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Naomi Osaka showed that she is on the road to recovery from the abdominal injury that forced her out of the Australian Open in January, but getting sharp and match tough is going to take a little more time.Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, lost to Camila Osorio of Colombia, the world No. 53, in straight sets Wednesday night (6-4, 6-4) in the first round of Indian Wells. On social media, she later described the defeat as the “worst match I’ve ever played in my life.”Osaka, ranked 56th, and Osorio were dead even through the…

On Thursday morning, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico plans to speak with President Trump, in a last-ditch attempt to avert the 25 percent tariffs that Mr. Trump imposed this week on her country’s exports, which would devastate its economy.But already, Mexico is bracing for impact.The tariffs, according to banks and business leaders, are likely to cause American companies that make products in Mexico to leave the country, in line with Mr. Trump’s stated goal of pressuring those manufacturers to relocate to the United States. That could lead to the loss of tens of thousands of Mexican jobs, and a contraction…

A federal judge blocked New York City’s request for President Donald Trump’s administration to return $80 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds allocated for migrant shelters and services.Judge Jennifer Rearden, from the Manhattan bench on Wednesday, refused to issue New York City a temporary restraining order to claw back the funds because the city did not prove it would suffer irreparable harm without the money. “We’re disappointed the court did not grant the emergency relief we were seeking while the case continued, and we are evaluating next steps,” a New York City Law Department spokesperson told Fox News. The City…

President Trump said Thursday that he would offer a one-month exemption from tariffs for imports from Mexico that trade under the rules of U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade pact Mr. Trump signed in his first term. The president wrote on Truth Social that he would give Mexican products an exemption until April 2 from the 25 percent tariffs that he levied on all products from Mexico and most goods from Canada earlier this week. The exemption would cover the vast majority of North American trade and follows days of turmoil in the stock markets.“After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico,…

U.S. President Donald Trump is making the race for critical minerals a key part of his agenda — and Canada’s rich reserves are a prime target for his ambitions. Dozens of minerals are being increasingly traded around the world for technologies such as smartphones, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence, as well as modern military equipment.For years, the U.S. has been trying to reduce its reliance on China for those minerals, turning to like-minded producers like Canada.“Canada has strategic reserves the U.S. doesn’t have a lot of,” said Gracelin Baskaran, director of the critical mineral studies program at the Center for…

Lady Gaga put “so much” of herself into her new album.The 38-year-old pop star – whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta – will release her seventh studio album Mayhem on Friday and explained that she “loves” being her alter-ego because it has given her the chance to go back to her initial “artistry ” for this one.Speaking on Apple Music 1, she told Zane Lowe: “Something I want my fans to know now, which is why I said I love being Lady Gaga, is I actually returned back to my artistry recently in a huge way of making…

Ori Goldberg unpacks Trump’s Gaza plans and explains why Israel’s rejection of the Arab League’s proposal holds little weight.Ori Goldberg, a political commentator, breaks down Trump’s Gaza reconstruction plans, and unpacks why Israel’s condemnation of the Arab League’s proposal means little.

Washington — A federal judge in Rhode Island barred the Trump administration from freezing federal assistance, extending the block he put in place weeks ago in a case brought by a group of 23 states and the District of Columbia while the case moves forward.U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that prohibits agencies from halting the flow of federal funds awarded to the states through grants, contracts or other financial assistance based on a memo from the Office of Management and Budget issued during President Trump’s first days in office.”The executive’s categorical freeze of appropriated and…

Bryan Kohberger is asking a Boise judge to exclude evidence of his Amazon purchase history and other activity on the shopping site from his upcoming trial in the deaths of four University of Idaho students.Defense attorney Elisa Massoth argued that no Amazon evidence, including “click activity” on the app, should be introduced at trial – in part because the term is vague and because prosecutors have allegedly failed to define it or describe the nature of expert testimony prosecutors want to introduce.”The Defense asserts that with the limited disclosures made by State, lack of raw data, lack of complete data,…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said he had a “colourful” phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, but the trade war imposed by the president will last for the “foreseeable future.” “I can confirm that it was a colorful call. And it was also a very substantive call,” Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.He added, “We talked about a range of issues, of course, primarily the trade war that they have chosen to unjustly launch on Canada.”When asked if any profanities were exchanged or if the conversation got heated, Trudeau said, “I’m not going to get into it in details.…