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Until recently, Pakistan’s most powerful man preferred to stay behind the scenes, tightly controlling his public profile and limiting his pronouncements mostly to choreographed addresses at set-piece military events.But after the deadly terrorist attack nearly two weeks ago in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, has stepped to the center of sharpening tensions between Pakistan and India.As pressure has built in India for a forceful response to the attack, which killed more than two dozen Hindu tourists near the town of Pahalgam, General Munir has increasingly shaped Pakistan’s tone with his own tough talk.On…

President Trump on Sunday announced movies as the latest target for tariffs because the U.S. movie industry “is DYING a very fast death.”In a Truth Social post, the president said he’s authorizing the Department of Commerce and  the United States Trade Representative to begin the process of imposing a 100% tariffs “on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.”It wasn’t immediately clear how the tariffs would be applied.Mr. Trump said the incentives that other countries are offering filmmakers and studios constitute a national security threat.”Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to…

Shabbos Kestenbaum moved through the crowd that came to hear him speak early last month, shaking hands and trying to mask his shyness.He looked collegiate in tortoiseshell glasses and a barely there ginger beard. But to the more than 300 people in attendance, who were mostly Jewish, he was a rock star. He was the kid who got into Harvard, made his parents proud and then exposed antisemitism from inside the ivory tower.At the event, a scholarship ceremony in Lake Success, N.Y., for high school students fighting injustice, Mr. Kestenbaum would be speaking about antisemitism at Harvard, next to a…

Australia’s consumer watchdog has selected a new chief to run the organisation as it promises to maintain scrutiny on the major supermarkets and step up the pressure on faux discounts.Sarah Proudfoot has been acting chief executive of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission since February and on Monday was made permanent.ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said the incoming CEO had consistently proved to be an “outstanding strategic leader” and had a strong commitment to public service.“I am confident that with Sarah’s contribution as CEO leading our capable people, our agency will continue to deliver important outcomes for the Australian economy and…

The steep hike is partly why Ivanova is still hesitant about calling Bali her second home.  “When I first came to Bali, everything was cheap. Now, I spend almost the same amount of money as I do in Moscow,” she said. Despite the development, very few locals are reaping the benefits. And as the influx of digital nomads drives prices up, some Balinese are feeling priced out, fuelling friction between the locals and remote-working expats.  “Houses have become out of reach for us Balinese,” said Bali resident Nyoman Denny.    SKYROCKETING PRICES Last year, Bali saw a 40 per cent increase…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NASCAR star Denny Hamlin suffered a scary incident on the track at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.Hamlin’s No. 11 vehicle developed an engine issue between turns 1 and 2 on lap 75. The car then caught fire as he spun around. A lot of smoke billowed out of his engine as emergency personnel rushed over to Hamlin to extinguish the flames. NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin is introduced before the start of the Würth 400 race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 4, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)He…

Here is where things stand on Monday, May 5: Fighting Russian forces repelled four drones flying towards Moscow, the capital’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said in a post on Telegram. There were no initial reports of damage or casualties, Sobyanin said, adding that emergency services were working at the scene. Ukrainian forces attacked a factory in Russia’s Bryansk region, destroying much of the plant, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said on Telegram. There were no casualties, Bogomaz said. Russian forces destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russia’s Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, Moscow’s Ministry of Defence said on Sunday. A Russian drone attack…

BOSTON, Mass. – Former Vice President Mike Pence was honored on Sunday night for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, in defying his then-boss, President Donald Trump.Pence received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his refusal to honor Trump’s request to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election, and instead oversaw congressional certification of former President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.”Vice President Pence put his life career and that of his family on the line to execute his constitutional responsibilities. His actions preserved the fundamental democratic principle of free and fair elections and we are…

On a recent Friday, Mark Wasser, an eminent-domain lawyer from Sacramento, embarked on a one-day road trip of more than 500 miles. It is one that he has taken often over the past decade.A tall and trim man in his 70s, dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt, Mr. Wasser folded himself into the driver’s seat of his car and aimed south. He drove toward dozens of California’s high-speed rail construction projects scattered across the vast farmland of the Central Valley.No one has represented more eminent domain cases involving the rail project than Mr. Wasser. In the long distances between…

Former Channel 7 news director Howard Gretton has been appointed State manager of the ABC.