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Owalai, Uganda – Martha Apolot navigates a dusty path through fields of cassava and millet under the searing hot sun. She carries a hoe on one shoulder, the blade carefully balanced, and over the other, her eight-year-old son, Aaron.Every day, the 21-year-old mother takes Aaron to the fields where she works.“Aaron is so weak, so I have to carry him from the house and lay him somewhere so I can work,” Martha says quietly, holding Aaron on her lap as she sits on the bare earth inside their tiny, single-room hut in Owalai, a rural hamlet in eastern Uganda.They return home…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz will be moving to unpaid leave as they await trial for allegedly rigging pitches, Major League Baseball announced Friday.The relievers were originally placed on paid non-disciplinary leave when they were first investigated over the summer.”This agreement is not an admission of any wrongdoing by Clase or Ortiz. MLB has been closely monitoring the matter since alerting federal law enforcement at the outset of its investigation and will have no further comment until its investigation has been completed,” MLB said, adding the shift came through…

Petrol and diesel prices in WA have smashed historic records, FuelWatch data confirms. 

Many forces have pulled reluctant nations into war throughout history.Countries may feel they must act to protect vital economic interests, like access to basic resources and shipping routes. Others may be provoked more directly, like when a missile enters their airspace. Mutual defense pacts can act as tripwires that entangle allies, and larger powers can press proxies to step in.Raising the stakes of the war to impose costs on more and more countries is part of Iran’s strategy. Faced with an overwhelming aerial bombardment that has killed many of its leaders, Tehran views the moment as existential.“From the Iranian perspective,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As a partial government shutdown blows past the one-month mark, Democrats are demanding lawmakers shrink the size of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding lapse — while leaving out the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in their view, can stay shut down.”We already said we’d open everything in the department except ICE, so the answer is yes,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said when asked about partial funding for DHS.”Republicans won’t agree because they’re trying to hold the security of the country hostage.”SCHUMER, DEMS AGAIN…

CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting. The company cited “challenging economic realities” and a shift in radio programming strategies as reasons behind the decision. About 700 affiliated stations nationwide carry CBS News Radio programming, which will end on May 22. All jobs on the radio team will be eliminated, the company said. “We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the most significant stories of our time,” CBS News President Tom…

When OpenAI first announced it was rolling out ads on ChatGPT, brands and agencies across Madison Avenue were eager to test the new format to figure out their artificial intelligence advertising strategies. The high-profile announcement, which was far more public than a typical “alpha” test of a new format, presented a massive opportunity. Three of the world’s largest ad agencies are part of the testing program, including WPP, Omnicom and Dentsu. So far, the test is moving too slowly to meet the hype, according to multiple ad industry sources who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the details.The…

A scoreless draw in Perth has done little for the A-League Women finals hopes of the Glory and Central Coast Mariners.

KUALA LUMPUR: Democratic Action Party (DAP) chief Anthony Loke has ticked off two top party members – his predecessor Lim Guan Eng and Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow – over their public spat on revised land tax in the northern Malaysian state. The party’s leadership was “deeply concerned and disturbed” by the tit-for-tat exchanges between Lim and Chow, local media reported Loke as saying in a statement on Saturday (Mar 21).“This is an unhealthy and inappropriate way to address internal differences on public policy matters,” news outlet Malay Mail quoted him as saying.Loke, who is also Transport Minister, added that…