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Veteran Aussie surf star Sally Fitzgibbons needed to take a moment on her board in the surf at Winky Pop after causing the biggest upset 2025 by taking down reigning world champ, and reigning Bells Beach champ, Caty Simmers.Fitzgibbons, in her 15th outing at Bells where she ranks thirds all-time for heat wins, stunned onlookers with a brilliant start in their round of 16 clash before holding out Simmers, the event favourite.It was Fitzgibbons best performance of the season, including her highest rating wave so far of 2025, storming in to the quarter-finals and eliminating Simmers.Camera IconSally Fitzgibbons took down…

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Chipotle Mexican Grill — Chipotle missed first-quarter revenue estimates and said same-store sales declined for the first time since 2020, leading the stock to drop 2%. The burrito chain reported adjusted earnings per share of 29 cents, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast 28 cents per share. Revenue came out at $2.88 billion for the period, falling short of the consensus $2.95 billion estimate, per LSEG. Chipotle also lowered the top end of its outlook for full-year same-store sales growth. Texas Instruments — Shares of the semiconductor manufacturer popped 4.8% after…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kirk Cousins’ run with the Minnesota Vikings came to an end just over a year ago. The veteran quarterback signed a four-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons last March.The status of Cousins remains a backdrop to the Falcons’ plans for Thursday’s NFL Draft. The veteran signal caller left some observers surprised when he reported for the first day of the team’s voluntary offseason program.But, Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot said he was not among the group who were surprised by Cousins’ appearance. “I wouldn’t say a surprise,” Fontenot said. “This is a voluntary…

Arda Guler scores the only goal of the game as Real record crucial away win to keep title defence alive.Arda Guler struck the only goal as Real Madrid won 1-0 at Getafe to claw back to within four points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona. The young Turkey international fired in from outside the area midway through the first half on Wednesday as Carlo Ancelotti’s side stayed in title contention after Barcelona won by the same scoreline at Mallorca on Tuesday. Archrivals Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the Copa del Rey final in Seville on Saturday, with Kylian Mbappe poised to…

President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting college accreditors, a group of largely unknown but long-established companies that evaluate the educational quality and financial health of universities.The order, one of seven education-related measures he signed on Wednesday, was the latest move by Mr. Trump aimed at shifting the ideological tilt of the higher education system, which he views as hostile to conservatives. His administration has escalated its fight with elite universities in recent weeks, demanding significant changes to hiring, admissions and curriculum practices. At least one, Harvard, has chosen to fight back, setting up a billion-dollar battle for…

While the Justice Department argues in court that it is working to comply with judges’ orders to provide migrants with due process before deporting them, President Trump and his top advisers are increasingly making a different argument altogether: Why should we?In their rapid, maximalist campaign to apprehend and deport as many migrants as possible as quickly as possible, Mr. Trump and top members of his administration have abandoned any pretense of being bound by the constitutional limits that have constrained presidents of both parties in the past on immigration. Instead, they are asserting that when it comes to people who…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his 25 per cent auto tariffs “could go up” for cars made in Canada, as he seeks to drive auto manufacturing back to the United States. Trump made the comment after declining to weigh in on Canada’s federal election, which has been dominated by the growing trade war with the U.S., saying it wouldn’t be “appropriate” for him to say if he preferred an outcome for Monday’s vote.However, Trump did take the opportunity to list his oft-repeated grievances with Canada on trade, saying the U.S. doesn’t need products like oil and lumber it…

A teenager is now in custody after an elderly store owner was stabbed to death at a Darwin supermarket.

A COALITION ON FAIRER TRADE Everyone in Asia already wanted to reduce China’s footprint in the manufacturing sector. Now, as markets in the West close themselves to Chinese goods, producers and policymakers here are terrified that Chinese overcapacity will flood their home markets with cheap imports. These nations’ incentives aren’t perfectly aligned, however. They are in competition with each other to replace Chinese producers in specific sectors, for example. And some would also want to be the ones who “cheat” any final deal by trans-shipping Chinese goods as much as they can, or through the low-value assembly of goods prepared…

The attack took place in a picturesque valley popular with Indian travelers. It was the worst assault on civilians in the Indian-administered territory in years, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said.