. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.…

Equities and commodities have whipsawed at the whims of erratic US trade policy but worrying signs are emerging in the plumbing that holds markets together.

Wall Street closed sharply higher on Friday, capping a roller-coaster week, after the White House hinted it was open to reaching a trade agreement with China. A wave of renewed optimism sent the major indexes soaring, providing some relief after days of intense volatility.The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 658 points, or 1.7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 2%, leading gains as investors rushed back into riskier assets.Markets gained momentum in the afternoon following comments from the White House suggesting President Donald Trump was “optimistic” about China seeking a deal with the United States.…

The US dollar slid on Friday as Donald Trump’s erratic tariff regime heightened global economic uncertainty and triggered a flight into gold and other haven assets. The US dollar index slumped below 100, a key threshold, for the fist time since July 2023 during trading in Asia. The euro rose 0.8 per cent to $1.13 and sterling gained 0.3 per cent to $1.30. The yen strengthened to ¥143.9 per dollar, a six-month high. “You’ve gone from growth and inflation worries to worries about liquidity and market functioning”, said Mitul Kotecha, head of emerging markets macro strategy at Barclays, who also…