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HONOLULU — U.S. Army leaders assembled in Hawaii this week emphasized the importance of a multi-pronged effort, from the foxhole to the factory, necessary to deter near-peer adversaries across the vast Indo-Pacific. Speaking at the 2026 Land Forces Pacific Symposium and Exposition, U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, called the joint military-industrial approach “the ultimate guardian of peace.”Delivering the symposium’s opening keynote, Brunson cited military strength, industrial sustainability and allied collaboration as primary components needed to create “a true fortress for all our nations and interests here in…

VD Satheesan, KC Venugopal, Ramesh Chennithala NEW DELHI: After nine days of intense lobbying that fuelled rumours, Congress will end the suspense Thursday morning by naming Kerala’s next chief minister, with leader of opposition V D Satheesan, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal and veteran Ramesh Chennithala in contention.All three aspirants strongly pressed their claims before the Congress leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi at a one-on-one interaction last Saturday. While Venugopal, a Rahul confidant, is said to have garnered the support of a majority of MLAs, Satheesan is widely viewed as the man who spearheaded the party and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Condemned prisoners on California’s death row are partly filling their time by watching pornography and engaging in lewd conversations using taxpayer-funded tablets, according to reports, as the state continues its shift toward a Norwegian-inspired approach to rehabilitating criminals. In an effort to connect its prison population with the outside world, California issued around 90,000 tablets to inmates as part of a multimillion-dollar program where incarcerated people could send and receive messages in real time to loved ones amid a push for digital equity.The devices could also be used, in theory, for educational purposes.…

4 min readSikarMay 14, 2026 04:45 AM IST At around 1:30 am on May 4, several hours after the NEET(UG) 2026 examination had wrapped up, a teacher with a prominent coaching centre in Sikar reached the district’s Udyog Nagar police station with a bunch of pages in his hand. “He had brought a stack of papers with him, alleging irregularities in the just concluded NEET paper,” Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar told The Indian Express. “The staff present at the police station heard him and handed him a blank sheet of paper, asking him to submit a written complaint. However,…

As a full-time travel writer, I typically find myself packing for a trip two to four times a month. Because of the frequency, I do what I can to ensure the process is as seamless as possible—and I’ve found that knowing exactly what luggage I’m using cuts down on a significant amount of decision fatigue. I have one carry-on suitcase and one checked bag I use on repeat (more about them below).If you haven’t yet reached this level of certainty or satisfaction with your luggage, I have a hack: Invest in a luggage set. Not only will you save money…

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US.On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns a policy that allows restricting visas to foreign officials who “demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies.” The CITR is arguing for a preliminary injunction blocking the policy, which the State Department has already referenced when it sanctioned five people who work on…

The statistics and programme implementation ministry has revised the release schedule for provisional gross domestic product (GDP) estimates and fourth-quarter GDP data to June 7 of each year, or the previous working day in case of a holiday, from the last working day of May. The change followed consultations with the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS), as several datasets become available only after a delay of up to two months. As a result, the provisional GDP estimates for FY26 and Q4FY26 are scheduled to be released on June 5. According to the ministry, listed companies are required to…

Kolkata: Shivalik Small Finance Bank, backed by Japan’s largest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), is in the final stages of acquiring Delhi-based ManiBhavnam Home Finance in a deal valued at ₹109 crore.Shivalik has received Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval for this acquisition while it has sought clearance from the Registrar of Companies. The deal comprises share swaps and a cash payment, people familiar with the matter said.”The strategic rationale for the acquisition is to strengthen Shivalik’s presence in the affordable housing segment, support financial inclusion objectives, expand secured lending and gain complementary geographic reach in North India,” a…

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Florida has temporarily halted importation of sloths following the deaths of dozens of the wild-born mammals at a now-shuttered Orlando business, a move with national implications. The two-month ban, which the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ordered on Wednesday, is a significant roadblock for people attempting to import the tree-dwelling mammals from the wild for exhibition or as pets. The impact will extend far beyond Florida: More than 98 percent of total U.S. sloth imports from 2011 to 2021 entered through the port of Miami, according to government data analyzed by The Sloth Institute, a conservation group.  In…