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Police have laid 30 charges against a man accused of targeting a teenage girl online before supplying her with drugs and committing sexual offences.

HONG KONG: Most Asian equities rose Friday (May 9) on growing optimism that the worst of Donald Trump’s trade war is past after he reached a deal with Britain and suggested he could lower tariffs on China as officials prepare for high-stakes talks this weekend. The mood among investors has improved substantially since the US president unveiled his “Liberation Day” blitz last month, sending markets spinning and fuelling global recession fears. Several countries have lined up to hold talks with Washington to avert the worst of the duties that range from 10 per cent to as high as 145 per…

Sorghum offers twice the amount of protein content as quinoa and four times that of rice. (United Sorghum Checkoff Program) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Welcome to the Fox News Lifestyle Newsletter. Check out these top headlines.TOP 3:’IDEAL CROP’: This American-grown heritage grain offers twice the amount of protein content as quinoa and four times that of rice.’MAGIC MUSHROOMS’: A new study finds that a psychedelic compound in certain mushrooms can improve mood, cognitive function and motor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease.RICH REWARD: Some hikers recently discovered a trove of gold artifacts and other treasures, leaving…

Radiohead meets the Bard: a mash-up for the ages — and kryptonite for purists, you might think. But a new, dance-infused take on “Hamlet,” set to the band’s 2003 LP, “Hail to the Thief,” which opened in Manchester, England, on Wednesday, is no mere gimmick.There is plenty in the album, both aesthetically and thematically, that resonates with Shakespeare’s tale of usurpation, revenge and self-doubt: the title’s allusion to political infamy, the music’s gloomy timbre, the anxiously introspective lyrics. Immediately, the album’s opening line — “Are you such a dreamer / To put the world to rights?” — has echoes of…

John Prevost knew there was a chance his brother could be elected pope. “Last Saturday when I was at church, one of the priests came over and told me the odds in Las Vegas were 18 to 1,” said Mr. Prevost, who lives in suburban Chicago. “He didn’t have a doubt. He thought it would definitely be my brother.”But Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was preparing for the conclave, shrugged it off when his older brother called from Illinois.“He said, ‘No way, not going to happen,’” recalled Mr. Prevost, 71, who is retired from a career as an educator and…

President Trump has fired longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, a congressional source confirmed to CBS News. Hayden was fired in an email Thursday from Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately,” read the email, which was obtained by CBS News. “Thank you for your service.” Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden speaks at the media preview of the “Collecting Memories” exhibition at The Library of Congress on June 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Shannon…

Eddy Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services at Apple Inc., speaks during a keynote session at the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Monday, March 12, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlphabet and Apple shares sank Wednesday after Eddy Cue, Apple’s services chief, said he believes that AI search engines will eventually replace standard search engines such as Google, according to Bloomberg.Cue said he expects to add artificial intelligence services from OpenAI, Perplexity and Anthropic as search options in Apple’s Safari browser in the future, according to the report.The Apple…

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President Trump on Thursday attacked a law signed by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling the effort “racist” and “totally unconstitutional” and threatening to end it “immediately.”Mr. Trump’s statement was one of the starkest examples yet of his slash-and-burn approach to dismantling the legacy of his immediate predecessor in this term in office. The Digital Equity Act, a little-known effort to improve high-speed internet access in communities with poor access, was tucked into the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that Mr. Biden signed into law early in his presidency.The act was written to help…

The Second World War claimed millions of lives and destroyed hope for millions more, but it all ended 80 years ago, even if the effects have lived on. Germany officially surrendered on May 8, 1945, putting an end to the war in Europe, though the Pacific theatre raged on for several more months.Just days before the Germans surrendered, the final remnants of Nazi resistance in the Netherlands was finally defeated, allowing complete liberation of the country for the first time in nearly five years.“The Canadian soldiers made a huge impression on the Dutch in terms of their smokes and their…