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Andrew McQualter was at Richmond at the height of Dustin Martin’s powers as arguably the best player in the game. Yet he concedes he’s never seen anything like the expectation that is on Harley Reid.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with global executives on Friday, March 28, 2025.CNBC | Evelyn ChengBEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with global executives and made a case for investing in the country, as Beijing focuses on reaching out to businesses amid escalating trade tensions with the U.S.He said multinational companies had a big responsibility to “uphold global order” and that they needed to work hand in hand with China.Xi emphasized that China was a safe and stable place for foreign companies. “To invest in China is to invest in tomorrow,” he said in Mandarin translated by CNBC. Echoing recent…

Madam Karya, for instance, used to travel to Central Java by minivan in the past – a journey that took almost a full day and night from the capital.  “The minivan will depart at 8am, but it makes many pickup stops first. (We) arrive at our house in Central Java at 4am the next day,” she told CNA.  This year, she and her husband managed to score train tickets and are looking forward to a much shorter trip of about five to six hours.  Train frequencies have been increased to cope with the annual exodus, with more than 4.5 million…

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, shaking buildings as far as Bangkok, in neighboring Thailand.The quake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, at around 12:50 p.m. local time, the agency said.This is a developing story.

Americans’ outlook for the economy is mixed and has grown a bit more pessimistic since last month, with relatively more expecting a slowdown or recession over the next year. Ratings of today’s economy are unchanged overall and continue to be negative, much as they have been for years going back to the pandemic.Prices continue to weigh on finances: most say they’re still rising, and they continue to be the main driver in how Americans are evaluating the economy.Prices far outpace job reports, interest rates and the stock market in the reasons Americans give for how they rate things.And despite stock…

Reversing course, the Trump administration on Thursday restored funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a federally financed news organization born out of American efforts to counter Soviet propaganda during the Cold War.The decision to again support the news group, known as RFE/RL, came two days after a federal judge in Washington temporarily blocked President Trump’s push to close it down, saying Mr. Trump cannot unilaterally dismantle the news organization established by Congress.Also Thursday, the administration reinstated 33 employees at the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, a federal news outlet critical of the island’s communist government, allowing the radio station’s programming to…

A vote on a proposal to develop Sydney’s historic Rosehill Gardens racecourse for housing will be postponed after the sport’s governing body intervened.The future of the 140-year-old racecourse has been the subject of fierce debate since the NSW government reached a 2023 agreement with owner the Australian Turf Club to potentially redevelop the western Sydney site.Under the plan, the land would be sold to developers to build more than 25,000 homes, with the proceeds – potentially worth up to $5 billion – funnelled into other racing, training and stabling venues.But some turf club members have opposed the sale with the…

An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Myanmar, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Friday (Mar 28), while hundreds of people poured out of buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok after the tremors. There was no immediate word from Myanmar on damage after the quake, which GFZ said was at a depth of 10km with the epicentre near the city of Mandalay. Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic and water splashed out of swimming pools. The quake could also be felt in China’s southwestern Yunnan. This is a developing story. Please refresh…

Officials at a school district in Maine announced Thursday that the district will not comply with a proposed agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration that would bar transgender athletes from participating in girls sports.Maine School Administrative District 51, home to Greely High School, where a transgender athlete incited national controversy after winning a girls pole vault competition in February, said it is not complying and will instead “continue to follow state law and the Maine Human Rights Act.””To our students: Thank you for your maturity, perseverance and dedication to learning through these distractions. Please continue to lead the way,” the…

A tourist submarine sank on Thursday during a routine underwater sightseeing tour off the coast of Hurghada, a popular Red Sea resort city in Egypt, killing at least six Russian nationals on board. The vessel, which is owned by a private tourism company, Sindbad Submarines, was designed to take tourists underwater to view coral reefs and marine life – a major attraction in the area. ​According to reports, the vessel sank approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) offshore from Hurghada, Egypt. Despite efforts by the crew to surface and evacuate passengers, the vessel quickly sank at about 10am local time (08:00…