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A 3.9-magnitude earthquake caused mild shaking in and near the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles late Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said.The quake struck after 10 p.m. local time in Burbank, a city in Los Angeles County, at a depth of about nine miles. Little to no damage was expected, the agency said on its website.The epicenter was just over a mile east-southeast of North Hollywood, and a few miles north of the Dolby Theater, the venue for the Academy Awards on Sunday night.It has been more than three decades since California suffered a catastrophic earthquake. Scientists say this…

The deadline to contribute in a registered retirement savings plan is on Monday. Canadians have until March 3 to make any RRSP contributions count towards deductions for the 2024 tax year.Any money set aside in an RRSP after that date can only be claimed in a tax refund next year.Money that goes into an RRSP is exempt from being taxed until it is taken out, so it is essentially the government’s way of incentivizing people to save for retirement by reducing their taxable income, said Gerry Vittoratos, national tax specialist at UFile Canada.“The immediate reward that you get from contributing…

More than 20 people were charged with drug possession at a weekend music festival that took part in a landmark NSW government-backed trial of pill testing.The two-day Yours and Owls music festival in Wollongong was the first of 12 festivals to have the NSW Health-run service as part of a controversial year-long pilot program.The Minns government announced in December it would allow the trial of pill-testing at music festivals – a practice some other states have adopted – from early 2025.Officers said they would keep a highly visible presence, including sniffer dogs, at the festival, except in or around the…

BANGKOK: Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday (Mar 3), as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts.   The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, especially those on Thailand’s porous borders with Myanmar and Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs in recent years, according to the United Nations. At the weekend, Thai police received 119 Thai nationals from Cambodian…

Watch the moment No Other Land, a Palestinian-Israeli film, won the Oscar for best documentary.

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of OhioSen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of ArizonaRep. John James, Republican of MichiganEuropean Union diplomat Kaja KallasClick here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: the latest on the fallout following Friday’s Oval Office brawl. And Americans say they want more action from the Trump administration when it comes to fighting inflation.(Begin VT) DONALD TRUMP (President of the United States): You don’t have…

A New Jersey man accused of savagely killing his brother and ripping out his eyeball attempted to kill himself inside his jail cell, according to the New York Post. Matthew Hertgen, 31, tried to hang himself at Mercer County Correction Center just hours after he made a virtual court appearance in relation to murder charges he is facing for the slaying of his 26-year-old brother, per the report, citing a law enforcement source.Hertgen is accused of killing his brother Joseph at the family’s luxury Princeton apartment last Saturday, allegedly with a knife and golf club. Police believe Matthew may have ripped out his brother’s eye and tried to eat it, a…

When Thomas Perry turned 16, he asked his parents for a very specific birthday gift: one oversized truck tire.Not four tires. Or an actual truck. Scott and Karen Perry had heard about Gen Zers having no desire to drive themselves anywhere upon turning 16, but this was different. Their son — who took marathon-length trail hikes, alone, for fun — was as anti-trend as it got.After asking him to repeat his request, Scott, amused but also now genuinely curious, inquired as to why, exactly, Thomas wanted one gigantic truck tire.“So I can flip it,” Thomas replied excitedly, “and push it…

A wild ride in corporate fortunes reminds us yet again that sentiment, not figures, moves the market.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been named a suspect in an ongoing corruption probe involving RM700 million (US$157 million) in government funds, and will be called in for questioning on Wednesday. Azam Baki, chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), confirmed this on Monday (Mar 3) at a press conference. Ismail Sabri was Malaysia’s prime minister from August 2021 to November 2022, and he is currently the Member of Parliament for Bera constituency in Pahang. The RM700 million was allegedly spent as part of his administration’s “Keluarga Malaysia” promotional campaign, Azam confirmed, as reported by…