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CNN  —  The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday signaled it will require schools to provide opt-outs for parents who have religious objections to LGBTQ+ books read in elementary schools, an outcome that would continue the court’s years-long push to expand religious rights. During more than two hours of feisty oral arguments in a high-profile case involving a suburban Washington, DC, school district, the court’s six conservatives appeared to be aligned on the idea that the decision to decline opt-outs for books burdened the rights of religious parents. “It has a clear moral message,” Justice Samuel Alito, a member of…

London CNN  —  Britain’s Prince Louis turned 7 on Wednesday, and a new photo has been released to mark the occasion. The image was published on the social media accounts of Louis’ parents, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales. “Wishing Prince Louis a very Happy 7th Birthday!” the caption reads. The photo, taken by British photographer Josh Shinner, shows Louis sitting on a log, wearing a collared shirt, green V-neck sweater and jeans. His relaxed smile reveals that he is missing two front teeth. The photo was also posted on the royal family’s social media accounts, with the message…

CNN  —  A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Istanbul on Wednesday leading to scenes of panic in the Turkish metropolis, officials said. The quake occurred in the Sea of Marmara close to Silivri, which lies around 70 kilometers (40 miles) to the west of the city, and aftershocks are continuing, according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD). Istanbul authorities said there had been no loss of life but that 151 people were injured after “jumping from heights due to panic.” No residential buildings were damaged, the authorities added, but one abandoned building collapsed in the central…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused alarm among some of his top advisers, who warned him that any attempt to remove the head of the central bank could cause as much market turmoil as his ongoing trade war, according to people familiar with the conversations. The warnings — and the markets’ own volatility this week — seemed to have broken through. Trump backed down Tuesday from his threats to try to remove Powell from the job, telling reporters in the Oval Office: “I have no intention of firing him.” That prompted sighs…

New York CNN  —  Ever since President Donald Trump introduced his first round of new tariffs, it’s been a waiting game to see just how much they’ll impact the global economy. This week, one of the earliest signs was revealed — and it wasn’t pretty. South Korea’s Customs Service reported that exports for the first 20 days of April declined by 5.2% compared to the same period last year. That singular data point is a “key bellwether” for where trade is heading, Min Joo Kang, a senior economist at ING, said in a note on Monday. The decline in exports…

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said Tuesday that President Donald Trump called him over the weekend to discuss the arson attack on the governor’s mansion a week before.Shapiro said Trump called him Saturday morning and that the president was “very gracious.”The governor said he did not answer Trump’s call and let it go to voicemail because he did not recognize the number the president was calling from.”I appreciated that the president called me,” Shapiro told reporters at the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the governor’s residence in Harrisburg. “I actually didn’t take his call because it came from his…

CNN  —  Since the start of 2022, Russian influencer Egor Melo has been traveling around Europe. Last year, he went to Zurich to see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, celebrated New Year’s Eve in Paris, and enjoyed the historical sights of Nuremberg, Germany. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, direct flights between Russia and the EU were suspended. In September of the same year, the EU suspended its visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making Russian citizens face a lengthier, more expensive visa approval process to enter the EU. Processing fees for Schengen visas — which allow non-EU citizens to travel…

CNN  —  Stocks are on the rebound Tuesday, bouncing back from another miserable day on Wall Street. But American financial markets are sounding all sorts of alarm bells that one day in the green can hardly overcome. That’s because investors have been sending a clear message: President Donald Trump’s trade war is making America an unsafe place to invest. We know this by looking at the broader markets and the assets that traders are buying and – let’s face it – mostly selling. Trump’s stock market is throwing off some jaw-dropping statistics. How extraordinary? We’re now making comparisons to the…

New York CNN  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors Tuesday that the US-China trade war is unsustainable and he expects the battle to de-escalate, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN, giving a boost to a Wall Street rally that had taken shape this morning. The Dow closed higher by 1,017 points, or 2.66%. The S&P 500 rose 2.51% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.71%. The rebound helped recover the market’s losses on Monday, when a major sell-off gripped Wall Street. US stocks had broadly gained Tuesday as investors waded into the market after the steep Monday…

CNN  —  Boeing’s problems the last six years have been legion. Tariffs could be yet another gut punch for the beleaguered company – and, given Boeing’s importance as the top US exporter, for the economy as a whole. Boeing’s jets could get millions of dollars more expensive if other countries impose their own tariffs on US goods. And the US tariffs already in place could send the cost of building planes here soaring due the Boeing’s dependence on overseas suppliers. That would come on top of safety and quality control failures that have led to fatal crashes and grounding of…