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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldShares in US renewable energy groups fell on Thursday, as cuts to clean energy tax credits in President Donald Trump’s landmark tax bill proved more aggressive than expected.The bill, which narrowly passed the Republican-controlled House in the morning, seeks to end clean energy tax credits earlier than planned, undermining a central plank of former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.The bill will head to the Senate next, where lawmakers may water down its more hardline provisions, but clean energy advocates…

The trainer holds the horse by a rope, neither slack nor taut, while his young student circles at a gentle trot. Despite the towering construction project in the backdrop, the white fences, sheet roofs and late-afternoon trees still conjure a faint sense of the countryside.Not far from the heart of downtown Shanghai, the YCL Riding Center is one of dozens of stables that have cropped up in China’s biggest cities. For affluent parents eager to educate their children as widely as possible, the sport can help meet the extracurricular requirements exclusive overseas universities expect.Deborah Kay Gooden, a British trainer, helped to…

In a speech Thursday in North Carolina to soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pledged to restore what he called the U.S. military’s “warrior ethos” and announced pay raises for paratroopers.Speaking during All American Week at Fort Bragg, Hegseth laid out President Donald Trump’s vision focused on combat readiness, merit-based standards, and investment in the American warfighter.”We’re going to bring it back to the basics,” Hegseth said. “We’re going to restore the warrior ethos… and we are across our formations, a standard that’s set here every single day.”According to the Department of Defense, Hegseth used…

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Calgarians are growing more optimistic about the city’s future and their own quality of life, according to the city’s latest citizen satisfaction survey. The City of Calgary conducts two annual surveys, in the fall and spring, with the latest spring results released Thursday showing positive results compared to just six months ago.According to the survey, nearly three quarters, or 74 per cent, of Calgarians rate their overall quality of life as good, which is an eight-per cent increase over fall’s survey.Around seven in 10 Calgarians also feel that Calgary is a great place to make a life, with 66 per…

More than six million people are being warned of delays, blocked roads and flash flooding as Sydney and surrounds are impacted by heavy rain.Police pointed to two road deaths overnight as intense rain moved from the flooded NSW mid-north coast to the state capital.The Nepean Dam is spilling while Australia’s largest urban water supply, the Warragamba Dam, may spill depending on where rain falls on Friday, the SES said.Train services were also thrown into disarray across the central region as floodwaters halted services in the city loop, Blue Mountains, Mittagong, Cockle Creek and Sandbridge.More than 200mm of rain fell in…

TOKYO: Japan’s core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed on Friday (May 23), raising the odds of another interest rate hike by year-end. The data underscores the Bank of Japan’s predicament of balancing price pressures from persistent food inflation against growth headwinds from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes fresh food but includes oil prices, rose 3.5 per cent in April from a year earlier, exceeding market forecasts for a 3.4 per cent gain and accelerating from a 3.2 per cent increase in…

Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a man suspected of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staff workers in the United States capital of Washington, DC. In a federal court on Thursday, Elias Rodriguez was accused of two counts of first-degree murder, as well as charges of murdering foreign officials, causing death with a firearm and discharging a firearm in a crime of violence. In a news conference afterwards, interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro warned that those charges were only the beginning — and that her prosecutors were combing through evidence for other crimes. “This is a horrific crime, and these…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Zac Brown is aware of the many sacrifices made by service members and their families. It’s why he meets with veterans before his shows and honors them onstage.”They’re such incredible people,” Brown told Fox News Digital. “Their stories are so inspiring, and getting to bring them up on stage and share just a moment of gratitude with them for that entire crowd, and everyone in the crowd cheering them on and just reminding them that all of their sacrifices are appreciated. I have lots of friends that are in the military. I’ve…

A Georgia teenager who was detained by federal deportation officers following local traffic charges that have since been dismissed was released from federal custody late Thursday, her attorney and mother confirmed to CBS News.Ximena Arias Cristobal, 19, was released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement one day after an immigration judge granted her bond. She was picked up by family friends at an ICE detention facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, and will return to Dalton, Georgia — where she lives with her family — in the overnight hours, Arias Cristobal’s mother said. Her mother said she was able to see Arias Cristobal…