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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! On May 29, 2022, Marcus Ericsson was on top of the IndyCar world, having just driven 500 miles faster than anyone else on the planet.At 31 years old, Ericsson earned his first Indy 500 victory. Not long before, he had been having trouble finding his footing in Formula One.Ericsson joined F1 in 2014 and lasted for five seasons, but he never won a race. In fact, his best finish was an eighth-place run in 2015, and he had just 11 top-10s in his five-year stint there.But today, he’s in IndyCar lore. Marcus…

It takes at least two countries to make a deportation happen: one to send deportees and one to receive them. Typically, the receiving country agrees to take back its own citizens, but the Trump administration is developing other options.The U.S. has sent hundreds of deportees, most of whom appear to be Venezuelans, to El Salvador, where they are being held in a maximum-security prison notorious for its brutality. The U.S. has sent migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa to Panama and Costa Rica, including families with young children.The Trump administration is also in early talks with the Rwandan…

When the crypto mining firm American Bitcoin announced plans to go public on the Nasdaq stock exchange this week, the company called it a “major milestone” for a key stakeholder, Dominari Holdings — a little-known investment house that recently added a very recognizable name to its advisory board: Donald Trump Jr.It was the latest maneuver in a series of high-stakes, and potentially lucrative business deals Trump Jr. and his younger brother Eric, also a Dominari adviser, stand to benefit from.Since his father won the 2024 election, Trump Jr. has joined at least eight corporate boards or advisory committees, adding political…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Shares in retail trading platform eToro surged on the company’s Wall Street debut as investor optimism sparked by a de-escalation of trade tensions between China and the US spread to the new listings market.EToro rose as much as 42.8 per cent to $74.28 on Wednesday afternoon following an initial public offering on the Nasdaq that valued the Israel-based group just below $6bn. The rise came after an upsized float in which 11.9mn shares were offered to investors at $52 a piece, raising…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Brookfield Asset Management is nearing an almost €800mn deal to buy the European arm of hostel chain Generator Group, according to people familiar with the matter, in the private equity giant’s latest bet on the hospitality sector.A deal would mark the biggest exit yet for Generator’s owner Queensgate Investments, a real estate-focused private equity group with £3bn under management, at a time when market turmoil and slower-than-expected interest rate cuts have weighed on mergers and acquisitions activity.Generator’s European arm, which manages 15…

After the bombshell Tuesday news that convicted killers Erik and Lyle Mendendez have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole, the future for the brothers still remains uncertain. The pair, who admitted to killing their parents, Mary “Kitty” and Jose Menendez, in a bloody 1989 shotgun massacre inside their Beverly Hills home, maintained that their actions were self-defense stemming from a lifetime of physical and sexual abuse by their parents until Tuesday’s resentencing hearing. Below is a timeline of how we’ve reached this point in their resentencing bid, and what could happen next: Erik Menendez,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in a brazen daytime shooting in uptown Saint John this week. Saint John Police Force said Hayden Donald-Bentley appeared in Provincial Court  Wednesday, and has been remanded into custody until his next appearance on May 21.In a release, police said another suspect — a youth — was also arrested and is in police custody.There is a third suspect who has been identified and remains at large. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines,…

Carlos Alcaraz has won in straight sets despite a strong challenge from Jack Draper to reach the Italian Open semi-finals.Spain’s Wimbledon and French Open champ was made to work hard on his serve and saved six of the eight break points he faced on Campo Centrale on his way to a 6-4 6-4 victory over Draper, who beat him earlier this year.The third-ranked Alcaraz, who withdrew from the Madrid tournament due to an upper right leg problem that bothered him during the Barcelona Open final, moved well on the court on Wednesday, often took to the net and used his…

NewsFeedQatar’s role as a global mediator and a massive purchase of Boeing airliners were prime areas of focus in official talks between US President Donald Trump and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Published On 14 May 202514 May 2025

A judge in Virginia on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University who was arrested in March, after two months of detention in an immigration facility in Texas.The order, issued from the bench by Judge Patricia Giles of the Eastern District of Virginia, came as courts around the country have been forced to navigate a sea of legal challenges caused by the Trump administration’s campaign to remove scores of foreign academics from the United States.Judge Giles ordered that Mr. Suri be released without bond and imposed minimal conditions beyond requiring him to…