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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip. Trump’s 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia upended a… Read Details ⇢

Tens of thousands of people were allowed to return to their homes as authorities relieved an evacuation order on Thursday, with firefighters, aided by water-dropping helicopters, finding some success in restraining a fire in the mountains north of Los Angeles. Multiple uncontrolled fires around the city and its surrounding counties… Read Details ⇢

An illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal history in the United States was indicted by a South Carolina grand jury last week for re-entering without authorization after he was arrested for drunk driving in December. Sergio Ixtepan-Toto, 36, was arrested on Dec. 6, 2024, in Pickens, South Carolina, for driving… Read Details ⇢

The UN body has received a formal request from Washington to withdraw next year as Trump orders a pause on WHO funding. The United States is set to officially withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2026 after the UN body received a formal letter from US President… Read Details ⇢

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints… Read Details ⇢

New York at Christmas time, a forbidden romance. Nicole Kidman first experienced this in 1999, in Eyes Wide Shut. Stanley Kubrick’s film opens with her naked, perched on high heels, her voluptuous figure facing away from us. In front of the mirror, she is absorbed by her reflection, utterly flawless.… Read Details ⇢

In the penultimate match week of the Europa League’s first league phase, English sides Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur edged closer to cementing a top eight finish on Thursday with wins against Rangers and Hoffenheim, respectively. Elsewhere, Olympique Lyonnais remained ranked between the two Premier League teams in fifth place… Read Details ⇢

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas repatriated a Mexican national who was living in Houston, and wanted in his native country for raping a child. ICE said in a news release that 58-year-old Nestor Flores Encarnacion, an undocumented alien, was repatriated to Mexico on Thursday. Flores, who is… Read Details ⇢

US president says ‘everything will be revealed’ about the JFK assassination that has fuelled conspiracy theories for decades. United States President Donald Trump has ordered the declassification and release of all remaining files related to the assassination of former US President John F Kennedy, the focus of popular conspiracy theories… Read Details ⇢