Having a cat or dog is as good for your wellbeing as having a husband or wife, study finds

Coming through the door from a hard day&s work to be greeted by the irrepressible joy of a dog bounding towards you, like they haven&t seen you in years, can be as satisfying as returning to an actual human partner, according to a new study.

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Tariffs war: Only question is how bad does it have to get?

Don&t expect the Federal Reserve (US central bank) to rescue the American economy from the epic tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on imports from most of the world.

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Beijing calls US Vice President 'ignorant' and 'disrespectful' over 'Chinese peasants' remark
Beijing lashed out at US Vice President JD Vance for comments he made about "Chinese peasants," adding a personal dimension to the tensions between the world's biggest economies just as a global trade war unfolds.

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Musk brands Trump aide 'dumber than a sack of bricks' in tariff spat
WASHINGTON - Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump's senior trade advisor Peter Navarro as "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" on Tuesday in a growing rift over the US tariff policy that has rocked the world.

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Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing
SAN FRANCISCO — The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before United States senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.

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Roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 67
SANTO DOMINGO — Using heavy machinery, drones, dogs and dozens of rescuers, officials worked frantically Tuesday to find survivors of a deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, where authorities said at least 67 people died.

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