Dolly Parton releases new song honouring late husband Carl Thomas Dean
The pair were married for 60 years before Dean died earlier this week.
Day: March 8, 2025
Marco Rubio pivots to America First diplomacy
It’s been a little more than a week since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Vice President JD Vance was in the meeting too. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation’s top diplomat, sat on an Oval Office couch, mostly silent, as Trump and Vance berated the Ukrainian leader.
Along the way, the president and vice president made it clear just how much of the established global order they are ready to upend. An order that for most of his career, Rubio has defended, and worked to help hold up.
So what changed …and what do those changes mean?
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Woman kidnapped as a toddler in the US 25 years ago found alive in Mexico
Andrea Michelle Reyes was two when her mother took her from her father in Connecticut and fled the countryA woman who was abducted in Connecticut as a toddler has been found alive 25 years later in Mexico.Andrea Michelle Reyes was two years old when sh…
U.S. Suspends Ukraine’s Access to Satellite Imagery
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How Will the U.S. ‘Pause’ on Intelligence Sharing Affect Ukraine?
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Unemployment Rate for Veterans Ticks Down as Trump Touts Boost in Manufacturing Jobs
The unemployment rate for veterans ticked down from 4.2% to 4.1% in February despite the Trump administration’s push for major cuts in the federal workforce, the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday in its monthly jobs report.
Hong Kong company sells its ports in Panama, says it’s business, not politics
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings sold its Panama ports business to a group of investors led by BlackRock. What does this episode tell us about Hong Kong today?
The soundtrack to King Charles’ life features music from Kylie Minogue
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Dozens killed in Syria as soldiers still loyal to tyrant Bashar al-Assad ‘ambush new rulers’ army without mercy’
DOZENS of people have been killed after soldiers loyal to exiled tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the army of Syria’s new rulers.
Ongoing clashes between…
Elon Musk, Marco Rubio Clash In Cabinet Meeting Over Staff Cuts: Report
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk clashed on Thursday during a Cabinet meeting, as President Donald Trump watched, over the level of staff cuts that Rubio has carried out, the New York Times reported.