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Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoMultiple blasts have struck Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing and wounding dozens of people, according to witnesses, with police deploying explosives’ clearance teams to three locations following several “suspected suicide bomb events”.The blasts occurred on Monday at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and two local markets, known as Post Office and Monday Market, according to Sirajo Abdullahi, the head of operations at Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Maiduguri.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“There are casualties, and they are still managing the casualties at the hospital,” Abdullahi told…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Monday questioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fitness for higher office, citing his learning disability. Trump was speaking with reporters in the Oval Office when he talked about requiring identification to vote in elections and the resistance from Newsom and other Democratic elected officials. “That’s how crazy it’s gotten with a low IQ person, you know, because Gavin Newsom has admitted…that he has learning disabilities,” Trump said. “Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities. But not for my president…I think a president should not have learning disabilities.”GAVIN NEWSOM SPOX TELLS…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant from El Salvador wanted for alleged child rape and living near a school was arrested last week, a month after anti-ICE agitators blew an operation conducted by federal authorities to capture him, Fox News has learned. Video footage taken by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Feb. 12 in Boston, a sanctuary city, showed anti-ICE activists shouting obscenities to an agent recording them from inside a vehicle. At the time, ICE was attempting to take into custody Walter Roberto Vides-Ortez, who is wanted in his native El Salvador…

The Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is in preliminary discussions with a Montreal multimedia company to create an immersive light and music experience on its site, and it has some families with loved ones buried there concerned. The company is negotiating with Moment Factory, a studio that has created light and music shows around the world, including the Aura experience at Old Montreal’s famed Notre Dame Basilica.In a statement to Global News, a representative for the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery said:“The Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is currently collaborating with Moment Factory in order to assess the potential for showcasing its Mount…

Since the third Gulf war began three weeks ago, one number has captured the world’s attention: the price of crude. On March 16 Brent, the global benchmark, briefly topped $US106 ($150) a barrel — its highest since July 2022, a few months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Donald Trump, America’s president, has tried to talk down prices, demanded help from NATO allies and overseen the largest-ever release of strategic oil stocks. None of this has convinced traders that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen soon. Some 10-15 per cent of global oil supply remains trapped.Many other commodities are stuck, too.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rex Culpepper, a former Syracuse Orange quarterback, died this past weekend due to injuries suffered in a dirt bike accident in Georgia. He was 28. “Our Orange family mourns the loss of Rex Culpepper, who passed away this weekend at the age of 28,” the Syracuse football program said in a statement on X. “Rex lived his life with endless passion, having overcome cancer at the age of 20 while playing for the Orange. “Appearing in 30 games, Rex played football as fierce as he lived life. Our hearts are with the Culpepper family…

Watch scenes from the performances nominated for the Oscar for best actress, as well as interviews with the nominees below. The 98th Academy Awards will be presented Sunday, March 15.  Nominees for the best actress Oscar this year are, from left: Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”); Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”); Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”); Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”); and Emma Stone (“Bugonia”).   Focus Features; A24; Neon Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, “Hamnet” is a fictionalized tale about the death of William Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet. It imagines that the tragedy inspired him to write his…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday welcomed the drop in oil prices that sent stocks higher, but said the real action for investors is unfolding at Nvidia’s GTC artificial intelligence showcase this week.Nvidia shares participated in a broad stock market rally that was fueled by President Donald Trump “allowing Iranian oil to get through the Strait of Hormuz,” Cramer said on “Mad Money.” “That caused the price of crude to drop back to the mid-$90s, which is all that mattered to the [stock] averages,” he added. The move eased fears that the escalating Iran war could disrupt global oil supplies and…

Sri Lanka imports all of its oil and also buys coal for electricity generation.Fuel rationing began Sunday, limiting each motorist to 15 litres of petrol or diesel per week, while public transport was allocated up to 200 litres.Officials said the country’s petrol and diesel reserves would last nearly six weeks, but they warned that any disruption to fresh supplies could severely affect the island.Sri Lanka buys refined petroleum products from Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea, while crude oil for its Iran-built refinery is sourced from the Middle East.The government has warned that any escalation in fighting in the Middle East…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, ‘For 40 years, we’re protecting you’: US President Donald Trump criticises allies’ reluctance to commit forces to open the key waterway for Gulf oil exports.Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo