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The Russian president suggests Ukraine be placed under ‘temporary administration’ of the United Nations as part of a peace deal.Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine could be placed under a “temporary administration” as part of a peace process that could include help from North Korea and other Moscow allies, according to Russian state media. Speaking to a group of servicemen in Russia’s northern port of Murmansk, Putin laid out several provisions for a peace process to end the three-year war launched by Moscow in February 2022, according to Russia’s state news agency, TASS. Among Putin’s many suggestions was a…

In its latest move to dismantle environmental regulation under the Trump Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act and other rules designed to limit air pollution with a simple offer: email us for a presidential exemption.Businesses that would like to avoid complying with certain EPA rules can email the agency with a reason justifying why it should be allowed an exemption and how it is in the best interest of the national security of the United States. According to the EPA website,…

A California school district has apologized after a U.S. Border Patrol recruiter was “inadvertently” denied access to a high school career fair this week, saying what happened was a “misunderstanding.”The Coachella Valley Unified School District said a Border Patrol recruiter was “inadvertently denied” entry to a career fair at Coachella Valley High School by the principal on Wednesday.”We want to make it very clear that we do not condone this behavior, and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken with the involved staff members to ensure this does not happen again,” the district said in a news release. CARTELS LURE AMERICAN TEENS…

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted March 27, 2025 5:34 pm Updated March 27, 2025 5:57 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to boost the amount that can be put into tax-free savings accounts, if the funds are used to support domestic growth. The government currently allows Canadians to contribute $7,000 each year into their TFSA, which can be used to invest in things like mutual funds.Poilievre says he would enact a TFSA top-up that would allow people to contribute an additional $5,000 each year for “investments in Canadian companies.”…

North Albany will chase their first men’s A-grade title while Barking Owls will look to add more women’s A-grade silverware when the Albany Basketball Association grand finals are played on Friday night.

Wildfires also burned large areas in other regions of South Korea. More than 80 helicopters started flying at daybreak on Friday to dump water, the safety ministry said. South Korea relies on helicopters to fight forest fires because of its mountainous terrain. A helicopter pilot died on Wednesday after crashing while trying to tackle a blaze. Experts have said the Uiseong fire showed extremely unusual spread in terms of its scale and speed, and that climate change is expected to make wildfires more frequent and deadly globally. The wildfires have displaced more than 30,000 residents, many of whom are elderly,…

Nolen: The first TB patient that I sat down with in Nairobi was a man who had extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB — essentially there’s a just a very slim chance that the only drugs we know about will actually cure him. We’re out of options. And he’d come in that day, like he had very optimistically every day for a week, to pick up his delamanid. And it was out of stock.Green: Oh my god.Nolen: And I just was, like, “This is terrible for you, Barack. This is terrible for your wife and for your five children.” They’d all…

There is no doubt the tariffs that President Trump said he would impose on imported cars, trucks and auto parts next week will raise prices by thousands of dollars for consumers.What is not clear is how soon those increases will kick in, how high they will go and which models will be affected the most.The tariffs — 25 percent on imported vehicles and automotive parts — are supposed to take effect next Thursday. But many car dealers said they were putting aside the question of price increases for now to focus on ending March with a sales flourish in the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.An initial public offering is like a gummy bear rescued from behind a sofa cushion. It may be sweet and delicious, but it also tends to come with a film of miscellaneous detritus. The would-be consumer must decide how much is too much.CoreWeave, a US data centre operator and the year’s biggest tech IPO to date, has fallen foul of this not-quite-scientific test. On Thursday, it sharply downsized what would have been a $32bn listing to $23bn and cut the amount of…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.European insurers will be penalised for holding cryptocurrencies under proposals announced by EU regulators on Thursday, imposing their most stringent capital requirements ever on bitcoin and other digital assets.The move is designed to discourage EU insurers from holding digital assets, at a time when the US has begun to loosen its restrictions on such holdings by traditional financial institutions. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority said it was recommending the European Commission introduce a 100 per cent capital requirement for all crypto assets…