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US President Donald Trump was going to Saudi Arabia for big business deals, experts said. Instead, Trump stole the show using his time to lay out a vision for a new world order that discredits an entire class of “interventionists” on the left and right in his own country. “The so-called nation builders wrecked far more nations than they built, and the interventionalists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves,” Trump said, in his most cogent defence of his “America First” foreign policy.  Trump’s speech on Tuesday could only have been delivered in the oil-rich Gulf, where…

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — For 20-year-old Mayank Yadav, riding a crowded bus in the summer months in this western Indian city can be like sitting in an oven. That makes it a treat when he steps off and into a bus stop outfitted with sprinklers that bathe overheated commuters in a cooling mist.“Everyone is suffering from the heat,” Yadav said. “I hope they do more of this across the city.”Rising heat is a problem for millions of people in India. In Ahmedabad, temperatures this year have already reached 42 degrees Celsius (107 Fahrenheit), a level usually not seen for several…

A customer enters an American Eagle store in Miami, Florida on April 4, 2025.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAmerican Eagle on Tuesday said it is writing off $75 million in spring and summer merchandise and withdrawing its full-year guidance as it contends with slow sales, steep discounting and an uncertain economy.The apparel retailer said it expects revenue in the first quarter, which ended in early May, to be around $1.1 billion, a decline of about 5% compared to the prior-year period. American Eagle anticipates comparable sales will drop 3%, led by an expected 4% decline at intimates brand Aerie. American Eagle…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi. It’s the feijoa.Known as pineapple guava elsewhere, the fruit — a green perfumed oval with a polarizing taste — can be purchased in California or Canberra. Yet no country has embraced the feijoa with quite the fervor or the fixation of New Zealanders.Due to its short shelf life, New Zealand — a nation of thriving fruit exports — has never been able to spin the…

CNN  —  Several family members of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have entered the United States as part of negotiations in a case against one of his sons, Mexico’s Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch told the Mexican network Radio Fórmula on Tuesday. El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzmán López is facing drug trafficking charges in the US over his alleged role in the Sinaloa Cartel, which his father co-founded. Ovidio was extradited to the US in September 2023, several months after Mexican authorities arrested him in a large-scale operation that resulted in at least 29 deaths. Days after his…

Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFinancial technology company Chime on Tuesday filed paperwork to go public on the Nasdaq. The company intends to file under the ticker symbol “CHYM.””Chime is a technology company, not a bank,” the company said in its prospectus, noting it is not a member of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Still, the company cited Bank of America, Capital One, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank and Wells Fargo as competitors.Most of Chime’s new members who arrange for direct deposit previously did direct deposit elsewhere, “most commonly with large incumbent banks,” the company…

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi is in an induced coma in hospital following emergency abdominal surgery. There is no suggestion the 27-year-old’s condition is life threatening and it is understood the coma will help restrict his movement and regulate his heart rate.Awoniyi suffered a ruptured intestine after colliding with a goal post in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester.The striker, who received lengthy treatment after the injury but then attempted to play on despite being in clear discomfort, required urgent abdominal surgery on Tuesday.Awoniyi had been rushed to hospital on Monday evening after further investigations by Forest’s medical staff revealed just…

Visual China Group | Getty ImagesGoogle’s stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode.The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath the Google search bar beside a “Google Search” button, replacing the “I’m Feeling Lucky” widget. The new feature, though not widely available yet, is being tested in a location where Google rarely makes changes.A company spokesperson confirmed the feature began rolling out to some users over the past week.The spokesperson said the company tests many experiments with its users of “Labs,” Google’s experimental unit that tests new features for those who opt in. They added that tested…

Kuwaiti firefighters and security forces gather outside a building which was ingulfed by fire, in Mangaf, on June 12, 2024. More than 35 people were killed and dozens injured in a building fire in an area heavily populated with foreign workers in Kuwait, the interior ministry said. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: The misdemeanors court on Tuesday sentenced two Kuwaitis and an Egyptian to three years in prison, convicting them of manslaughter over a Mangaf building fire in which 46 Indian and three Filipino workers were killed. The case was treated as a misdemeanor and not a crime by…

President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2025.Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesDebate for the House Republicans’ tax bill is underway — and experts are watching to see which of President Donald Trump’s priorities make the final cut.The House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax, released the full text of its portion of the bill Monday afternoon, and started to debate over provisions on Tuesday.GOP lawmakers included several of Trump’s campaign priorities, including tax cut extensions, no tax on tips and tax-free overtime…