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Olympic chiefs have agreed a new eligibility policy in which transgender women athletes will be banned from competing in the female category at the Games.

TRUMP TO MEET XI IN MAYGreene, who heads the American Institute in Taiwan, which handles relations in the absence of formal diplomatic ties, was speaking just a day after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-May, a closely watched trip postponed due to the Iran war.Beijing, which has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control, has demanded an end to US arms sales to democratically governed Taiwan.Greene also pledged that to “further mitigate the effects of ongoing global commodity supply disruptions”, the US looked forward to supplying…

Kremlin spokesperson says talks are part of ‘​necessary dialogue’ with Washington as war in Ukraine continues for a fifth year.Published On 26 Mar 202626 Mar 2026A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in ‌the United States for meetings with their American counterparts.The visit, which began on Thursday, marks the first such trip since ⁠relations strained over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listKremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, “We hope that these first tentative steps will, of course, make their contribution to the further revival of our bilateral engagement.”He said President Vladimir Putin had set the “main…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Idaho and Indiana filed an amicus brief challenging a federal ruling requiring Alaska to provide sex reassignment surgery for prison inmates in a case that could reshape policy nationwide.Alaska is appealing the decision to the Ninth Circuit, seeking to overturn a ruling that found denying sex reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate violated the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Twenty-four states now warn that if upheld, the judge’s ruling could force prisons across the country to provide transgender medical procedures.Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador said that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Michigan judge sharply rebuked a woman who logged into a virtual court hearing from a car, saying it appeared she was driving and accusing her of being untruthful before ending the proceeding.The exchange unfolded Monday in Woodhaven’s 33rd District Court, where Kimberly Carroll appeared late to a Zoom hearing tied to a debt claim brought by LVNV Funding LLC. The case involves roughly $1,788 in alleged unpaid debt, along with additional court fees.Judge Michael McNally had already entered a default judgment after Carroll failed to appear when the case was initially…

The federal government repeatedly ignored key safeguards meant to ensure that legitimate Indigenous businesses would benefit from a multi-billion-dollar procurement program, a watchdog’s investigation has shown. In a report made public Thursday, the Office of the Procurement Ombud said Indigenous Services Canada showed a “systemic disregard” for the principles behind the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB), repeatedly failed to verify companies awarded work were Indigenous-owned, and failed to keep track of how the decades-old program actually benefitted Indigenous businesses.Instead, the department’s “fragmented” guidance, failure to conduct mandatory audits and failure to respond to other government agencies’ questions led the…

Italian authorities have impounded millions of euros worth of property, artworks and financial assets in and around Florence that were allegedly purchased with money stolen from original Bond girl Ursula Andress, Italy’s financial police say.The seizures were the result of an investigation launched after Andress reported to Swiss authorities that she had been swindled out of assets of about 20 million euros ($A33 million) by financial advisers.The 90-year-old former Bond girl told Swiss newspaper Blick in January that she had been defrauded out of 18 million Swiss francs, approximately 20 million euros, by her long-time financial adviser over an eight-year…

JAKARTA: Video game platform Roblox will introduce content and communications controls for players under 16 in Indonesia to comply with the country’s social media block for children, Mr Matt Kaufman, Roblox’s Chief Safety Officer, said in an emailed statement on Wednesday (Mar 25).Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate “high risk” social media accounts for under 16s, according to a ministerial regulation issued earlier in March.The deactivations are set to take effect on Mar 28, said Ms Meutya Hafid, Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Minister.Roblox, Instagram, Google’s YouTube, and TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, were among the platforms identified by the Communications…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tom Brady may have only worn the helmets of two different teams in his NFL career, but in his post-playing journey, he’s become a man of many hats.Brady is the Chief Wellness Officer of eMed Population Health, a lead broadcaster with FOX and a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders – among other things. Fox Sports announcer Kevin Burkhardt (left) with Tom Brady on the field before Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)While he…

NewsFeedGulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem al-Budaiwi has accused Iran of imposing fees for ships to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say such fees are in breach of international maritime law.Published On 26 Mar 202626 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo