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Prince William donned battle gear to visit British troops in Estonia on a trip aimed at underlining his country’s support for NATO operations in Eastern Europe.William, heir to the British throne and eldest son of King Charles, was in Tapa camp, around 200km from the Russian border, inspecting infantry fighting vehicles and riding on a tank wearing full, camouflaged military fatigues.Britain has about 900 troops in Estonia and Poland as part of ‘Operation Cabrit’, the British contribution to the expansion of NATO’s forces on the alliance’s eastern flank following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The prince’s two-day visit came as Britain and…

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988.The family of a Boeing whistleblower who died by suicide last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday accusing the aircraft giant of fostering a toxic culture and retaliating against employees.John Barnett shot himself in the head in his truck outside a South Carolina hotel in March 2024 after he gave deposition testimony in Charleston regarding his whistleblower complaint.The lawsuit accuses Boeing of fostering a “deep rooted culture of concealing defects and safety violations, and of…

A Mississauga, Ont., man charged with the high-profile kidnapping of a Toronto teen over his half-brother’s drug debt in 2020 has been found guilty. Superior Court Justice Sandra Nishikawa delivered her verdict to Samir Abdelgadir in a downtown Toronto courtroom on Friday. He attended the hearing via Zoom as he was in hospital.Abdelgadir was one of five people charged with the kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy on March 4, 2020 – a case that sparked an Amber Alert and captivated the city’s attention until the teen was found in a rural barn 38 hours later.Abdelgadir was on trial for kidnapping…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldEuropean investors in US equities have been dealt a double blow as a slide in the dollar compounds losses on stocks, ending a “virtuous cycle” of share price and currency gains during Wall Street’s recent record run.The slump in US stocks this year has confounded a widespread bet that Wall Street would continue to outperform. But an accompanying slide in the dollar has magnified the pain for foreign investors, ending a pattern where currency gains tended to offset some of…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Carlyle’s $945mn acquisition of a portfolio of oil and gas projects from London-listed Energean has collapsed in a blow to the buyout group’s plans to build a Mediterranean-focused energy company.The acquisition was set to be the latest foray into the upstream oil and gas sector by the US-headquartered fund, which has continued to buy and sell producing assets even as most of its competitors have backed away from such investments.The two companies had set a deadline of Thursday to complete the deal,…

Get ready for a different kind of free agency this summer: Less wild, perhaps, but weirder.At first, the 2025 NBA free-agent class doesn’t exactly overwhelm you with front-line talent. This isn’t the year for superstars holding meetings in the Hamptons while teams wait on pins and needles for franchise-altering decisions. Only one likely All-NBA selection can become a free agent this summer, and that one (the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James) isn’t going anywhere. The next-best potential free agent, the Dallas Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving, turns 33 soon and just tore his ACL.However, what the free-agent class lacks in superstar talent,…

At least 1,300 flights in and out of London’s Heathrow Airport were disrupted on Friday as the airport, Europe’s busiest, was shut down after a major nearby fire caused a power outage.More flights are expected to be canceled or delayed in the coming days as airlines navigate the ripple effects of the airport’s closure, which is affecting air travel worldwide. About 220,000 passengers had been expected to travel through Heathrow on Friday, according to Flightrader24, the live flight tracking service.Heathrow said it had no choice but to keep the airport closed until 11.59 p.m. on Friday. “We know this will…

The Social Security Administration’s plan to require in-person identity checks for millions of new and existing recipients while simultaneously closing government offices has sparked a furor among lawmakers, advocacy groups and program recipients who are worried that the government is placing unnecessary barriers in front of an already vulnerable population. The new requirements will impact anyone who needs to verify their bank information with the agency, as well as families with children who receive Social Security benefits and cannot verify a child’s information on the SSA website. They are intended to combat fraud and waste within the system, which President…

Young Australian flyer Lachlan Kennedy has roared to an historic silver medal in the 60 metres at the world indoor championships, pipped agonisingly for gold after a blistering finish in China.The 21-year-old Queenslander, making a spectacular indoor debut, proved fastest over the final 10 metres but just couldn’t reel in Britain’s European champion Jeremiah Azu, who won in a photo finish by just one-hundredth of a second on Friday’s opening day in Nanjing.Kennedy’s 6.50 seconds was an Australian indoor record, and demonstrated that, following Gout Gout’s recent spectacular exploits, the country can boast more than one brilliant young men’s sprinter.Kennedy…

A hearing has been set for Friday afternoon to debate whether a federal judge in Washington acted correctly when he temporarily stopped the Trump administration last weekend from summarily deporting scores of Venezuelan immigrants under a powerful but rarely invoked wartime statute.The hearing, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in Federal District Court in Washington, could also include some discussion about the Justice Department’s repeated recalcitrance in responding to the judge’s demands. He has been requesting information about two deportation flights in particular, which officials say carried members of a Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua, to El Salvador.The judge, James E.…