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U.S. officials have announced a sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations as part of what U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro characterized Friday as a “new theater of war” launched by the Trump administration against Chinese transnational organized crime. The crackdown, led by a U.S. government Scam Center Strike Force, includes the Treasury Department's sanctioning of a prominent lawmaker and 28 other people and companies accused of operating from Cambodia. Criminal charges also were filed against two Chinese nationals involved in a similar operation in Myanmar.

US launches sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asia cyberscams and sanctions Cambodian senator

Pakistan forges ahead with diplomatic efforts to bring Iran and US together for talks

War, drought, aid shortfall to fuel hunger in 2026, global report says

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China first-quarter fiscal spending quickens as Beijing seeks to spur growth

China’s fiscal spending rose 2.6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, accelerating from a 1% increase in 2025, the finance ministry said on Friday, as Beijing steps up support for economic growth amid rising global risks caused by the Middle East conflict.Fiscal expenditure in the January–March period totalled 7.47 trillion yuan ($1.09 trillion), while fiscal revenue grew 2.4% from a year earlier to 6.16 trillion yuan, the ministry said.First‑quarter fiscal spending accounted for 24.9% of annual budgeted expenditure - the highest in recent years - a finance ministry official told

Global equity fund inflows surge to 17-month high on AI optimism

Putin returns 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky to Russia's spy school

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Warsh's quest for better inflation data is a well-worn, difficult pursuit for Fed

Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh has called for a major rethink of how to measure inflation, but he may have less trouble finding new ideas at the central bank than in choosing from an expanding set of alternate models, measures and forecasts designed to understand how the price level is changing.One month of recent data shows the dilemma.February inflation numbers under the key measure tracked by the Fed came in nearly a percentage point above the central bank's 2% target. Separate calculations at the Dallas Federal Reserve, using a methodology preferred by Warsh that discards outli

At SpaceX, AI is burning the cash that Starlink earns

Conservative super PAC threatens to unseat Republicans over immigration bill

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New Orleans mass shooting plan was thwarted by network of law enforcement. Here’s what we know

Law enforcement across three states thwarted the plans of an experienced former cop who they say expressed a desire to harm Black people and threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival.North Carolina resident Christopher Gillum, 45, was reported missing on Tuesday by his family, and police quickly learned he was armed and posed a possible risk to himself and others, the Burlington Police Department said.The next day, Gillum was arrested more than 600 miles away in Florida on a charge from Louisiana police of making terroristic threats.“Authorities obtained information G

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What we know about the 14-year-old girl singer d4vd is accused of killing

The tightknit and family-friendly city of Lake Elsinore in Riverside County is about 70 miles southeast and a world apart from the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood Hills.Celeste Rivas Hernandez grew up in Lake Elsinore, where she was a regular at the corner store down the street from her home. Neighbors still recall her strolling around with her backpack and long curly black hair atop her 5-foot-2 frame.Kayleigh Cortez, a neighbor, remembered the first time she saw Celeste three years ago.“I’m like, ‘Oh, look at that girl. She had big, beautiful curls. That’s a beautiful little girl,

Rex Heuermann admitted he killed 8 women. What about Gilgo Beach’s other bodies?

2 young people arrested in alleged plot to attack Houston synagogue

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Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law. But it does change the way it's regulated, shifting licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I — reserved for drugs without medical use and with high potential for abuse — to the less s

Trump likes a naval blockade. But Iran presents big differences from Venezuela and Cuba

President Donald Trump has turned to naval blockades to pressure the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and now Iran to meet his demands, but his preferred tactic is confronting a very different reality in the Middle East than in the Caribbean. Unlike Cuba or Venezuela, Iran choked off a crucial trade route for energy shipments, meaning the longer the standoff persists, the more the global economy will suffer. Tehran also poses a greater military threat than those two adversaries in America’s own hemisphere and requires a sustained military presence far from U.S. shores.

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets

Pope condemns killing of protesters in Iran, reaffirms stance against war

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Hundreds of Everest hopefuls are waiting at base camp as glacier blocks route to summit

Anxiety is growing at Everest Base Camp, more than 5,300 meters above sea level.Hundreds of climbers and sherpas have gathered, eager to summit the world’s most famous mountain as the annual spring climbing season kicks off – but there’s one problem.A massive serac, or a block of glacial ice, is hindering the route and keeping alpinists in limbo as they wait for it to gradually collapse and clear the way.Specialized high-altitude workers known as “icefall doctors” have been on site for weeks already, working to map the serac and its position in the notorious Khumbu Icefall, a steep p

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Third US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East as Trump declines to give timeline on ending Iran war

The US military said a third aircraft carrier had arrived in the Middle East, the highest number of American carriers deployed to the region in more than 20 years, according to analysts.The announcement on Thursday came around the same time US President Donald Trump declined to give a timeline on when the Iran war could end, telling reporters at the White House: “Don’t rush me.”US Central Command (CENTCOM), which coordinates American forces throughout the Middle East, announced in a social media post that the third aircraft carrier, the Nimitz-class USS George H.W. Bush, had transited in

China’s AI upstart DeepSeek drops new model. Will it make waves like last year?

Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump seeks 'best deal' with Iran

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Italy dismisses replacing Iran at the World Cup after suggestion by Trump official

Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official. Iran has not withdrawn from the World Cup, and the team is preparing to play in the U.S. despite the war in the Middle East. FIFA has insisted its group stage games near Los Angeles and in Seattle will go ahead as planned in June. The Financial Times reported that Paolo Zampolli, the U.S. special envoy for global partnerships, had suggested the swap to President Donald Trump and

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US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid

A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits.According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke opened an account in late December on Polymarket, one of the best-known prediction markets. He wagered about $32,000 that Maduro would be “out” by January. The bet was a long-shot.But Van Dyke was involved in the planning and execution of Operation Absolute Resolve, prosecutors allege, and had access to classified information