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A Kansas babysitter came face to face with a “monster” under the bed when she attempted to calm down a child she was watching.The child complained there was a “monster” hiding under the bed and when the sitter attempted to prove there was nothing there, she came face-to-face with a male suspect.Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the home just outside of Great Bend at about 10:30 p.m. and when they arrived, the male suspect had fled the scene.”An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over in the struggle. The suspect then fled the scene before deputies…

The opposition leader has delivered an election pitch to voters in his response to the federal budget, including an east coast gas reserve for domestic use.

This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersGood morning. Yesterday afternoon US President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on imported cars, to go into effect April 2 and be “100 per cent” permanent. Trump also indicated that tariffs on pharmaceuticals and lumber were imminent. The president has backtracked on tariffs before, but the tone of this announcement struck us as particularly firm. Today’s market reaction will be interesting, and judging only…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Private credit is “not a bubble”, Apollo Global Management president Jim Zelter has said, adding that he did not think adverse economic conditions would trigger “massive losses” in a sector that has witnessed rapid growth in recent years.Speaking at HSBC’s investment conference in Hong Kong on Thursday, Zelter was asked how private credit would perform in an economic downturn.“The biggest question I get from everybody around the globe is, is private credit a bubble?” said Zelter. “And I would say it’s not…

China and Bangladesh are marking 50 years of diplomatic relations this year.  Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus is making his first bilateral visit to China after taking charge of his country’s government last August. His Special Envoy for International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi told CNA on Wednesday that Yunus will attend a series of meetings, as well as give a keynote address at the Boao Forum for Asia 2025, which began on Tuesday and runs until Friday in the southern island province of Hainan. “There is a summit planned (with Chinese) President Xi (Jinping), leaders from the business sector, multiple actual…

Archaeologists have unearthed the huge tomb of an unknown pharaoh at an Egyptian necropolis, a team of researchers said on Thursday, in what they are calling the second discovery of a king’s tomb this year.The team of Egyptian and American archaeologists found the tomb, which the researchers estimate is 3,600 years old, nearly 23 feet underground at Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt. The city, about 300 miles south of Cairo, was a burial place for early pharaohs and became a pilgrimage site in antiquity. A necropolis developed at Anubis Mountain to the city’s south.Researchers uncovered the…

The bombshell publication of a group chat involving Trump administration officials discussing U.S. battle plans revealed in unusually stark fashion what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with airstrikes this month against the Houthi militia in Yemen.The attacks, some of the chat’s participants said, were meant to deter the Houthis from attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea and reopen shipping lanes to the Suez Canal.“Whether it’s now or several weeks from now, it will have to be the United States that reopens these shipping lanes,” said a participant identified as Michael Waltz, President Trump’s national security adviser.But the high-level…

A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday extended a temporary pause in the Trump administration’s efforts to fire probationary workers at more than a dozen federal agencies by five days.The judge, James K. Bredar of the Federal District Court in Maryland, said he needed more time to determine whether a longer-term halt to the government’s firing of probationary employees should apply to the entire country or be restricted to certain states while the case proceeds.Nineteen states and the District of Columbia sued the federal government, arguing they were irreparably harmed when the government fired thousands of probationary employees en masse…

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jase Richardson recently told the type of story everyone is familiar with. About being a kid, counting down the clock, imagining the winning shot.Only Richardson’s version was probably unlike yours, or mine, or maybe anyone’s. The specifics involved border on obsessive. When he was around 5 or 6, Richardson imagined his bedroom as an arena, and every game was the Final Four. Cosplaying wild drama, his little emotions tugged and pulled in different directions. His team would struggle early and carry a deficit into the halftime locker room — his bedroom closet — looking for answers.Down…

South Korea’s military is aiding firefighting efforts as deadly wildfires double in size, killing at least 27 and destroying historic sites.