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The opening day of NFL free agency began with some shocking moves and key additions. For the San Francisco 49ers, the biggest shocker was the news that the organization had informed nine-time Pro Bowl fullback Kyle Juszczyk of their intentions to release him before the start of the league year on Wednesday. San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, #44, talks with running back Christian McCaffrey, #23, on the sideline during the second quarter against the New York Jets at Levi’s Stadium on Sept. 9, 2024. (David Gonzales-Imagn Images)ESPN first reported the news on Monday. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMJuszczyk, 33, has…
CNN — Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against remnants of the former Assad regime that spiraled into communal killings. Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad late last year, after armed men descended on Alawite heartlands on Thursday in what Syrian authorities said was an attempt to put down an insurgency by rebels still loyal to the former government. A UK-based independent monitoring group, the Syrian Network…
Quetta, Pakistan CNN — A “complex operation” is ongoing in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, according to a security source, after a train carrying hundreds of passengers was hijacked by separatist militants, according to government and railway officials. The train, known as the Jaffer Express, was stopped by the militants as it reached a tunnel on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The train was on its way from Quetta in Balochistan, Pakistan’s westernmost province, to the northwestern city of Peshawar. “Armed individuals stopped Jaffer Express inside Tunnel No. 8 (in Bolan),” Muhammad Kashif, Quetta Railways’ controller told CNN. The train, which…
CNN — A federal judge on Monday rejected a request from the Trump administration to cancel an evidentiary hearing set for later this week in a major case concerning the government’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce, refusing to lift his order that the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management testify. Last month, US District Judge William Alsup ordered acting OPM director Charles Ezell to appear at the hearing this Thursday so he can be cross-examined by attorneys representing labor unions and others that are challenging the administration’s decision to fire thousands of probationary federal employees. But on…
Beijing CNN — China’s leaders have spent the past week unveiling their plan to steer the world’s second-largest economy through looming challenges by transforming the country into a technological powerhouse and ramping up spending to hit an ambitious growth target. The thousands of delegates who gathered in Beijing for the week-long meetings of China’s rubber-stamp legislature voted almost unanimously Tuesday to approve the government work report and the budget. The stakes are high for China’s government, and Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, to get the initiatives right. Beijing needs to fix a raft of domestic issues,…
Jerusalem CNN — Mahmoud Muna looked on in disbelief as plain-clothes Israeli police officers rifled the shelves in his decades-old bookstore in occupied East Jerusalem. The officers were looking for books they deemed “inciteful,” and in the process detained him and his nephew, Ahmad, for 48 hours. The February raid on two branches of the Educational Bookshop – a well-known bookstore popular among Palestinians, Israelis and foreigners – was a widening of what critics describe as a crackdown on free speech in Israel that has intensified since Hamas’ October 7 attack. Witnesses to the raid said police were looking for…
CNN — President Donald Trump says he believes tariffs are a panacea: a catch-all economic tool that can restore America’s manufacturing prowess, bring foreign nations to heel on key disputes, restore the balance of trade and bring in gobs of money that can help pay off the US deficit and reduce Americans’ tax burdens. Trump is correct that tariffs can help fulfill many if not all of those promises: When used effectively, tariffs can help boost production at home by making foreign goods more expensive. Because America is an enormous and diverse economy that doesn’t rely on trade as much…
New York CNN — Walgreens has been attempting a financial turnaround for years, and now it says it’s found a new path to finish it. But if history is any guide, its path is more likely to lead to its eventual demise than long-term success. Walgreens Boots Alliance, which owns drugstores in both the United States as well as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico and Thailand, announced last week that it would be ending a century as a publicly traded company, and would be sold to Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm. Less than a decade ago it was America’s…
CNN — Saudi Arabia’s hosting of top American, Russian and Ukrainian officials for high-stakes meetings underlines the kingdom’s aspirations to become a global actor capable of successfully mediating international conflicts. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after he landed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah Monday night. His arrival came ahead of a meeting between top US officials and Ukranian officials and just a week after US President Donald Trump publicly scolded Zelensky for being “ungrateful” in an awkward showdown at the White House. Saudi Arabia mediated between top US and Russian officials last month…
CNN — Editor’s Note: Have you recreated a favorite vacation photo years later? Get in touch with CNN via the form below to share your story. Jennifer Candotti was cleaning out her closet when she stumbled across a dress she hadn’t worn in decades. Pink and white floral print, cotton, summery — this was Candotti’s favourite dress back in the late 1980s, when she was a college student at the University of Richmond in Virginia. American Candotti now lives with her husband in Switzerland, and before they moved abroad, she donated a bunch of old clothes. But she couldn’t part…