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The former first lady said on a podcast that people “couldn’t even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing.”

If sky-high U.S. tariffs hurt China’s exports, domestic spending will help make up for it, Beijing says. But shoppers were skittish even before the trade war.

Officials met Hamas three times, breaking with a policy against contacting a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. But Israeli opposition and shifting positions doomed the effort.

The scholar, Paul Chambers, was released on bail Thursday, but without his passport, his lawyers said. He has denied charges of insulting the Thai monarchy.

Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative seeking to become prime minister, fires up the faithful in Alberta, including Trump supporters, with his anti-elitist, anti-woke message.

The S&P 500 rose 9.5 percent after President Trump announced he would pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days, but economists warned that American importers were not out of danger.

A retreat on President Trump’s tariffs.

The teenager faces terrorism charges in an arson attack on an IKEA store in Lithuania. Investigators say it was part of a Russian sabotage campaign.

Heavy machinery and drones were part of a large search and rescue operation at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, the capital.

Yields on U.S. Treasuries rose Wednesday as investors sold government bonds, usually a haven. In Britain, a sustained version of that trend in 2022 led to a prime minister’s downfall.

But exactly what the country will do remains unclear and the scale of the current disruption makes decision-making difficult.

U.S. officials said Ronald Johnson’s actions during his time as ambassador to El Salvador seemed less aligned with U.S. interests and more focused on protecting the country’s president.

The president further raised already steep tariffs on China, saying that Beijing should not have retaliated against his earlier trade actions.

The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could break thousands of hardened fighters out of prison.

The police said that Dinari McAlmont, 23, of Bowie, Md., had drowned and that foul play was not suspected.

The new levies come as nations on the continent continue to struggle with the fallout of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Plus, how your brain connects to ideology.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 150 Chinese men were fighting for Russia in Ukraine, hours after China dismissed claims that many of its citizens were involved in the war.

The tariffs were slated to take effect starting on April 15, and to hit back at President Trump’s steel and aluminum levies.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said his government was serious about “voluntary” migration, after an Oval Office meeting where President Trump appeared to have lost interest.