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Purge of USAID programmes complete with 83% cut, says Marco Rubio

Rubio in the post thanked DOGE and the hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform in foreign aid

All 3 onboard killed as medical helicopter crashes in US' Mississippi

The AirCare copter was not carrying any patients when it crashed in Madison County, north of the capital of Jackson

US Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump's labour secretary

Chavez-DeRemer will oversee the Department of Labour, one of several executive departments named in lawsuits challenging the authority of billionaire Elon Musk

Ontario raises 25% tax on electricity exports to US over Trump trade war

Trump later said he has postponed 25 per cent tariffs on many goods from Canada and Mexico for a month, amid widespread fears of a broader trade war

Trump admin halts funding for 2 cybersecurity projects, including elections

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, has ended about $10 million in annual funding to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security

Pope Francis no longer in danger due to pneumonia, remains hospitalised

In a late update, the doctors said the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days

China hits back at Trump tariffs with 15% levies on key US farm goods

On Wednesday, Trump is set to remove exceptions on 25% steel tariffs he imposed in 2018 - effectively raising the taxes - and raise his levy on aluminum from 10% to 25%

Climate change to worsen space junk problem, reducing Earth's orbit drag

There used to be this this mantra that space is big. And so we can we can sort of not necessarily be good stewards of the environment because the environment is basically unlimited, Parker said

Late strike from Bruno denied as Arsenal play out 1-1 draw with Man United

A stunning double save from David Raya denied Bruno Fernandes a dramatic late winner for Manchester United against Arsenal in the Premier League.

Napoli stays in title hunt with win over Fiorentina, Atalanta stuns Juve

Napoli kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Inter Milan as it finally got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina

Lyon coach Fonseca watch from stands impact subs deliver 2-0 win over Nice

Coach Paulo Fonseca watched from the stands and saw his substitutions pay off as Lyon won 2-0 at Nice to maintain its push for a Champions League spot

Madrid beat Vallecano 2-1 to move level with Barcelona in La Liga table

Mbappe scored in the 30th minute on Sunday and Vincius doubled the lead in the 34th to give Madrid the same 57 points as Barcelona

Workers' one-day strike at 13 German airports brings most flights to halt

At Frankfurt Airport, 1,054 of the day's 1,116 scheduled takeoffs and landings had been cancelled, German news agency dpa reported, citing airport traffic management

Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars, people

Japan, home to the world's top automakers, has not kept pace with the global shift to autonomous driving, so far led by China and the US but momentum is building

Syria's Druze seek place in changing nation, navigating pressure Israel

Syria's many religious and ethnic communities are worried over their place in the new system

What makes Greenland strategic prize at time of rising global tensions

Trump's interest in Greenland, restated vigorously soon after he returned to the White House in January, comes as part of an aggressively America First foreign policy

Court-martial hearing to begin for Pentagon leaker facing years in prison

Teixeira pleaded guilty last year to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act

Here's what to know ahead of talks between US, Ukraine in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, the capital of the oil-rich kingdom, may seem like an unusual venue for talks aimed at smoothing over relations after the blowup

Scholars stranded in US, abroad amid funding freeze of govt dept programmes

The funding freeze has sparked panic among scholars who area stranded outside their home countries without clarity on the future of their programmes or the money needed to support themselves

Open to talk about concerns over militarisation of nuclear programme: Iran

Iranian statement, while allowing for talks on concerns about militarisation, stressed that Tehran would not negotiate away what it stresses is its peaceful nuclear programme