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With bear traps avoided and fireworks unlit, Keir Starmer will be delighted that his press conference with Donald Trump lent credence to his claim to be America’s first partner in defence, trade and now technology.Trump, for his part, got the “great pictures” he wanted and was on his best low-wattage behaviour. He said he did not disagree with his host about much, save Starmer’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state. And he teetered on the edge of being diplomatic, at least until he advised Starmer to use the military to stop small boats crossing the Channel.But the hour the two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is under fire after posing for a picture alongside a Chicago-area resident involved in the city’s “peacekeeper” program, who just days later was charged in a fatal crash-and-grab robbery that resulted in the death of a soon-to-be father.Pritzker’s office confirmed to Fox News that it removed a photo within an official government press release of the governor and the man donning a “peacekeepers program” vest, identified as Kellen McMiller, who was charged last week in connection with the deadly burglary. The photo with Pitzker was taken as…

New Delhi: These days, more and more people are looking for ways to get a credit card without opening a regular bank account. The idea is simple — greater convenience, flexibility, and faster access to credit. Thanks to technology and financial inclusion initiatives, it’s becoming easier than ever to apply for a credit card without linking it to a savings account. But is it really possible, and how does it actually work? Let’s find out. Credit Cards Without a Bank Account – How They Work Today, many NBFCs, fintech companies, and independent financial institutions are offering credit cards without the…

Tests by two foreign laboratories show that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned before he died in an Arctic penal colony last year, his wife said Wednesday.Russia’s prison service reported in February 2024 that Navalny died after having felt unwell following a walk around the high-security facility in a remote town above the Arctic Circle where he was serving a combined 30½-year jail sentence.He was 47.His wife, Yuliya Navalnaya, has since taken up the mantle of his struggle against official corruption and President Vladimir Putin’s government, in which he survived several poisoning attempts. She said in a video on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).EXCLUSIVE: A top conservative watchdog is suing the federal health care bureaucracy alleging they are stonewalling results of a study started under the Obama administration looking into the effects of transgender therapy pharmaceuticals on youth.Oversight Project president Mike Howell told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday interview that administering puberty blockers and other nascent drugs to teens is akin to “modern-day Tuskegee experiments” and that the…

Donald Trump has told Britain it should “call out the military” to control its borders during a tightly controlled summit in which Keir Starmer ducked major flashpoints with the US president.During a potentially difficult two-day state visit for the government, Trump has for the most part avoided exploiting tensions, although he described the UK’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state as “one of our few disagreements”.The UK is preparing to formally acknowledge Palestine as early as Friday, after Israel failed to meet conditions that would have postponed the historic step, including a ceasefire in Gaza. Starmer insisted the timing had…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that while every citizen in the country would benefit due to the GST rate cuts, there were 11 Bengal-specific items on which the tax rates had been reduced to 5 per cent to benefit the economy and people of the state.  Addressing the GST 2.0 outreach programme here, Sitharaman also highlighted that the decision to make the reforms come into effect from September 22 was largely due to the fact that the government wanted consumers to benefit ahead of Durga Puja. GST on Shantineketan leather goods has come down by…

Satellite imagery shows the mass displacement of Palestinians as the Israeli military launched its intense effort to take total control of Gaza City.Vast tent encampments across the Sheik Radwan neighborhood, northwest of the city center, almost completely emptied out in the first few weeks of September as residents fled the operation and headed south to what the Israeli military is calling a designated humanitarian zone. Israeli tanks and troops have pushed into the city in recent days, backed by a deadly aerial bombing campaign. Internet and phone lines appeared to have been cut across the enclave, the Palestinian Telecommunications Company…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump claimed that late night television host Jimmy Kimmel’s program is being yanked off the air because Kimmel lacks talent.”Well Jimmy Kimmel was fired ’cause he had bad ratings more than anything else and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk. And Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person, he had very bad ratings and they shoulda fired him a long time ago,” Trump asserted during a press conference alongside United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer in England.”He was fired for lack of talent,”…

An extraordinary split has opened between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana in the formation of their new leftwing party, with the former Labour leader suggesting he will take legal action over an unauthorised membership portal promoted by his co-leader.Sultana claimed the party was being run by a “sexist boys’ club” and suggested there were deep disagreements over how to launch party membership – including with the four other MPs in Corbyn’s Independent Alliance.The split emerged on Thursday when Sultana outlined a new membership portal in a post on X, saying it was a “safe and secure” platform and that supporters…