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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Democrats are set to grill Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, his first hurdle to becoming the next Homeland Security chief.Mullin’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains shuttered over Democrats’ desire for stringent reforms to the agency’s immigration enforcement operations.Senate Democrats on the panel plan to use those demands to gauge Mullin’s willingness to make changes at the agency. They have argued since current DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s reassignment from the position that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite losing a similar argument in federal court at the end of January, accused CEO assassin Luigi Mangione’s defense team is again vying to have damning evidence from his backpack suppressed in a New York state court.Prosecutors have said police recovered the suspected murder weapon and a manifesto railing against the health insurance industry in the bag, and they’ve defended the search as proper.Mangione, 27, is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, on Dec. 4, 2024 — allegedly shooting him in the back outside a Manhattan hotel slated to host…

Sonics have powered into the preliminary final, cruising past Railways Tigers with a dominant 19-point win in their elimination final in the Albany Basketball Association women’s A-grade on Tuesday night.In a ruthless display, Sonics combined a relentless defensive effort with strong attacking pressure to control the contest from start to finish, keeping the Tigers to a lowly score.Sonics led 22-16 at half-time before solidifying their lead after the break.The Tigers were restricted to just seven points in the second half, while Sonics piled on 20 to seal a comfortable victory, 42-23.Camera IconRailways’ Sophie Pearson looks for options. Sonics defeated Railways…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Iranian wrestler Sardar Pashaei, like many, feels concern about the Iranian women’s soccer players who are returning to their home country after not standing for the national anthem and being offered asylum by Australia. Pashei, who won the 1998 World Youth Championship, knows how athletes who protest are treated in Iran, and he especially knows how female athletes are treated there. “If you are a woman, you have a different layer of discrimination. You know, so it’s a sexual harassment. It’s forcing you to wear something that you don’t want. And also, as…

SINGAPORE: Cambodia is importing more fuel from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday (Mar 18), as the US-Israeli war on Iran squeezes fuel availability globally.About a third of the 6,300 petrol stations in the country of nearly 18 million people have shut since last Wednesday, with authorities investigating whether businesses are hoarding stocks ahead of further price rises.Vietnam and China have restricted fuel exports until at least end-March to arrest potential domestic shortages. Neighbouring Thailand banned exports in July 2025 after the onset of…

Kristin Cabot, the woman from the viral Coldplay “kiss cam” video, spoke in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey about the backlash she received from that moment and how it differed from comments made about her boss Andy Byron, the CEO of their company.

Tencent on Wednesday reported full-year revenue that topped analyst predictions, as the Chinese tech giant continues to ramp up investments in AI.Here’s how Tencent did in its full-year earnings for 2025:Revenue: 751.8 billion Chinese yuan ($109 billion), surpassing the 750.7 billion Chinese yuan expected by analysts, according to data compiled by LSEG.”We sustained healthy growth rates in 2025, as AI capabilities improved our ad targeting and supported more engagement with our games, and as our cloud business delivered improving revenue growth and profit at scale,” the company said in a statement.”Our highly resilient and cash-generative core businesses provide us with…

NewsFeedSeveral central neighbourhoods in Beirut have been attacked in a series of Israeli strikes. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr has been at the scene of one attack that flattened a multi-storey residential building.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Cuban government is planning to allow Cuban nationals who live abroad — including in the U.S. — to invest in companies on the island, a top government official told NBC News in an interview that aired Monday, as the country faces economic collapse and immense pressure from the Trump administration.”Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies [and] also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants,” Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga said in an interview with the outlet. He added that the country is open to “not only small investments, but…

“I did vote for Mr. Trump. Deporting the criminals is a great policy. These foundations are poured ready to go, and we can’t even start the construction on them. But we voted for the American dream. And unfortunately, right now, we’re not seeing that.” For months, federal agents have been sweeping up workers at construction sites in South Texas. ”ICE has raided us anywhere between 10 to 15 times throughout different subdivisions.” Now, worksites across the Rio Grande Valley have ground to a halt, and that’s got some Trump supporters in this midterm battleground changing their minds. “These people would…