Day: March 20, 2025

Nearly 70-thousand white South Africans are expressing interest in President Donald Trump’s offer of refugee status in the U.S. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.

Plus: Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks. The Taliban release an American detained in Afghanistan. The Bank of England leaves its key interest rate unchanged. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports some frozen meals are being recalled.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world, according to Thursday’s World Happiness Report.

Hamas has fired rockets at Israel in response to the renewed ground offensive in Gaza. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are sparking “stagflation” concerns. Venezuela’s leader is calling the deportation of mostly Venezuelan migrants from the US to El Salvador a “kidnapping.” The man who was last seen with a missing US college student has left the Dominican Republic. Plus, we explain why there may be more kindness in the world than you think.
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AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports on a boost for the housing market.

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