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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has criticised Britain’s invitation to Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the U.S. president’s talk of annexing Canada. Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the 51st U.S. state, a suggestion that has angered Canadians and left Britain trying to tread a fine line between the two North American countries.Britain’s King Charles is also head of state of Canada, a former British colony, and the monarch has made a number of symbolic gestures in recent…

Tasha Hedges took Xanax for 20 years to treat her anxiety and panic attacks, exactly as a psychiatrist had prescribed it. Then in 2022, that doctor unexpectedly died.A general practitioner continued her prescription but retired shortly afterward. The next doctor moved to Canada. Finally, Ms. Hedges found a new psychiatrist.“The first thing he did was start yelling at me that I had been on Xanax too long,” said Ms. Hedges, 41, who lives in Falling Waters, W.Va. “He ripped me off my meds.”Discontinuing the drug typically requires decreasing the dose slowly over months or even years, a process called tapering.…

At trial, Sean Combs will be represented by a large and varied defense team — one that has grown even larger and more varied in recent days.Since early in the government’s investigation, Mr. Combs has retained Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos of the firm Agnifilo Intrater.Mr. Agnifilo is a longtime criminal defense attorney who has represented high-profile figures like the former pharma executive Martin Shkreli; Keith Raniere, the leader of the Nxivm sex cult; and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, who in 2011 was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Helen Mirren didn’t hold back in voicing disdain for “grumpy” older actors while heaping praise on co-stars Pierce Brosnan and Harrison Ford.The 79-year-old actress played Cara Dutton, the wife of Ford’s ranch owner Jacob Dutton, in the “Yellowstone” spinoff “1923,” and she portrays Maeve Harrigan, who is married to Brosnan’s crime boss Conrad Harrigan in the new Paramount+ series “MobLand.”During an interview with Fox News Digital, the Academy Award winner shared her thoughts on what had surprised her about working with Ford, 82, and Brosnan, 71. “I think with both of them, as…

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal trial is entering its third day with his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura expected to resume testifying about how the rapper and hip-hop mogul made her a central figure in his alleged sex trafficking.Ventura, an R&B singer known as Cassie, testified on Tuesday she acceded to taking part for a decade in Combs’ drug-fuelled parties known as “Freak Offs”, often fearful he could become violent if she did not.Jurors saw a 2016 surveillance video from the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel where a towel-clad Combs threw Ventura to the ground and began to kick her.She said…

Nine years ago, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species.“People should stop training radiologists now,” Geoffrey Hinton said, adding that it was “just completely obvious” that within five years A.I. would outperform humans in that field.Today, radiologists — the physician specialists in medical imaging who look inside the body to diagnose and treat disease — are still in high demand. A recent study from the American College of Radiology projected a steadily growing work force through 2055.Dr. Hinton, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics last year for pioneering research in A.I.,…

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the launch of its redesigned app, the debut of services and experiences within the app, the company’s remote work policy, state of the consumer, New York City’s crackdown on the company, and more.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) defender Savy King underwent heart surgery following her frightening collapse during a match for Angel City on Friday night, the team said.King was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after she suffered a medical issue while playing against the Utah Royals. Doctors discovered an abnormality in her heart, and she underwent surgery on Tuesday. Angel City FC defender Savy King, #3, passes the ball during the second half of a soccer game against the Utah Royals at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on May 9,…

When Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, hosts President Trump at a lavish dinner at his palace in Doha on Wednesday evening, it will be the culmination of a successful charm offensive by the Gulf emirate that now appears likely to include the promise of a luxury jetliner to Mr. Trump — with no strings attached.The president, who has described the emir as a “great gentleman” and a “friend of mine,” is granting Qatar the honor of hosting one of the first foreign visits of his second term. As for the plane, the president says he would…

President Donald Trump asked Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to fully normalize relations with Israel in exchange for sanctions relief. In a readout of the pivotal Wednesday meeting for Syria, Trump encouraged al-Sharaa to sign onto the Abraham Accords with Israel, tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria, deport “Palestinian terrorists,” help the U.S. prevent the resurgence of ISIS and assume charge of ISIS detention centers in northeast Syria. Some 10,000 ISIS fighters are imprisoned in the region, where the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, is charged with keeping them locked up. The U.S. has about 1,400 troops stationed in…