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LONG WAITLIST FOR REPRIEVE  According to statistics from the NTRC, more than 10,000 people are on the waitlist for organ donations.   As of February this year, kidney transplant patients make up the largest group, with 10,197 individuals – adults and children – on the list. This is followed by those requiring heart transplants (21), liver transplants (11), heart and lung transplants (eight), and three patients awaiting a lung transplant.  In 2015, there were more than 19,000 patients on the waiting list for a kidney, according to a report by the New Straits Times then.  The number of people on…

French prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence against former President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday, in a trial over accusations that his 2007 campaign received illegal financing from the Libyan government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.Such a sentence would be unprecedented in modern French history for a former president.Mr. Sarkozy, a conservative politician who led France from 2007 to 2012, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and judges at the Paris court where he has been on trial since January may or may not follow the prosecution’s request if he is found guilty. His lawyers are expected to lay out their closing arguments…

FIRST ON FOX: Mississippi taxpayers will get significant relief with the incremental elimination of the state’s income tax.Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is signing legislation into law Thursday evening that will lower that tax from 4.7% to nothing over the next few years, including getting it down to 3% by 2030, then eventually down to zero.House Bill 1, the “Build Up Mississippi Act,” also slashes the grocery tax to 5% from 7%.REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SAYS DOGE IS RESTORING OPTIMISM IN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves, left, stands with President Donald Trump during a Keep America Great campaign rally at…

A top Senate Republican on Thursday accused President Trump of illegally refusing to spend $2.9 billion approved by Congress, teaming with Democrats in an early salvo in the simmering struggle between Congress and the White House over which has the ultimate power over federal spending.Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, initiated a letter to the White House that was signed by Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the panel’s senior Democrat. The letter asserted that the administration had violated the six-month spending law approved by Congress earlier this month.They pointed to a memo Mr.…

Uncertainty remains the only certainty for Saskatchewan’s agricultural producers these days. The province’s major industry players came together Thursday in Saskatoon for the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan’s (APAS) Ag summit. Discussions included the best approach to deal with continued tariff talk, all while in the middle of a federal election.“It’s adding a lot of anxiety to producers going into seeding here in the next few weeks,” APAS President Bill Prybylski said. “So it is going to impact their seeding decisions and marketing decisions and all those kinds of factors are kind of accumulating.”With so many unknowns, industry leaders want…

Anthony Albanese has laid out the pitch to voters for a second term in office, after calling the federal election for May 3.

But that’s not the full story. Preliminary data from the upcoming 2025 Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Aid Map shows Chinese disbursements have gradually increased under Marcos compared to his predecessor – albeit from a low base – driven by new China Eximbank infrastructure loans supporting Marcos’ “Build Better More” agenda, totalling around US$200 million so far, with more potentially on the horizon. This suggests the Marcos government is now cautiously steering towards a more selective, opportunistic approach: Carefully accepting Chinese funding when it fits the country’s needs, while pushing back hard on strategic and security issues. It’s a tightrope walk.…

Dick Vitale said college basketball has a “major problem” with NIL and the transfer portal. Vitale, 85, discussed the state of college basketball during a recent appearance on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich.””I think we got chaos going on in college basketball. Total chaos. The stability is out of whack. It’s wild west. Do you know in one day of the portal opening, which should never, never open during the heart of the NCAA tournament, that is a joke,” Vitale said.”But the bottom line is over a thousand entered the portal, and they are asking, ‘How much money am…

The LaLiga leaders move three points clear at the top of the table after sweeping to a 3-0 win against Osasuna.Barcelona eased to a 3-0 home win against Osasuna to move three points clear of defending champions Real Madrid in LaLiga. Despite resting key forwards Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha, the Catalan club raced into a two-goal lead through a Ferran Torres tap-in and a Dani Olmo penalty – after a retake. Second-half substitute Lewandowski headed home the third in the 77th minute to wrap up a sixth-straight win for Barca. In truth, it could and should have been a lot…

Canadian officials are making their voices heard against tariffs through digital billboards in multiple states.Billboards such as those spotted in the Metro Detroit area this week read, “Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill.” CBS News Detroit reached out to the Government of Canada, which paid for the ad, on Wednesday. John Babcock, spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, sent a statement Thursday, saying that the billboards were placed in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas.”The Government of Canada has launched an educational…