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NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transit system from terrorist attacks.Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a ruling Thursday that the Republican administration’s decision, based on the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” protections for immigrants in the United States illegally, was “arbitrary, capricious, and a blatant violation of the law.”The post-9/11 Transit Security Grant Program, Kaplan noted in granting a permanent injunction, was created with instructions that money be allocated solely on the basis of terrorism risk. The judge…
President Trump is once again turning his attention to ending Russia’s war on Ukraine after brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.Ahead of a key White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Mr. Trump said during an address to Israel’s legislature on Tuesday that ending the worst conflict in Europe since World War II was a top priority. “First we have to get Russia done,” he said, looking at Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy who has been his main interlocutor with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We gotta get that one done.”Mr. Trump spoke with Putin…
WASHINGTON :The Group of 20 (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors concluded their fourth meeting under the South African Presidency in Washington, issuing a Chair Summary instead of a formal communique.The summary has become a feature of multilateral meetings in which participants do not reach a formal consensus.It underscored the resilience of the global economy while identifying key risks, including geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, elevated debt levels, and severe weather events.South Africa had hoped to make the G20 a platform for putting pressure on rich countries and this summary emphasised the need to address excessive imbalances. “Given the…
The BBC has said Gregg Wallace is not “entitled to any damages” in response to a High Court claim filed by the presenter – in which he says the broadcaster caused him “distress and harassment”. The former MasterChef presenter is suing the broadcaster and its subsidiary BBC Studios Distribution Limited after he was sacked from the cooking show in July.Wallace was dismissed after an investigation into historical allegations of misconduct upheld multiple accusations against him.He has filed a legal claim for up to £10,000 in damages, alleging the BBC failed to comply with a request for copies of his personal…
LAS VEGAS — It’s about 15 minutes before practice and Kevin Harvick doesn’t seem all that worried about getting ready to get in his car.He’s sitting in a chair talking about a racing dynamic he never thought he would experience: Racing against his son in full-bodied stock cars.His 13-year-old son, Keelan, has shown great promise as a race-car driver, potentially following his Cup champion father (and current FOX Sports analyst) as one of the great NASCAR talents. Time will tell, but Keelan’s success on short tracks — it will be at least a couple of years before he can race…
A US federal judge on Wednesday “reluctantly” dismissed a lawsuit brought by young Americans accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of threatening their constitutional right to life and liberty through its aggressive fossil-fuel push.Judge Dana Christensen said that while the plaintiffs had presented “overwhelming” evidence that the government’s actions would worsen climate change and harm them, the case to overturn them “must be made to the political branches or to the electorate.”“With this understanding in mind, the Court reluctantly concludes…that it cannot grant Plaintiffs the relief they seek,” he wrote.Trump, who received hundreds of millions of dollars from Big Oil in…
Washington — The U.S. government is probing the social media of those applying for legal immigration benefits as part of a Trump administration push to root out “anti-American” activity and views that are “beyond the pale,” a top immigration official told CBS News.Joseph Edlow, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency in charge of the legal immigration system, said the vetting effort primarily relies on what he called the “social media screening” of people applying for green cards and other immigration applications.In August, the Trump administration issued a directive instructing USCIS officials to consider the identification…
BENGALURU :India’s Wipro reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Thursday, driven by strong growth in Asia and Americas communications businesses and forecast revenue for the current quarter to be in line with some analysts’ estimates. The country’s fourth-largest IT services firm posted a 1.8 per cent rise year-on-year in consolidated revenue to 226.97 billion rupees ($2.58 billion) for the July-September quarter, topping analysts’ estimate of 226.90 billion rupees, per data compiled by LSEG. The company expects a 0.5 per cent decline to 1.5 per cent revenue growth for the third quarter, in line with expectations from brokerage Kotak Institutional Equities.That implies…
[SINGAPORE] Industrial property developer Soon Hock Enterprise debuted on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Thursday (Oct 16), and closed 0.9 per cent below its initial public offering (IPO) price of S$0.58. It opened the day 8.6 per cent above its IPO price at S$0.63 and closed at S$0.575, with around 27.7 million shares transacted. Soon Hock’s debut comes a day after the company announced that its IPO was 9.8 times subscribed. The offering was launched on Oct 8 and closed at 12 pm on Tuesday, comprising a total of 21.6 million shares on offer for S$0.58 a…