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12:21 PM on Thursday, March 12

A group of four migrants deported from the United States have arrived in the African nation of Eswatini, under a third-country program that rights groups protest

11:26 AM on Thursday, March 12

Nepal’s election commission says a four-year-old party led by an ex-rapper has swept the first election since a youth-led revolt

10:50 AM on Thursday, March 12

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are dropping an investigation into whether U.S. sanctions against Venezuela qualified as crimes against humanity

10:33 AM on Thursday, March 12

Horror filmmaker Ian Tuason is making his feature debut with “Undertone.”

10:19 AM on Thursday, March 12

A federal judge has ordered a competency evaluation for the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths

10:19 AM on Thursday, March 12

The biggest new restaurant trend is small

9:35 AM on Thursday, March 12

British rock star Morrissey won’t perform a concert in Valencia after festivities in the Spanish city kept him from getting a proper night’s rest

9:30 AM on Thursday, March 12

NFL free agency spending has reshaped the early pecking order, with a few teams gaining real momentum and others taking hits

8:32 AM on Thursday, March 12

Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa withdrew from The Players Championship after one hole

7:50 AM on Thursday, March 12

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels despite a weakening job market

7:17 AM on Thursday, March 12

Georgia’s film industry is struggling

7:06 AM on Thursday, March 12

Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign unveiled Thursday

6:31 AM on Thursday, March 12

Some commercial ships near or in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf have declared themselves as China-linked since the Iran war began, marine traffic data show, as their operators try to reduce risks of being targeted in attacks

6:02 AM on Thursday, March 12

Local organizers at the Milan Cortina Paralympics have defended their actions after Ukraine’s Paralympic committee accused them and the International Paralympic Committee of subjecting Ukraine athletes and coaches to “systematic pressure.”

5:34 AM on Thursday, March 12

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year

5:16 AM on Thursday, March 12

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is removing a rare slave ship timber from its “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit and returning it to South Africa

4:44 AM on Thursday, March 12

A Moscow court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shootings that killed 149 and injured more than 600 at a concert hall in Moscow

2:30 AM on Thursday, March 12

Max Verstappen says Formula 1 is like “a jungle” as he criticizes the sport’s new 2026 rules