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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 worldDonald Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick will sell stakes in two publicly listed companies for $361mn to comply with government ethics rules.The Wall Street investor and Trump campaign mega donor will sell his shares in BGC and Newmark for $234mn and $127mn, respectively, the companies said on Monday. Separately, Lutnick also transferred his ownership in Cantor Fitzgerald into trusts for the benefit of his children, to be controlled by his son Brandon Lutnick.Wall Street executives who join government ranks are…

US President Donald Trump was due to speak to Russia President Vladimir Putin about peace in Ukraine as the US vice president said there was an impasse over ending the conflict.Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between Russia and the United States since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.Trump, who says he wants to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly called for an end to the “bloodbath” of Ukraine, which his administration casts as a proxy war between the US and Russia.Under pressure from Trump, delegates from the warring countries met last…

Visiting Taipei for Computex last year, some Taiwanese media termed the expression “Jensanity” to describe the level of devotion he generates when he visits. This year, Nvidia has set up a pop-up store selling playing cards, shirts and other memorabilia with Huang’s image on it. His fame in Taiwan prompts bafflement from Nvidia colleagues, given he is often largely unnoticed when he attends similar events in the United States, and concern from his bodyguards as they try to hold back reporters and fans alike. “He’s not saying anything important,” one bodyguard told reporters, asking them to step back as Huang…

Russia claims members of the international rights group have backed ‘extremist’ organisations and ‘foreign agents’.Russian authorities have designated Amnesty International as an “undesirable” organisation, alleging that the rights group propagates pro-war content backed by the Western allies of Ukraine, in the latest crackdown on Kremlin critics. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement on Monday that Amnesty’s London office has acted as a “centre for the preparation of global Russophobic projects paid for by accomplices of the Kyiv regime”, according to state-run media. It claimed that since the start of the war in February 2022, Amnesty has been…

Trump holding Putin, Zelenskyy calls Trump holding calls with Putin, Zelenskyy to push for ceasefire in Ukraine 03:20 President Trump is set to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday morning about the war in Ukraine and will then talk with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO leaders.In a post on Truth Social, the president said, “THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE ‘BLOODBATH’ THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE.” The president is speaking with Putin at 10 a.m. ET, and then with Zelenskyy when the call concludes, White…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The son of John Elway’s late agent, Jeff Sperbeck, paid tribute to his father in a heart-wrenching Instagram post on Sunday.Jackson Sperbeck put together a slideshow of photos, remembering the times he spent with his father before his tragic passing late last month. The photos ranged from the time Jackson was a child to his older years. Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway walks the sidelines during the closing minutes of Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 28, 1990 in New Orleans. (MICHAEL MADRID / USA TODAY NETWORK via…

Crew members were hanging onto the rigging of the Mexican Navy tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night, video footage shows.Two sailors were killed and nearly 20 others were injured when the Cuauhtémoc ship struck the bridge at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. Everyone who was injured was on the boat and none of the 277 people onboard fell into the water.”No one fell into the water, they were all hurt inside the ship,” an NYPD official said, according to WCBS. “The ship, from what I was informed by the supervisors of the ship, it was disembarking…

Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. “The next fire in here is going to be incredible,” says the former Parks Canada fire management co-ordinator, standing in the expansive Carrot Creek fire break.The meadow was shorn more than 20 years ago by Parks Canada to slow future wildfires in their tracks before reaching Banff and Canmore.But it’s a fraction of the dense, naturally fire-prone forest blanketing the Bow Valley, where fear is growing that a shower…

The Scott twins – two of the AFL’s most high-profile critics – flanked league chief executive Andrew Dillon as they arrived for a coaches’ dinner in Melbourne.Essendon coach Brad Scott and Geelong sibling Chris walked into an inner-city Melbourne pub on Monday night either side of the AFL boss.Given the commentary over the last few weeks, it made for eye-catching TV news vision.The Scotts have been fierce in their commentary over issues such as the coaching soft cap and match review decisions.It is understood that North Melbourne’s Alastair Clarkson and Melbourne’s Simon Goodwin were also at the dinner, which was…

BANGKOK: Three people were killed and several others injured when they were struck by lightning while visiting Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex. They had been seeking shelter around the main temple of the UNESCO site when the lightning struck on late Friday (May 16) afternoon. Video posted on social media showed two ambulances arriving in the aftermath and onlookers and site officials carrying out some injured people and helping others out on foot. Other images showed multiple people being treated in the hospital. The day after the incident, Cambodia’s Minister of Tourism Hout Hak issued a statement telling people…