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Shortly after the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador this weekend, the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, posted a three-minute video on social media. It featured shackled men being marched off a plane over a dramatic electronic soundtrack and into prison, where they were shaved bald.Mr. Bukele also taunted the U.S. judge who unsuccessfully ordered the flights turned around, posting on X, “Oopsie … Too late,” with a laughing emoji. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared the video, as did Elon Musk. Mr. Trump thanked Mr. Bukele online, saying, “We will not forget!”El Salvador’s role in the Trump…

President Trump’s acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity, equity and inclusion-related employment practices, the latest Trump administration assault on private law firms.In letters to prominent firms, including Perkins Coie, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin, the commission, a federal agency responsible for protecting employees from discrimination, said it was concerned that some of the firms’ employment practices might violate civil rights laws. The agency suggested in the letters that the firms, in trying to recruit more people of color, could have discriminated…

The Department of Veterans Affairs is phasing out gender-affirming medical treatments for veterans, including hormone treatment for patients newly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the V.A. announced on Monday.The V.A. will continue hormone treatment for veterans who currently receive it or were receiving it when they separated from the military. The rationale is that abrupt cessation can be harmful to patients’ health.The policy change was made to comply with an executive order by President Trump, titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” the V.A. said in a news release.That order states that the…

Security guards at Westfield Shopping Centres across the country will be issued body-worn cameras nearly a year after six people were killed in an attack at Bondi Junction in Sydney.Body-worn cameras, coined team safety cameras, will now be rolled out across 42 Westfields across Australia and New Zealand after additional protective equipment, including vests, were brought in for all Westfield security officers last year.Yixuan Cheng, Dawn Singleton, Faraz Ahmed Tahir, Ashlee Good, Jade Young, and Pikria Darchia were all killed in the attack on April 13 last year after Joel Cauchi stabbed them.He was later shot dead by police.Camera IconSecurity…

Anyone who enters the New York City subway at Delancey Street is bound to notice the striking mosaic portraits of fish heads inlaid in the station’s white-tile walls. Bordered in gold, with shades of pink, purple and blue, they give their iridescent subjects all the majesty of a king or queen on an ancient coin, but with a air of whimsy.Commuters who continue downstairs to board the F train will discover a mosaic of three enormous shad covering one wall and a gracious, spreading cherry orchard on the wall across the tracks.Finished in 2004, these mosaics are probably the most…

Jesse Colin Young, whose sincere tenor vocals for the Youngbloods graced one of the most loving anthems of the hippie era, “Get Together,” a Top Five hit in 1969, before he went on to pursue a solo career that lasted more than five decades, died on Sunday at his home in Aiken, S.C. He was 83.His death was announced by his publicist, Michael Jensen, who did not specify a cause.Mr. Young didn’t write “Get Together.” It was composed by the folk singer Dino Valenti, later a member of the band Quicksilver Messenger Service, under the pseudonym Chet Powers. But Mr.…

Amazon is deepening its relationship with President Trump.Amazon Prime Video announced on Monday that multiple seasons of “The Apprentice,” the 2000s reality series that helped raise Mr. Trump’s profile on a national stage, would soon be available on the streaming service.The show’s first season, which premiered in 2004, is available on Prime Video starting Monday. Amazon said that a new season of “The Apprentice” would be made available each week, culminating with the show’s seventh season, which will make its debut to the streaming service in late April.Mr. Trump expressed his enthusiastic approval in a statement released by Amazon.“I look…

British national Tony Cross first set foot in Singapore in 1992, when the city-state’s main draws were its glitzy malls, the pulsating Zouk nightclub and the renowned Singapore Zoo.Today, shopping has taken a backseat, as prices for goods have climbed alongside commercial rents in a city where space is scarce. And, Singapore’s once-thriving clubbing industry is facing tough times, hurt by high costs and shifting alcohol consumption habits.Competition from other Southeast Asian cities, which are far cheaper to visit, is heating up too.Rather than competing on price, Singapore is relying on world-class attractions like Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the…

Bryan Bedford, a longtime airline industry executive, was tapped by President Trump on Monday to serve as the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.Since 1999, Mr. Bedford has been the president and chief executive at Republic Airway, which operates flights for the three largest U.S. airlines. In a statement on Truth Social, Mr. Trump praised Mr. Bradford’s experience in aviation and executive leadership.“Bryan will work with our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to strongly reform the Agency, safeguard our exports, and ensure the safety of nearly one billion annual passenger movements,” Mr. Trump wrote.The F.A.A. has been without a…

After funding issues forced the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE) to lay off some staff and suspend intakes on some services this month, the non-profit’s CEO says she is heartened that groups in the city have since donated over $100,000 to the organization in its time of need. “It doesn’t get us out of the hole, but it goes a long way to demonstrating to us that yes, there are tons of people in our community who support the work that we’re doing,” Mary Jane James, the CEO of SACE, told Global News on Monday.“The more we can demonstrate…