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NOAA cuts raising concerns over public safety – CBS News Watch CBS News Another wave of mass firings could be hitting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency, which includes the National Weather Service, could ultimately lose about 20% of its staff. Rob Marciano reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

New York officials fired more than 2,000 prison guards on Monday for not returning to work after a weekslong strike.Enough correctional officers had returned to work for the state to declare an end to the wildcat strike, a labor action that violated a state law prohibiting strikes by most public employees.”After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are happy to report it is now ended,” Corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said during a virtual press briefing.The state and the guards’ union, the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, reached a new deal to end…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on world leaders have given many of them a boost in their approval ratings, as allies contend with what experts say is an “external threat” posed by the Trump administration. Leaders who were suffering polling slumps in recent months and years — including outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his incumbent Liberal Party, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — have seen their popularity rebound since Trump returned to the White House in January, according to recent polls.“Donald Trump is making other countries rally around their leaders in opposition,” said Matthew Lebo, a political science professor…

Australian Federal Police say the airport employee told the 43-year-old man that he would not be permitted to fly after he turned aggressive while waiting to check in for a flight to Bali on February 25. 

In December 2020, the advocacy group together with six Malaysian women married to foreigners with children born outside the country had filed a constitutional challenge with the Kuala Lumpur High Court, seeking their children’s right to Malaysian citizenship.  They sought a court order for all relevant government agencies, including the National Registration Department, Immigration Department and Malaysian diplomatic missions to issue citizenship documents to children born abroad to Malaysian women married to foreigners.  On Sep 9, 2021, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled in their favour, declaring that Malaysian mothers have equal rights as Malaysian fathers to automatically confer citizenship…

Throughout China’s annual legislative meeting, the national leader Xi Jinping made clear that he wants nothing to hold back his plans for China to march past its rivals by becoming a technological superpower. Not the economic slowdown or heavy local government debt, nor a trade war with the United States.The meeting in Beijing, called the National People’s Congress, was once a stage for Communist Party leaders to make a show of public consultation. Congress delegates, although handpicked by the party, sometimes chided officials over problems like pollution. There were even rare flashes of discord among senior officials.Mr. Xi, though, has…

NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the agency’s Washington headquarters.The cuts affect about 20 employees at NASA, including Katherine Calvin, the chief scientist and a climate science expert. The last day of work for Dr. Calvin and the other staff members will be April 10.That could be a harbinger of deeper cuts to NASA’s science missions and a greater emphasis on human spaceflight, especially to Mars. During President Trump’s address to Congress last week, he said, “We are going to lead humanity into space…

A federal judge found on Monday that Elon Musk’s government-cutting unit is likely subject to public disclosure laws and must promptly turn over documents to a group that had sued for access to its internal emails.In his order, Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that the Department of Government Efficiency Mr. Musk leads had all the hallmarks of an agency that would typically be subject to laws like the Freedom of Information Act. He said Mr. Musk’s team appeared to be exercising “substantial authority over vast swathes of the federal…

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. US stocks got taken out to the woodshed yesterday. The S&P 500 fell 2.7 per cent and the Nasdaq fell 4 per cent, its biggest one-day fall since 2022. A few things are clear. US growth and tariff policy are major concerns for investors at a moment when the country’s risk assets are very expensive. Inflation risks remain on the table. And the Trump…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and GramercyFinancial markets have witnessed a dramatic change that is overturning the consensus trades that dominated until early February of this year. Falls in US stocks and their under-performance relative to other countries reflect a remarkable turnaround in investors’ views about the economic outlook for America and Europe — and to a lesser extent China. What is less clear is whether the resulting mix of all this is favourable…