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Switzerland will consider legalizing recreational cannabis use, after a parliamentary commission on Friday proposed a law that would allow regulated sale and access. The draft proposal adopted by the lower house of parliament’s health commission, with 14 votes in favour,

Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vowed “reciprocity” in response to a 25-percent levy on steel imports announced by US President Donald Trump. “There is no doubt, there will be reciprocity” from Brazil — the second-largest exporter

Paris is naming part of an avenue after Alexei Navalny, the late Russian opposition leader who died in an Arctic prison colony in murky circumstances, the city council has said. The Avenue de Pologne in the wealthy 16th district of

JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders  The Guardian US Analyzing Vance’s critical remarks about free speech, immigration in Europe  Yahoo US Vice President JD Vance meets German far-right leader as he criticizes ‘firewalls’ in Europe  The Associated Press

JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders  The Guardian US Vance jokes about Greta Thunberg as he goes scorched earth on European censorship  Fox News Vance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.  The

Hamas militants have named the next three Israeli male hostages to be released as part of a fragile ceasefire deal that had teetered in recent days amid a major dispute that raised the specter of fighting resuming in the devastated

Trump delays a sweeping reciprocal tariff plan as global markets rally  Euronews Trump orders up a plan for more tariffs, even as inflation heats up  CNN Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale  The New York Times Trump Widens Trade Fight to Include

White House limits AP access to Oval Office, Air Force One indefinitely  The Hill

SoCal hit by mudslides, flooding as powerful storm slams region  ABC7 Los Angeles Heavy mudslides and flooding shut down PCH, sweep vehicle and firefighter into ocean  Los Angeles Times Firefighter likely used knife to escape SUV that plunged into Pacific Ocean  KTLA Los

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees. That’s roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce.