Trump-Putin summit preparations underway, Russian foreign minister says

The U.S. offered a draft U.N. resolution that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow's forces from Ukraine.

Source: CBS News

Judge largely blocks Trump's executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs

A U.S. district judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from terminating or changing federal contracts they consider equity-related.

Source: NPR

‘You know what? They quit!’ Resigning by proxy and the crisis of corporate Japan

Agencies that help dissatisfied employees make a clean break are putting pressure on companies and exposing a demographic problem

Source: Financial Times

Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men in Las Vegas

FBI says Aurora Phelps met men online for dating then drugged them and stole cars and money

A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men …

Source: The Guardian

Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder

Matar was found guilty of attempted murder in the second degree for his attack on the famed novelist.

Source: Al Jazeera

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IRS employee among those fired by Trump during tax season speaks out; Couple takes in Senegalese high school basketball player left homeless by private school closure

Source: CBS News

US traders snap up aluminium ahead of Trump tariffs

Imports hit highest level since mid-2022 as premium over London price surges

Source: Financial Times

A brief history of beards and baseball after the Yankees lift their no beard policy

The New York Yankees are changing a nearly 50-year-old policy that banned beards. Here are some things to know about the history of beards in major league baseball.

Source: NPR

Trump fires the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star general, to succeed him as the …

Source: NPR

40,000 Palestinians displaced in the West Bank as Israel's 'Iron Wall' operation intensifies

The Israeli army's “Iron Wall” operation has led to an unprecedented displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank. According to the United Nations, some 40,000 people have fled their homes. …

Source: France 24

Vance criticizes Germany's free speech laws at CPAC summit

The US vice president linked the US military deployment in Germany with the country's hate-speech laws. Ahead of federal elections on Sunday, Germany has come under intense criticism from within …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Trump tells Putin, Zelenskyy to 'get together' to end war

The US president urged the two leaders to work together to achieve peace following nearly three years of conflict. Meanwhile, France's president plans to warn Trump against showing weakness toward …

Source: Deutsche Welle