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Washington — President Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow his administration’s policy prohibiting transgender people from serving in the military to take effect while legal challenges to the ban move forward.The request for the Supreme Court’s intervention comes after a federal appeals court left in place a lower court order that prevents the Trump administration from enforcing the ban nationwide. The administration has attacked these broad orders, known as nationwide or universal injunctions, issued by federal district court judges as improperly setting policy for the country.Mr. Trump banned transgender people from serving in the military during his…

For 65 years, the U.S. Naval Academy’s annual foreign affairs conference has been a marquee event on campus, bringing in students from around the world for a week of lectures and discussions with high-ranking diplomats and officials.But this year, the event was abruptly canceled, just weeks before it was set to start.The conference had two strikes against it — its theme and timing. Organized around the idea of “The Constellation of Humanitarian Assistance: Persevering Through Conflict,” it was set for April 7 through 11, just as the Trump administration finished dismantling almost all of the federal government’s foreign aid programs.According…

Trade war fears loom large over Canadians and uncertainty continues over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which threaten to upend global trading systems. While inflation in Canada cooled slightly in March, fears of a recession remain. A report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business released on Thursday (CFIB) forecast “muted growth” for the Canadian economy in the first quarter of 2025 and a “significant contraction” in the second quarter.A recession is classified as a period of two consecutive quarters in which an economy contracts.The report suggests that the Canadian economy grew by a meager 0.8 per cent in the first…

Wayne Bennett will need to snap a personal coaching record of 13 straight losses against Craig Bellamy with Souths also struggling against the Storm.

SEOUL: South Korea’s prosecutors said Thursday (Apr 24) they have indicted former president Moon Jae-in on corruption charges related to the employment of his son-in-law at an airline. Moon was “indicted for corruption for receiving 217 million won (US$150,000) in connection with facilitating the employment of his son-in-law at an airline”, the Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement. The case adds to the political drama gripping South Korea, which is facing elections on Jun 3 after Yoon Suk-yeol was stripped of his presidency for imposing martial law briefly. Moon, who served as president from 2017 to 2022, was known…

Mr. Steggle suggests that Mrs. Shakespeare’s movements should be reconsidered with an eye to her “possible absences from London rather than her perpetual absence.”The note to Mrs. Shakespeare concerned money for a fatherless child named John, who was an apprentice, though not under the famous playwright, with the last name “Butte” or “Butts.” It called upon her to pay money that was most likely held in trust for him, a pledge that her husband may have undertaken, and it referred to a time when she “dwelt in trinitie lane,” which Mr. Steggle now believes refers to a location in London.The…

A brewing weeklong fight inside the Democratic National Committee burst into the open on Thursday as the party’s chairman, Ken Martin, rebuked one of his vice chairs and moved to stop him from intervening in Democratic primary races while serving as a top party official.The vice chair, David Hogg, 25, had announced last week that he planned to spend money in Democratic primaries through his outside group, Leaders We Deserve, and that he hoped to raise $20 million for the effort.That set off a storm of criticism from Democrats angry at the idea that a top party official would be…

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The Trump administration is reportedly exploring ways to reverse America’s declining birthrate by offering incentives for larger families, potentially including a $5,000 “baby bonus” for new mothers. That’s according to a report published Monday by the New York Times, saying that U.S. President Donald Trump is looking to address the country’s falling birth rate; it comes after he recently dubbed himself the “fertilization president.”One idea being considered by the White House includes setting aside scholarships for married applicants or parents, the Times reported. Another would pay a baby bonus to new mothers, and a third would fund menstrual‑cycle education to…

Russia has pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 12 people in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year, drawing a rebuke from US President Donald Trump who told Russian President Vladimir Putin “Vladimir, STOP!”.The attack, which the US president said was “not necessary” and “very bad timing” as he pushes for peace, also wounded 90 people, smashed buildings and set off fires, Ukrainian officials said.Rescuers were still recovering bodies from the rubble more than 12 hours later.The attack comes at a critical moment in Russia’s war in Ukraine, which began with the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion…