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Debate at the  Nova Scotia legislature Tuesday afternoon took a turn when interim Liberal Leader Derek Mombourquette brought up a cabinet minister’s recent trip south of the border. ‘The minister spent time at the Donald Trump inauguration and he spent $3,000 of taxpayers’ dollars to do it,” he said.Scott Armstrong, Minister of Opportunities and Social Development, defended his January trip — saying he was advocating for Nova Scotian jobs amid tariff threats from the United States at the time.“I was proud to do that,” responded Armstrong.“I was working on behalf of Nova Scotia and I’m convinced that we need to…

“WE ARE GOING TO STARVE” There are 379 households – more than 1,800 people – living in the Waingmaw Lisu Baptist Association camp, which has been supported by WFP since July, according to Le Tarr, a community organiser among its residents. “After we heard the WFP announcement, all the people in the camp are depressed and are having trouble sleeping,” he said. “Without food and supplies, we are going to starve. After we heard this announcement, we felt hopeless.” Trump has presented the cuts as part of his campaign to undo bloated government spending. But USAID accounted for only between…

Russia has said it would agree to a limited cease-fire that would stop attacks on energy infrastructure, a proposal Kyiv has signaled it is open to but has yet to officially approve. An agreement would be the first significant step toward de-escalation since the start of the full-scale war more than three years ago.On Wednesday, Ukraine and Russia traded accusations of attacks against each others’ energy infrastructure, a day after the proposed agreement was reported, highlighting the lack of trust between the two countries and how tenuous any deal would be.Strikes against energy facilities have been a key part of…

The Associated Press, not exactly a White House favorite, has shot itself in the foot.The following retraction is nothing short of humiliating:”The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard saying President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘are very good friends.’ Gabbard was talking about Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The AP will publish a corrected version of the story.”TRUMP ACCUSES BIG MEDIA OF ‘ILLEGAL’ REPORTING, VIRTUALLY ABOLISHES VOICE OF AMERICAWhoa! How do you run that piece in the first place without having it nailed down?The wire service, you may recall,…

Two teenage boys, one 13 and the other 15, have been charged with murder after the younger boy intentionally drove a stolen vehicle into a man as he was riding his bike to work last year, killing him, the police in Albuquerque said on Monday.An 11-year-old who was also in the vehicle will be charged in connection with the crime, the police said in a statement, though he is too young to be charged with murder and his name was not disclosed.The driver, Johnathan Overbay, was identified through a cellphone video that the boys posted on social media, the police…

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.To and From Russia With LovePresident Trump and Vladimir Putin had a nearly three-hour phone conversation on Tuesday, during which Putin said he’d agree to a partial cease-fire in Russia’s war against Ukraine.On “The Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon said that Trump spent most of the call “trying to sell Putin a Cybertruck.””[imitating Trump] Think of it as a mini-tank with a mind of its own.” —…

We’re officially getting an Auntie Roger. On Tuesday (Mar 18), Malaysian YouTuber Uncle Roger’s fiancee, Sabrina, took to her Instagram to share that they’re tying the knot. In her post, Sabrina shared a series of engagement photos they’d taken in Taipei. She donned a white dress and a wedding veil while the 34-year-old comedian, whose real name is Nigel Ng, looked dapper in a black blazer for the shoot. The couple also posed in front of various shops in the Taipei night markets, and the most eye-catching one has got to be them standing right in front of a sex toy shop. Netizens…

The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) has filed a lawsuit against the sport’s governing bodies, accusing them of anti-competitive practices and a disregard for player welfare. The PTPA, an independent players’ union co-founded by Novak Djokovic in 2019, said on Tuesday that after years of good-faith efforts to reform professional tennis, it had been forced to take legal action to end “monopolistic control” of the sport. It said in a statement that, along with more than a dozen players, the PTPA had filed papers in a New York court against the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, the International Tennis Federation…

Washington — President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to an “immediate ceasefire on all energy and infrastructure” in Ukraine when the two spoke Tuesday in a lengthy phone call, but Russia has not agreed to a full 30-day ceasefire like Ukraine has. Hours after the call, air raid sirens sounded and explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. The White House and the Kremlin both said they agreed to begin negotiations “immediately” to achieve a fuller ceasefire. A Russian readout of the call from the Kremlin said a key condition for working toward a resolution to the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Indonesia’s central bank has intervened “boldly” in the foreign exchange market as the rupiah hovers around five-year lows amid concerns over a sluggish economy and President Prabowo Subianto’s expensive policies.The attempt to boost investor confidence in south-east Asia’s largest economy comes a day after Jakarta’s main stock index fell as much as 7.1 per cent to its lowest point since 2021.Equities recouped some of the losses on Wednesday, gaining about 1 per cent. However, the currency declined as much as 0.7 per…